Learning

{Homeschooling / Education}

• Yes, Homeschoolers Do Experience Peer Pressure by Michelle Caskey.
• Bullying Among Homeschool Moms from Quick Start Homeschool.
• Your Friend Who Homeschools by Cheryl Magness. (This is one I'd like to give to my non-homeschooling friends & acquaintances)
• When Homeschooling Doesn't Produce the Child That You Thought it Would by Tressa.
• Homeschooling Through a Crisis by Annie Reneau for Simple Homeschool.
• Confessions of an AP Teacher: College Board's New History Curriculum is Terrible by M. Jane Rodgers for The Federalist.
• The Back to School Blues are Back by Nicole Russell.

{Writing}

• Why I Quit Writing by Joe Bunting at The Write Practice.
• A Reader's Manifesto: 12 Hardwired Expectations Every Reader Has by Lisa Cron at Writer UnBoxed.

Living

• Why Being Vulnerable is Leaving You Lonely by Cadence Turpin.
• Grieving Together, Differently by Ashleigh Slater for The Better Mom.
• How to Talk to Parents of Children With Down Syndrome by Amy Julia Becker for CT.

{Parenting}

• The Missing Thing: Parenting with Sincerity by MacKenzie at BRC Banter.
• From Mommy to Mom: Navigating the Choppy Waters from Childhood to Adolescence by Jennifer Dyer for MomLife Today.
• 5 Tips for Raising a Courageous Young Man by Lisa Jacobson. I've only been parenting a boy for 17 months, but I can tell this is right on. It's hard though. For instance: I know I shouldn't pick him up every time he falls, but what about when all the people around us just keep picking up? (For instance: last week we were on a church activity at a Farm / Corn Maze. The iBoy stumbled a few times. I would encourage him, "Get up. You can do it." but our friends would pick him up and baby him and I looked like the Meanest Mom in the World. I'm going to hold firm on this though. Yes, I love my son. And no, I don't want him to hurt. But I also want him to grow up to be a man and not a perpetual baby.)

Loving

• What War Brides of the Greatest Generation Knew About Marriage by Nuala Calvi (H/T: Amy)
• Religious Imagery in Norman Rockwell Paintings by Patrick Toner.
• How Long O Lord? by Chelsea Patterson at TGC.
• Busy, Lazy, and the Space Between by Tim Challies.
• You Can't Change Anything From Your Living Room by Leslie Loftis for The Federalist.
• What Not to Say to a Dad with Four Kids by Peter Chin for CT.

We've had an interesting week. Our oldest daughter had oral surgery on Tuesday. (This was after she had braces put on last week) A couple kids have been fighting colds or viruses. (With five kids, it feels like they're rarely all well at once. That's an exaggeration but sometimes it feels true.) It has rained incessantly.

But today the sun is out, and we are going to hit the zoo. Hope there's something exciting (or restful) on your agenda today.

(If you're looking for some great books to read with your kids, don't forget about my ongoing series in October: 31 Authors Children Love. We've covered some great ones so far.)

What are you reading this weekend?

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