We've had a full weekend already, with a visit from my husband's parents, a trip to a Children's Museum one state over, and then I got out this morning for a Homeschool Used Curriculum Sale. (Curriculum being one of the few reasons I'll get up earlier than I have to on a Saturday. File under: "you might be a homeschool mom if"). Later today I need to pick up some furniture I bought from an online auction site.
And spring is here, even if it's a little chillier than we'd like. All in all, good times. But enough about that, on to the links:
Learning
- The Seven Parents You See at a Homeschool Book Fair by Barrett Johnson. I think this should be titled "The 7 Parents You See at a Homeschool Convention" instead of a book fair, but otherwise, it made me laugh.
- Home-Designed Education Bolsters the Market's Newest Trend by Ashley Bateman for The Federalist. It's always interesting to read about homeschooling from an outside perspective (by which I mean, not a homeschool blog or website).
- Q and A - Are You Listening? Practical advice from Homeschool Share.
Living
- A Dad "Stuck" With Daughters by Will Odom at The Humbled Homemaker. I appreciated this post. We have a son now, and a son on the way, but my husband was a wonderful father even when we were "stuck" with only girls. Part of me can't believe these attitudes persist in our day, but unfortunately, they do. So thankful for the fathers who love their daughters and make sure they know it.
- I Saw Way Too Much Online Today...and I Wonder if Your Child Did Too by Jennifer Ebenhack for The Better Mom. We cannot ignore this problem because it will not ignore us, or our kids. We have to play offense and defense. (Or something like that. Sports analogies are not my forte.)
- We Live in an Age of Irrational Parenting by Jennifer Senior at Science of Us. Want to fix this? Have more kids and start younger.
Loving
- 7 Things About My Parenting I'm Already Aware Of, Thank You by Ali Wilkinson. Yes, I laughed.
- This one is long, but interesting (from a counseling standpoint): The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous by Gabrielle Glaser in the Atlantic. I don't agree with all the assumptions or the conclusions, but I still found it an interesting read.
- The Millennial "Adulthood" Delusion by Christ Martin at Millennial Evangelical. If you only read one of my links this week, you might want to make it this one. Fantastic post!
- Point / Counterpoint section of my links: Build Families Not Baby Boxes by Melanie Springer Mock and Building Families and Baby Boxes: A Response by Kelly Rosati and Ed Stetzer, all for CT. I haven't seen the movie that's caused all this brouhaha. If you have, what did you think?
- It's IKEA's World We Just Live in It by Beth Kowitt for Fortune. Fascinating stuff, whether you're a fan of IKEA or not. (My opinions vary depending on which day you ask me.)
- The '90's Albums Every Youth Group Rocked from Relevant. With one exception, this list comprises a large part of my teenage playlist, although Sixpence None the Richer definitely should have made the list. And in related news: wow, I am old.
This week at Living Unabridged we talked about Enjoying the Journey in Homeschooling, shared a quote about The Quality of Redemption in Art (and my dwindled down book stack), and a review of Jen Wilkin's fabulous book Women of the Word.
What caught your eye this week? Is it Spring in your neck of the woods yet?
