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Congressional Christmas List: Stop Child Abuse at School1 comment

JJ wrote 4 days ago: Congress isn’t always the enemy and bipartisan help for people in need isn’t always a cr … more →

Tags: Accountability, Advocacy, Bullying and control, Discipline-behavior, Education, Environment, Ethics and Philosophy, health, Institutions and Individuals

See Google This Morning and Smile!

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Then call any handy family members over to share the smile. I just did. UPDATE: See CSM’s favo … more →

Tags: Arts, Creative Class, Family Values, health, Home, Humor, Learning, Literacy, Movies/TV

Telling Children Who They Are and What's Within Them2 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: “You are not half. You are a whole soul living in a divided world. “ There Is No Such Th … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Family Values, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology, Culture

Brand-New Homeschooling Video That Will Inspire 11 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: Cock of the snook to Pam Sorooshian for sharing this — and look for her in it! Then share ever … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, School versus Education, unschooling, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior

Learning to Play, Learning From Play7 comments

JJ wrote 2 months ago: The whole New York Times Sunday magazine today is about various individual “identity” is … more →

Tags: Experimental, Institutions and Individuals, unschooling, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World"

Public Option Health Care for Kids in Our State42 comments

JJ wrote 4 months ago: Just up in our local newspaper: With school around the corner, Florida officials push health care fo … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Family Values, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Law & Politics, Trends, leadership, From the Mouths of Babes

That's No Soccer Team, That's Just Rep. Bachmann's 28 Kids!13 comments

JJ wrote 4 months ago: GOP ‘Mother Bears’ Decry Health Care Reform, Long Fast-Food Lines (I kid you not): Bachm … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Liberties and Rights, Family Values, School is to Food, Ethics and Philosophy

Remember That Michael Jackson "Homeschooled" His Kids18 comments

JJ wrote 5 months ago: And when he was the child instead of the father, was what he got as parenting, “right”? … more →

Tags: Accountability, Advocacy, belief in gods, Bullying and control, Civil Rights, Cognitive Psychology, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Dads

"Why Religious Literacy Matters"31 comments

JJ wrote 6 months ago: … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Learning, Research and Science, Family Values, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology

Power of Story Behind Homeschool Regulation Psychology?8 comments

JJ wrote 6 months ago: Novelist Jodi Picoult profiled in today’s NYT Magazine: . . .the enda[n]gered or ruined child … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, unschooling, Power of Story, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Liberties and Rights, Family Values

Proof the Intertubes Are Manmade, Not Divine?

JJ wrote 6 months ago: Great news, guess what summer replacement show is coming to a YouTube channel near you? Parenting Be … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, School versus Education, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment

And Now for Something Completely Cool at School

JJ wrote 6 months ago: . . .sensory stimulation! It’s one of a handful of similar rooms in South Florida that stem in … more →

Tags: Experimental, Institutions and Individuals, School versus Education, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Discipline-behavior, Research and Science, Thinking Parents

Palin Parenting Pregnancy Pomp (and Circumstance)24 comments

JJ wrote 7 months ago: Good for her, plucky Bristol Palin somehow managed to “finish high school” as an unwed t … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Power of Story, Education, Family Values, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents

Restraint and Seclusion: School Is Not Supposed to Hurt3 comments

JJ wrote 8 months ago: For Mrs. C and for Thinking Parents everywhere: Restraint, Seclusion of Students Attracting New Scru … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, School versus Education, unschooling, Power of Story, Standardized Testing, Education, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, Research and Science

BREAKING NEWS: Vaccine Didn't Cause Autism, Court Rules1 comment

JJ wrote 10 months ago: Vaccine didn’t cause autism, court rules * Story Highlights * NEW: Autism not caused by specif … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Homeschooling, Research and Science, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology, Rage, school board issues, Political Frames, Reason

Scholastic Pushing Junk on Kids in Classrooms7 comments

JJ wrote 10 months ago: “Marketing in schools is a privilege and not a right,” Ms. Linn said in an interview. “Scholastic is … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, School versus Education, unschooling, Power of Story, Education, Learning, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, Intellectual and Academic Freedom

Regulate Home Education? Yes and No13 comments

JJ wrote 10 months ago: From the UK Times Online business section (??) comes pro and con arguments we’ll all recognize … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, School versus Education, unschooling, Power of Story, Homeschooling, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology

If You're Still Near a Computer. . .1 comment

JJ wrote 12 months ago: Go here for intelligent human holiday home magic. A quirky classic collection of stories, including … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Power of Story, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Family Values, Movies/TV, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology, Culture

Indoctrinating Kids Shows Distrust of Reason13 comments

JJ wrote 1 year ago: Dale McGowan says that parents can raise good children without God. -- Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Ne … more →

Tags: Public Communication, unschooling, Power of Story, Learning, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Research and Science, Family Values


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