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In Like a Lion
Normally I'm not one to wish for time to pass by quickly. Our family tries to enjoy every day, celebrate the seasons of the year, and generally make the best of what we have. This March, however, has thrown us for a loop, largely financially, and I won't be sad to see it go.
It's also been a difficult few weeks for our daughter. She has not only picked up on the tension, but also suffered from her parents having to compensate by working as much as we possibly can. Even that hasn't eased all of the burden, and she's turned to tantrums, name-calling, and even the dreaded, "I don't love you" words in frustration.
Already stressed and... Celebrating Alice Miller: Pioneering Psychologist
Miller showed how the “poisonous pedagogy” of repression and fear will lead to severe psychological problems, even if parents and other adults think they are acting in the child's best interest. Here is a powerful quote from Miller's For Your Own... Seeing Through the Public Paradigm
I've been reading the very excellent (though very disturbing) book The Story of Stuff, and in it, author Annie Leonard raises a very important concept that I've never been able to put into words myself: the American paradigm. Leonard maintains that because we see practices so often in our society, we're so familiar with it, and we do not...
Posted on Mar 30, 2010 - 10:45 AM by Sara Schmidt in Uncharted Parenting
I, for one, will be happy to see March go this year.Normally I'm not one to wish for time to pass by quickly. Our family tries to enjoy every day, celebrate the seasons of the year, and generally make the best of what we have. This March, however, has thrown us for a loop, largely financially, and I won't be sad to see it go.
It's also been a difficult few weeks for our daughter. She has not only picked up on the tension, but also suffered from her parents having to compensate by working as much as we possibly can. Even that hasn't eased all of the burden, and she's turned to tantrums, name-calling, and even the dreaded, "I don't love you" words in frustration.
Already stressed and... Celebrating Alice Miller: Pioneering Psychologist
Posted on Apr 26, 2010 - 11:59 AM by Dana Bennis in The Landscape
Alice Miller, a leading psychologist whose work and books revealed the dangerous effects on children of corporal punishment and more subtle forms of physical and emotional coercion, passed away this past month in France at the age of 87. Her books are essential reading for parents and anyone who works with young people, including the The Drama of the Gifted Child, and For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence.Miller showed how the “poisonous pedagogy” of repression and fear will lead to severe psychological problems, even if parents and other adults think they are acting in the child's best interest. Here is a powerful quote from Miller's For Your Own... Seeing Through the Public Paradigm
Posted on May 19, 2010 - 04:43 PM by Sara Schmidt in Uncharted Parenting
Now that my little girl is nearly five years old, we've been experiencing some opposition to our choices from some friends and family. While many of them are supportive of our choice to homeschool--in fact, in some cases, they are very supportive, though we are still the first in our family to "officially" do it--some remain quite skeptical, even critical.I've been reading the very excellent (though very disturbing) book The Story of Stuff, and in it, author Annie Leonard raises a very important concept that I've never been able to put into words myself: the American paradigm. Leonard maintains that because we see practices so often in our society, we're so familiar with it, and we do not...