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When to stop having children?

Last week, I had an interesting conversation with my older kids (we have lots of interesting conversations, actually!), ages 10, 12.5, 14, and 15.5.  I

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Winter vacation ideas

It seems to have become expected for many families to take a vacation during winter break, and that vacation increasingly has come to mean going

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Daddy fun day

My husband usually works on Sunday, and this week took a rare day off for no reason but to spend time together as a family. 

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Reading out loud to kids

I so much enjoy reading to my kids.  There’s a wonderful feeling of connection and closeness, it’s an effective way to learn things together in

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Developing belief in yourself

I often speak to/correspond with parents who are considering homeschooling, and I’ve found that the main thing that they express are their worries about doing something

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Early rising, time for learning

Several years ago, I made some adaptations to my parenting style.  Mainly, I raised the my expectations for my kids’ behavior, and developed a strategy to follow up

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Saving the best for last

Tonight was the last night of Chanuka, and we saved our big family present for tonight.   My husband and I decided to break it into

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