Homeschooling
Don’t Miss The Forest For The Trees
When top student Erica Goldson delivered the valedictory address at the Coxsackie-Athens High School graduation ceremony on June 25, she touched many hearts with her words and her courage. The message she brings is a particularly pertinent one for all parents during these turbulent times when chaos makes great changes possible. It takes brave and... »
50 Superfoods For Pregnant Mums
Mid-Week Links While we all know that breastfeeding benefits baby and mother, it also has advantages for the greater community. It reduces infant health care costs because breastfed babies have fewer illnesses and hospitalisations. Employers, too, gain as parents of breastfed babies don’t need to take as much time off work to care... »
Unschooling: The Lies And The Truth
Mid-Week Links ABC News’ Nightline earlier this month profiled an unschooling family from New Hampshire. The Martins (who appear in our blogroll as The Sparkling Martins) threw open their doors and showed the world how they unschool. While watching the video, however, I could not help but feel that the... »
4 Books All Parents Should Read
Wouldn’t it be nice if all babies came with an operating manual? That way—just as with electronic gadgets—we need not worry about whether or not we are doing the right thing for our babies, especially when faced with dissenting voices. Here are four books that come close to being manuals for bringing up baby and child. ... »
Homeschoolers: Which Way To Go?
Mid-Week Links For homeschoolers in Malaysia, a big question is which route to take to get a place in college or university. David Tan speaks with the CEO of Life College in Malaysia and explains the different options available to homeschoolers here. David also looks at the way homeschooling has gained in popularity and... »
Spanking Makes Kids Act Out More
Mid-Week Links Last month we broached the subject of why it’s not a good idea to hit your child. This week, Time Magazine reports on a new study that provides the strongest evidence yet that children’s short-term response to spanking may make them act out more in the long run. When it comes to... »
Homeschoolers Grow Into Happy Adults
Mid-Week Links Great news for homeschoolers this week. Not only do homeschoolers outperform their school-going peers, homeschooled adults are more socially-engaged, have higher incomes and are happier than their contemporaries who went to school, according to a new study titled Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults from the Canadian Centre for Home Education. The results are... »
Life On His Own Terms
Balakrishna, 15, is a math and science prodigy. At age two, he was already a confident reader. When he turned four, he started reading National Geographic and Popular Science magazines. By the time he was seven, he was filling his days with textbooks on Trigonometry, Calculus and Algebra. Two months ago, we talked to his... »
Good News For Breastfeeding Mums
Mid-Week Links Mothers will soon be able to legally breastfeed in public in Taipei, thanks to a new law that will be passed tomorrow. A fine of between NT$5,000 and NT$30,000 may be imposed on those who try to stop a mother from breastfeeding in a public place. Score one for breastfeeding... »
Homeschooling, Love And Validation
Mid-Week Links David Tan has a great post on how homeschoolers can find their way from homeschool curriculums to major exams like the O levels, SATs or the IGCSEs. Homeschooling mum Swee Bin tells her story. Attachment Parenting International last week launched its Feed with Love and Respect blog carnival, of which... »
The World, My Classroom
On 1 May 2008, Alison Murugesu-Ghani and Ghani Ishak set off with their three-year old son, Adrian, to see the world in a Nissan Patrol 4×4 that they have fondly dubbed Tuah. Together they covered more than 60,000 miles in 43 countries across four continents before their journey was prematurely cut short in August 2009... »
For The Sake Of The Child
As the mother of a child who is highly gifted and, consequently, different from other kids, Juliana Pillai has had more than her share of problems. She decided from the start to meet these difficulties head on and left her job as a litigation lawyer to focus all her attention on bringing up Balakrishna,... »
Homeschooling Delivers The Goods
As homeschoolers, we find that we are often asked to justify our decision to raise our children outside the school system. We are constantly bombarded with queries about our homeschooling from all quarters: the sincerely concerned, the intellectually curious, the secretly disapproving, the intensely doubtful and the hopeful wannabes. Homeschooling is quickly moving into the mainstream... »
