A baby has a special way of bringing joy to every single day

Give a child a fish…

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
-Chinese Proverb
I read somewhere once that children are redirected or told no on average every nine seconds. Now, I have no idea how this stat came to be, because how would you [...]

A video & an addendum

First, Sarah reminded me again about this video and website, Where the hell is Matt?.

His videos are a lot of fun.  I guarantee they will make you smile.
The addendum is about my chores post.  Reading it over, I wanted to clarify something.  I briefly mentioned that I don’t agree with all the Radical Unschooling concepts [...]

Thoughts on Chores

There seem to be as many ways to try and make or coerce a child into doing chores as there are parents out there.  My whole parenting style tries to avoid making or coercing my child into doing anything, and Kris and I have had discussions about chores and cleaning since before I was even [...]