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Research has shown unequivocally that having strong, meaningful relationships contributes to our overall happiness, fulfillment, and well-being. Yet today children have many obstacles to healthy relationships. As we have seen, there is an epidemic of extrinsic motivation amongst our children causing them to believe their value and self-worth comes from the praise and recognition of [...]

Our world is becoming more and more crowded with media.  Whether in our living rooms, on our commutes or in our classrooms, every waking moment can be occupied by consuming media. Whether it’s looking up “what causes earthquakes” on Google with my eldest son Emmett and finding a video to explain it, or the news [...]

… when naming your sons. A new study has found that boys with unpopular names are more likely commit crimes than boys with popular names.

Ok, well I don’t hate reading; I happen to LOVE it!  Reading, in fact, is one of my all-time favorite past times.  But far too many boys hate reading.

Playing games is a big part of our homeschool.  Our latest fascination is Qwirkle, a match-the-colors-and/or-shapes game that involves more than a little Scrabble-like strategy.  It’s the perfect game for a multi-aged household:  younger kids can enjoy simply handling and sorting the colored blocks (while learning their shapes and colors), while older children and adults [...]

Here in Wisconsin, we’re waking up to below 0 weather.  -2 degrees Farenheit, to be exact.  Add in wind chill, and it feels more like -13.  If we’re lucky, it might get all the way to 12 today. Weather like this is not exactly conducive to outdoor play.  And when boys have been cooped up [...]

My boys (ages 3,5, 8 and 11) fight constantly.  Don’t believe me?  Check out this excerpt from my article in the January – February issue of Home Education Magazine:

As parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles we get so busy living life we forgot to live! Somewhere along the way we forget what it is like to be a child.

How do our children’s experiences compare to our own experiences at the same age? The 2008 Duke University Child Well-Being Index compared high school seniors from 1975-1977 to seniors 28 years later (an average of one generation apart).

My son just turned 4 and has what appears to my wife and I (and our child’s urologist) to be the equivalent of a hidden/concealed penis. I am glad that the Internet has provided us with some info on…