My kids are long done homeschooling, but I've been tutoring other people's kids since then. It's been a long time since I checked in on this...
It's been a long time since I've checked in on these boards, just as it's been a long time since we homeschooled our kids. My daughter will be...
There's a lady who lives over on the next block, who I only know because she's on my canvassing route. Five times a year I ring her doorbell and...
My husband tagged my stepmother as his "mother-in-law" on Facebook, which seems very odd to me as she's definitely not my mother. I mean, she's...
Since my kids went back to school, I've been doing a bit of tutoring. Elementary math, reading, nothing too challenging. Well, one of my...
My 14yo son has always complained about his mandatory public school health classes. He doesn't like the 80's and 90's era instructional videos....
My son (14) has a grade 9 Geography project due today. The kids were give pretty much free reign on what kind of project they wanted to do, and...
Help! I've forgotten what this is called... Back in the old days (like, twenty years ago) shopkeepers used to place credit cards in a machine...
My tenth grade daughter just texted me from school, and this is what she wrote... Mom? I want to find something to scream at, then lock myself...
Math questions + slavery = angry parents By QMI Agency An elementary school in Georgia is under fire after it used examples of slavery to pose...
I've been watching this story with some interest, as it has all the hallmarks of a Girl's Own Adventure Story. Not a homeschooling story, but...
I play a game called Minecraft with my son and some of his friends (and one dad). We have a private server, so everyone can get on and play at...
Just thinking out loud... I ended up in a debate with two of my closest friends last night, and realized that part of the reason we were...
:shock: The boy (just turned 14) casually commented this evening, "Mom, Dad, you do know I have a girlfriend, don't you?" Of course we...
I can't believe it - from a roly-poly grumpy newborn fourteen years ago, to a tall (over six foot!), thin young man today. Even just last year,...
This has been all over the news this past 24 hours. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/22/children-should-start-school-at-two-years-old-study/...
There was an column in the Ottawa Citizen today by Dave Brown, talking about the stories that keep him awake at night, as an old newspaper man....
As some of you may recall, my 13yo son sliced the tip of his thumb off with a pocket knife about two and a half weeks ago and had to have it sewn...
Don't mind me... That post felt really good to write yesterday, but I'm over it now. :lol:
My son will be 14 in a few weeks. Apparently he's discovered that the legal working age in our province is 14. Thus, his big announcement:...
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