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Purity & Love

February 14, 2014

“If only you saw what I can see, you’d understand why I need your modesty.”

So… virtue = being careful to stay out of the way of the sinfulness of young men. “That’s what makes you beautiful.” Got it.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Parenting|| Reading the Word|| Word in the World
Tagged With: Gender, Holidays, Marriage, Parenting, Psychology, Sex, Valentine's Day, Virtue
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Boy. Dog.

March 13, 2010

A couple scenes from life with the new puppy.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Local Life
Tagged With: Dakota Shepherd, Dog, Parenting, Pets, Puppy
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Not Quite Lifelong Learning

August 28, 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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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Mind & Society|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Childcare, Economics, Ethics, Higher Education, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Psychology, Student Loans
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Teach Them to Read and Let Them Go!

August 11, 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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Tagged With: Daniel T. Willingham, Deschooling, High School, Homeschool, Jean Piaget, Life Without School, Multi-Scale, Parenting, Psychology, Shakespeare, Stories, Unschooling
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Madame President, Our Teacher

July 8, 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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Tagged With: Careers, Democracy, Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Lee Schulman, Parenting, Presidents, Teaching
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We’re All Home Schoolers

June 30, 2008

Today’s homes are if anything even more important in the educational ecosystem of most Americans.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Education, Homeschooling, Lifelong Learning, Messiah College, Milton Gaither, Parenting
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