Got a son who plays video games all day long? He just might grow up to be a video game designer! That’s exactly what happened to my brother, Greg Wondra, now a video game designer with Zindagi Games. That’s him above — with Derek Jeter,
We exchanged toys today. To prevent boredom (or at least keep it at bay), the bulk of the toys are stored in the basement while a select bunch are in active rotation upstairs. Every few months or so, we put some of the “old,” now-boring
My sons are blessed with an abundance of uncles — 4 on my side of the family, plus another 2 on hubby’s side. Years ago, boys were raised in the company of men. As author Michael Gurian writes in The Minds of Boys, “it is
I’ve always been a little suspicious of a purist philosophy that some parenting experts bring: “If you do this, your kids will be this way.” I always EXPECTED my kids to work their problems out nonviolently, and we constantly worked on their having the tools
I was not the most popular child in my class. In fact, I wasn’t in the popular circle at all. I was way, way down the popularity totem pole and I knew it. But what I couldn’t figure out was why the popular kids were
You’ve heard it before: play is the work of childhood. But even caring adults sometimes have a hard time seeing the value in, well, just playing. When your son is hanging off the sofa, upside down, with a toy car in one hand and a
I planned to take the kids to the Building for Kids today, the awesome children’s museum in Appleton that features a working crane, mini-Kwik Trip station and waterworks room. The day was free, it had been awhile since we’d gone on a big excursion, and
Our guest blogger today is my dear friend and veteran homeschooling Mom, Kristi Scorcio. As you can see from the pic, Kristi is the Mom of 3 teen + boys (and 1 daughter), and therefore is my go-to gal whenever I want to be assured
We have a real treat today! If you’re a homeschooler, particularly of the unschooling variety, you may have already heard of Sandra Dodd. Sandra is the mother of three wonderful children who have never gone to school; her philosophy of life and learning involves joy
Lisa Pugh, an acquaintance of mine and a 2009 Kennedy Foundation Public Policy Fellow, recently wrote an eye-opening post on her wonderful blog, Rooted in Rural Wisconsin. Her post, The Moon Boot Parents, is about the difficulties parents of exceptional children face when trying
Last night, I was priviledged to watch an amazing display of Native American dance at my husband’s annual company party. It might seem an unlikely pairing — Native dance at an office party for mostly Caucasian engineers? — but one of their employees is Native
Life Learning Family posted about obsessions this week. Reading her post gets me thinking about all the fasicinating ways our individual interests have enhanced our collective lives. We’ve been through the dinosaur stage — and because of that, everyone in our house knows how to
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