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Posted: May 30 2012 at 12:41pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
The bad news about homeschooling

This is a long article, but well worth reading.

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Posted: May 30 2012 at 2:20pm | IP Logged Quote VanessaVH
I read this a few weeks ago; Great Article!!

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Posted: May 30 2012 at 2:26pm | IP Logged Quote Grace&Chaos
Thanks for sharing Melinda, very powerful!

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Posted: May 30 2012 at 3:00pm | IP Logged Quote Aingeal
I love this. I think it's so beautiful and encouraging. Her blog is lovely too.

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 5:20am | IP Logged Quote mariB
Yes, thank you! I really enjoyed that article.

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged Quote Elena
The article was very good - the discussion under it was interesting too.

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 9:10am | IP Logged Quote Martha
That was a great article.

I loved her quote about Adam and Eve.

I can't count how often I've reminded people that God only had 2 kids and He couldn't get them to obey much better than we do.LOL

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excellent. love the rowing against the tide image. I feel that way in so many things we choose to do....living our Catholic faith, eating healthy, choosing to live in a smaller house....Thanks for the link.

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 9:34am | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Yes- the rowing against the tide image really struck me as well. And the part About how homeschooling makes life harder in many ways. All true.

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 9:57am | IP Logged Quote mamaslearning
Elena wrote:
The article was very good - the discussion under it was interesting too.


I don't know why I bother to read the comments! I always end up wishing I had just looked away!

Good article!

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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:55am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
Martha wrote:
I can't count how often I've reminded people that God only had 2 kids and He couldn't get them to obey much better than we do.LOL


I just love this comparison! It's so great, isn't it? I'ts made me secretly grin and "get over myself" for many years!   

Loved the article! Thanks for linking, Melinda!

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