Among the parenting advice found in Ron Fournier’s Atlantic magazine article, "How Two Presidents Helped Me Deal With Love, Guilt and Fatherhood," is this: “Fathers and sons don't always know how to talk to each other, which is why we have sports.” It is brilliant in its simplicity and revealing in its essential truth.
But, it is also something more.
I get a lot of calls during the year from people wanting to sell their used homeschool books.
Please help!
1. They are taking up way to much space in my closet, garage, storeroom etc.
2. This would really help to buy next year’s curriculum or pay the electric bill.
3. We are moving.
4. My husband wants them gone!
I have moms call saying “I have years of Abeka books I need to sell, don’t know why I hung on to them so long.
Some of the reasons are:
1. We might need them for reference
2. Maybe our younger children could use them.
There was a time when Riley would talk to me of her own accord:
Guess what happened to me today at school, Daddy.
Wanna hear a joke?
Can I ask your advice about something, Papa?
Now she’s sixteen, and, yes, she talks to me, but it’s often like pulling teeth:
“How was school today?” I’ll ask.
“Fine,” she responds, eyes glued to her smartphone.
I tell her a joke. She offers me a courtesy smile, then heads off to her room.
The idea of a perfectly-planned wedding clashes with the idea of kids running around, right? But the two don’t have to be polar opposites! There are many ways in which children and weddings can exist in harmony. Here are some ways to make it happen.
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