One day at lunch, my 5 year old was asking me about colors. "If you mix blue-green with yellow-orange, exactly what color do you get?" We had been through several, with me mentally calculating how certain mixtures would come out and with me asking her what she thought for some of them. My 7 year... Continue Reading →
dumbing us down…
John Taylor Gatto, an award winning veteran school teacher, has exposed the problems of our school system, and society in general, in several of his books, including Dumbing Us Down. This small collection of speeches and essays speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever questioned our current school system. He elonquently describes the... Continue Reading →
something bigger…..or smaller…
I was thinking about my blog earlier today. I originally started my "living peacefully with children" blog at the suggestion of my husband, who thought perhaps I could use an anonymous venue in which to rant about the injustices in the world - namely those injustices regarding the treatment of children, which he so frequently... Continue Reading →
living peacefully with children 