I know my American readers and friends have a busy weekend ahead. I do too, so this links round-up is coming out a day early. That way, if you have any downtime in the next few days you can settle in with some good web reading.
Learning
- 5 Tips for Families Considering Homeschooling by Peter Cook for The Federalist. Thinking about NOT sending your kids "back to school" this fall? You might find Mr. Cook's advice helpful.
- Treating Nature Like a Snooty Museum by Lenore Skenazy at Free-Range Kids. (If you're a parent and you're not reading Free-Range Kids you need to fix that immediately.) I find it incredibly ironic that the same hand-wringers constantly going on about the "childhood obesity epidemic" are also, apparently, convinced that children shouldn't spend time outside and, if they do, they shouldn't touch anything, walk on anything, jump around, or use loud voices. See also: Playing Outside Can Truly Disrupt Sleep Schedules and Sign of the Times.
- The Literature of Honor for Little Boys from Cindy Rollins at Morning Time Moms. Being a "boy mom" is new to me so I'm saving lists and posts like this. (I'm happy to see that many of the books my girls have loved are also on these lists.)
- The Literature of Honor for Boys from Cindy Rollins at Morning Time Moms. A lot of these are new to me so I'm thankful for Cindy's expertise.
Living
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Six Months Later by Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy. I still haven't read the book, but I'm enjoying other people's posts about it.
- Meaningful Motherhood by Tricia Goyer at The Better Mom. I love a good acrostic.
- How to Love in a Broken World by Brooke McGlothlin at The MOB Society. Helpful reminder.
- A Tidbit of Advice from Sarah at Clover Lane. So wise, but why do many moms find it so difficult?
- How Satan Confuses Women to Disable the Church by Angie Tolpin at The Better Mom. I think this is right on.
- What NOT to Say to Someone Who Has Had a Miscarriage by Sarah Philpott at To Love, Honor and Vacuum. Yes.
- Grief: You Don't Just Get Over It by Sheila Gregoire at To Love, Honor and Vacuum. Sheila hit this one out of the park (if you will permit a baseball metaphor).
Loving
- Do you wonder why everyone seems to be talking about tax exemptions in the light of the recent US Supreme Court decision? Here are two posts to help with that: Ending Tax Exemptions Means Ending Churches by Denny Burk at The Federalist and Axing Charitable Tax Exemptions Will Hurt the Left by David Marcus, also at The Federalist.
- Give Us This Day our Daily News by Jared Musgrove. Helpful advice in this age of information overload.
- Brian Phillips at CiRCE Institute shares his list of The 11 Worst Book-to-Film Adaptations. I think both adaptations I've seen of Mansfield Park would be near the top of my list. What movies would make your list?
- RIP, Bubble Wrap. Is nothing beloved to be left alone in our time? STOP MESSING WITH GOOD THINGS.
- What Are All Those Weird Noises You Hear on an Airplane? by Mike Leary at Gizmodo. I found this very comforting (even though I rarely fly. Although that's due to cost, not fear of the noises.)
- Poignant: Why I'll Celebrate The Fourth of July Differently This Year by Luma Simms.
Here at Living Unabridged I shared how I went from an Epidural Queen to giving birth naturally and a great Words on Wednesday quote: Intellect or the Will.
If you follow Living Unabridged on Facebook you've seen this already, but I'm sharing it again:
That's the kind of cuteness you'll find every week on the Living Unabridged Facebook page. Cute pictures and the funny things my kids say are some of my favorite things to share over there.
And if you're still looking for recipes or crafts for your Independence Day festivities, I have a Pinterest board you might want to check out:
Follow Karen (Living Unabridged)'s board Celebrating - Glorious Fourth on Pinterest.
Have a great weekend, everyone!