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I’m over halfway through my homeschooling career as a homeschool Mom, which is a very strange thing to realize. Through the years I’ve come to realize there are many necessary skills we don’t think to teach as a homeschool parents. Necessary life skills they need to know. We talk about preparing our kids for life and teaching them to cook and do laundry, but have we prepared them to survive in a college classroom? I set myself a challenge to find all of the needed skills I had to teach my child before they graduated. That’s what this series is...

Last October, I accepted an invitation to speak (for—full disclosure—an honorarium) at St. Andrew’s, a small Episcopal boarding school in Middletown, Delaware. It was beautiful in the expected ways: the lake on which the school’s champion crew teams practice, the mid-autumn foliage, the redbrick buildings. But it was also beautiful in one unexpected way, which revealed itself slowly.My first experience of St. Andrew’s was dinner, served family style, with all 317 students at tables presided over by faculty members. After dinner, the student-body co-presidents, Ford Chapman and Trinity Smith, stood up, rang a bell for attention, and began evening announcements....

Happy Valentine’s Day friends. I had a very sweet day with my sweet boy. Not only was today Valentine’s Day but it was also Finn’s leader day so we did lots of prep on Monday afternoon to prepare. As part of Finn’s leader day, we bring the morning snack for the class. I spent way too much time researching Valentine’s snack ideas on Sunday and landed on heart-shaped fruit skewers. I didn’t want to do anything baked/sugary because they were having a class Valentine’s party later in the day. I think they turned out so cute! Crafts are a little...

Social media has exploded in popularity in the past decade. The majority of people are on at least one social media platform, and many spend a few hours a day browsing their feed. These apps are meant to be a fun way to interact with friends, but they could be the reason you’re tossing and turning at night. If you’re ready to kick your scrolling habit, keep reading to find out how social media affects your sleep and tips for healthy social media use. How Often Do People Use Social Media Daily? If you have a smartphone, you’re likely spending...

For our very first Valentine’s Day back in 2012, Justin and I went ice skating and then had dinner at . . . Waffle House. He even brought a little fake flower for the table, ha! Our ideal date is casual and fun (and I love breakfast food!) so I found the whole thing to be charming and perfect. It struck just the right balance of making a special memory without trying too hard. Flash forward 11 (!!) years and our plans for tomorrow are to go to a local breakfast joint and have brunch together (with a six-month-old tagalong!)...