Tag Archives: Parenting

Boy. Dog.

Classic

By CircleReader | March 13th, 2010
A couple scenes from life with the new puppy.
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Not Quite Lifelong Learning

By CircleReader | August 28th, 2008
"So let me get this straight," I said. "If I were to drop out of school tomorrow and get a job at Burger King, the state would pay for my child care?"
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Teach Them to Read and Let Them Go!

By CircleReader | August 11th, 2008
Having conventional life stages mapped out is comforting--we know what we are supposed do and when; but what if life doesn't always fit in a box? Or what if, as recent developmental research implies, there is no box?
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Madame President, Our Teacher

By CircleReader | July 8th, 2008
The primary role of parents applies also to teachers and world leaders: Dear Madame President [though of course, you may turn out to be a man]: Teaching and teacher education have traditionally been viewed as women’s work and practiced by women. Like nursing, teaching has never been taken seriously among the more august professions…. I [...]
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We’re All Home Schoolers

By CircleReader | June 30th, 2008
Today's homes are if anything even more important in the educational ecosystem of most Americans.
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The Heart of Father’s Day

By CircleReader | June 15th, 2008
Fathers are parents as well; we deal with those who are tender, and weak, and unprepared. Our strength is employed to their good and enjoyed in their company. That is the true heart of a father. It is a context of relationship changes everything.
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A Modest Proposal

By CircleReader | June 11th, 2008
It held the title of "most e-mailed story" at the New York Times for most of the day on Tuesday, but is that really how you would want to recommend these books to your spouse?
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Homeschool Moments: Dishing Out BOF, Dealing with Prejudice

By CircleReader | June 1st, 2008
Overcoming prejudice and distrust is not a one-time attitude adjustment, but a continuing journey in the company of people who are not like us, but who may become our civic friends. Such a strategy might go a long way toward more important goals: building a supportive environment for homeschoolers, and reinvigorating the varied practices of education & learning in America today.
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Katie Kalmerton & Clyde Squire–Requiescat in Pace

By CircleReader | April 9th, 2008
The church is Catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does belongs to all. When she baptizes a child, that action concerns me; for that child is thereby connected to that body which is my head too, and ingrafted into that body whereof I am a member. And when she buries a [...]
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Protected by a Child

By Nicole | March 2nd, 2008
How many times do my children protect me from harm? How does their innocence move me to seek innocence? Their natural desire to explore, learn, grow and create often protects me from losing context.
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