Yesterday, along with millions of other Canadian parents, I sent my children back to school. I got a little teary. Honestly, it was a bit like kindergarten all over again. I sent them off believing they are ready, desperately hoping for good-fit teachers, and worrying about what MIGHT happen. I was looking forward to someContinue reading “Back To School!”
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The Revolution is Coming!
Wow – what a summer! I thought I would use the time this summer to catch up on blog posting, but instead I’ve done none. I have been too busy reading, listening, and watching, not to mention the time and energy it takes to reconsolidate all of my thoughts and ideas. I’ve started a coupleContinue reading “The Revolution is Coming!”
Opting Out of Sex Ed
Last month we got a notice from our child’s school declaring that the unit on Human Development and Sexual Health would be taught in June. The purpose of the note was to give parents the chance to opt out of this part of the curriculum. Opt out, as in not participate, and not learn theContinue reading “Opting Out of Sex Ed”
Plan B, Engineering, and How Can I Help?
In my everyday life, I try really hard not to complain about things unless I have constructive ideas for a better way. I want to be part of the solution. For me, solutions start with good questions, and this blog gives me opportunities to ask questions, which in turn gets me thinking about possible solutions.Continue reading “Plan B, Engineering, and How Can I Help?”
A Case Against Punishment
Imagine the following scenarios: A six-year-old child is fooling around and breaks a family heirloom. A grade five student repeatedly talks back to the teacher when corrected for disruptive behaviour. A high school student regularly skips English class. A 20-year-old steals a car as part of a gang initiation. A 38-year-old new parent leaves theContinue reading “A Case Against Punishment”
Game Changer Books
I read a couple of game-changing books this year. In the fall, while awaiting COVID results in isolation from my family, I read Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. In a series of vignettes, she explores how we become caged by society’s expectation, and how she found her way out of her own cages to create aContinue reading “Game Changer Books”
Starting from a Place of Love
Parenting is hard. Beautiful, exhilarating, healing, and wonderful… but hard. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It is gruelling, dirty, emotional, frustrating, and unbelievably exhausting. But it’s getting easier. Not easy by any stretch, but I am beginning to feel like we could live through it. Like all of us – the whole family.Continue reading “Starting from a Place of Love”
Out of the Well 