Family

The homeschool literature that my parents read promised them that homeschooling would create perfect sibling...

My parents were the kind of people that were always learning. My mother was very...

I am fascinated by watching Sally learn about the world and seek to make sense...

I think my reticence to start with the "so what do you do" question when...

While I talk a lot about my background here on my blog, I generally maintain...

Forward Thinking is a values development project created in collaboration with Dan Fincke of Camels...

After I wrote my posts on academics and socialization, I realized that there is another...

Given that one of the ten commandments orders children to honor their parents, Christianity seems...

I told Sean earlier that I think today pretty much sums up our lives together,...

It seems author Jonathan Last thinks my IUD caused the fiscal cliff. And every other...

Last week Dan Fincke introduced the next prompt of the Forward Thinking project: "If it...

The way children construct their understandings of the world is fascinating. I recently learned that...

Christian author Jerry Jenkins has written a book on building "hedges" around your marriage to...

Creating a family with Sean has been a never-ending adventure in egalitarian parenting. When I...

Why are women a great deal more likely to have custody of their children after...

While at Sean's parents' house over the holidays, I made the mistake of asking Sean...

An afternoon shoveling snow brought my mind to the ways patriarchy serves to harm men...

Do you know what I realized this year? The way I celebrate Christmas with my...

I remember Christmas when I was a kid. The music, the cookies, the decorations, the...

Visiting my parents' house is always strange. There are such happy memories around every corner,...

Thanksgiving is upon us. In this post I share some of my family's traditions and...

From his comment about "binders full of women" to turning a question about equality in...

Sally and Bobby are growing apace. Sally is talking in full paragraphs (forget sentences!) and...

"I grew up in Australia, going to a Baptist church. We listened to Christian music,...

"I am Angie, a 24-year-old recent college graduate who is married. When I was around...

When I post a collection of blog posts and articles that I consider "worthwhile reads"...

Shortly after Bobby was born, Sally began to act out. Oh, she regarded Bobby with...

I thought I was just going to post twice on this subject - first pointing...

You want to hear something sad? Just the other day I read that starting August...

The other day I was talking to a friend about how much I would love...