suddenly, unexpectedly, homeschooling.
Did you guys check out the latest Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Blog Hop on Parenting 2Es, OEs, and Everything in Between? I relished reading all the posts the other day. I saw so much of my family in each poster’s words; it was reassuring to know that our “normal” is normal for other people, too. Today,…
Everything is feeling lighter to me lately: parenting, homeschooling, even the holiday chaos. When I think back to this time last year, everything was just…well… heavier; life felt more challenging and stressful. What changed? In some respects, everything has changed. Certainly the decision to have Leo assessed was the catalyst, as the results indicated that our son was an outlier among outliers, a profoundly gifted, twice…
If you can’t say something nice…don’t say nothing at all. ~Thumper Folks, I’ve been T.H.I.N.K.-ing about Thumper lately. I loved the scene in Bambi in which Thumper’s mom asks him to remember what his father had told him that morning, to which Thumper replies, “If you can’t say something nice… don’t say nothing at all.”…
Like many parents, I’m guilty of letting my kids get away with certain things that I swore I would never let them do (like the occasional dinner picnic). My children were not going to bounce on couches, let alone vault over them and then ride the arm rests as if they were mechanical bulls. Nope, my children would use couches for their sole purpose: sitting….
We are all familiar with the phrase “choose your battles,” right? Well, Leo’s wardrobe is a battle Schizz and I gave up fighting years ago. Here is Leo, this morning: Leo is six and a half years old and he continues to wear his clothing incorrectly on an almost-daily basis. His shirt will be on…
Posts here at My Little Poppies are typically about raising my children, parenting a twice exceptional child, and figuring out this whole first year of homeschooling thing. On my Facebook page, I share posts, articles, and research that I find interesting or thought-provoking, from a homeschooling-parenting-educator-school psych perspective. I’ve tried to steer clear of religion and…
