I dropped out of my master’s program! (we’ll get to that) It has been about six months since my last update on this blog. There were many days when I thought I should write something but never got around to it. A lot has changed and I have needed to adapt in response. It honestlyContinue reading “The Big Update”
Category Archives: All About the Kids
School and More School
Today was the first day of the second semester of my grad school program. That’s a heck of a sentence. I’m taking two masters-level classes, working part time for one of my professors, homeschooling all four of my kids, and trying not to fall apart. With dentist, doctors, and various therapy appointments… I have describedContinue reading “School and More School”
Opinion: Parenting ADHD
Full disclosure: If you’re one of those “ADHD doesn’t exist” people and you’re comfortable in that space, this blog (the whole thing, not just this post) is probably not for you. With my house full of people at all hours of the day since the pandemic struck, I’ve been thinking a lot about my parentingContinue reading “Opinion: Parenting ADHD”
But Why?
I want to do a bit of a deep dive into why I’m doing all of this. I want you to know, and I also want to be able to look back on this when I’m really questioning myself. I wrote those first two sentences in March, then I tucked this draft away into theContinue reading “But Why?”
Please Give Me More Responsibilities
Remote schooling isn’t working for us. I’m sure it’s not working for a lot of you. The schedules change, we’re not sure which zoom sessions our kids are supposed to show up for and which are optional, and sometimes the teachers are asking our kids to do things they can’t even do because it doesn’tContinue reading “Please Give Me More Responsibilities”
Homeschooling Teenagers
For the first time that I know of, homeschooling feels popular. Parents are realizing that they were doing a lot of work at the end of the spring semester and they are seeing that they can probably handle all of the work. While I wouldn’t want to discredit teachers for the education they have andContinue reading “Homeschooling Teenagers”
Opinion: Parenting Autism
My daughter is nearly eleven years old. I often call her Miss. Miss was diagnosed with autism a year ago, and her school just performed the battery of tests required to build her an IEP. I’m sure it is a frustrating process, even in the best of times, but the remote administration due to COVIDContinue reading “Opinion: Parenting Autism”
Summer Dreams
Juno is better. It wasn’t cancer or poison… it was immune-mediated hemolytic anemia. She’s destroying her own blood cells for no discernible reason. So she’s been on a bunch of medications and on a pretty tight schedule of vet visits, and her red blood cell count is back up to normal. Which means she’s backContinue reading “Summer Dreams”
All is Well… Too Well
As I sit on the couch, putting my thoughts into a blog, my 7-year-old is watching Magic School Bus across the room. In their respective rooms, my other kids are programming, writing stories, and doing math. Today, everyone seems happy to do their work. Yesterday, however, the youngest was literally yelling about wanting “just ONEContinue reading “All is Well… Too Well”
Everything Keeps Changing
Exploring why I’m not currently making my kids do their school work, and I don’t plan to. I’m not making my kids do their school work. My best friend is following her kids’ school’s quarantine education plans. I think everyone I personally know who has kids is checking all the boxes their respective schools layContinue reading “Everything Keeps Changing”
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