by Annette Hazard | Mar 4, 2014 | Education
Parents generally agree that education is important for their children’s success. It is more difficult to find agreement about how to teach children about the importance of education. What message do parents want to send to their children? Here are five things...
by Amy LeForge | Mar 4, 2014 | Education
Heroes, I don’t know about you but I do sometimes get a little concerned about the costs that we’re facing when the boys are ready for college. Especially since we’ll be sending ours two at a time. Eek. This infographic shows how much is actually...
by Amy LeForge | Mar 3, 2014 | Education
A group of us at the radio station were gathered in the kitchen for our mid-morning refills of tea and coffee, making small talk. Somebody referenced a trashy television reality star, at which point there were groans and more than a few snide remarks. Moments later...
by Amy LeForge | Mar 1, 2014 | Education
Heroes, one of the weakest arguments against homeschooling is the socialization argument. For some reason, the idea has taken hold that kids who aren’t learning inside of a traditional school building are somehow cut off from society as a whole. Which is silly....
by Amy LeForge | Feb 28, 2014 | Education
I stood before a large assembly of seventh and eighth grade students, talking about preparing for the future. Normally this would cause a twelve-year-old to yawn and yearn to pull out her phone, but on this day a somewhat-perky student raised her hand and asked about...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 19, 2014 | Education
Editor’s note: as a general policy, the powers-that-be at Earnest Parenting do not subscribe the Big Bang Theory. We’re firm believers in Creation here. That said, we have a great deal of respect for Dom’s writings. Additionally, it is the policy of...
