Saturday Link Love: Facebook, Christian Kindness, and Homeschooling

Saturday Link Love is a new feature where I collect and post links to various articles I’ve come upon over the past week. Feel free to share any interesting articles you’ve come along as well! The more the merrier.

Note: Inclusion does not imply full agreement. 

Facebook Censors Iconic Vietnam War Photo Over Nudity, on New York Times—“Facebook not only has become a media company, but Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful editor in chief in the world.”

They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren’t, on the Washington Post—“It wasn’t until he applied for a job years later that Ki Hong learned he had never been a citizen at all.”

True Grit: 12 Ways to Raise a Competent, Resilient Child, on Aha Parenting—“It has become a commonplace idea that failure builds resilience. But when children fail over and over and don’t have the support to keep trying, all they learn is that they’re failures.”

Christian Kindness as Gaslighting, on Samantha Field—“In the conversations I’ve been having for the past three years, I’ve noticed a few patterns.”

A Tired Parent Reviews Classic Children’s Books, on Grounded Parents—“Let me tell you, on Saturday, this caterpillar knows how to party. Salami, cupcakes, chocolate cake, ice cream, and pickles? Yes please.”

This month Patheos’ Public Square feature was titled Back to School: Homeschooling and the Public Education Quandary. I want to take a moment to point to pieces written by three homeschool alumni whose work has been referenced here in the past.

Homeschool Education and Religious Liberty, by AU’s Carmen Green—“Today I’m a lawyer who litigates religious-liberty cases by day and advocates for increased homeschool regulation by night.”

Putting Children First: Rejecting a One-Size-Fits-All Mentality, by HARO’s Ryan Stollar—“But here is the rub: there is no perfect educational system. There is no educational system you can use that will have a guaranteed outcome for your child.”

Forbid Them Not (an Education), by CRHE’s Rachel Coleman—“Like my brother and me, Ashley was from a homeschool family actively involved in a local church. Unlike us, she was severely educationally neglected.”