Don’t write off homeschooling just yet. I thought I would NEVER do it for all the standard reasons people who don’t homeschool always list. I ended up having to do it because of my son’s surgeries and, guess what? It’s the greatest thing ever!

SUPER easy, super fun, super laid back, allows us to travel and do wild and crazy things, we both love it… I can’t say enough good things about it. I’m not religious, paranoid or a hippie, I just like keeping life simple and real… and seeing my son’s eyes light up when he gets his next library book! Oh, and the socialization thing is easy: cousins, playdates, life.

My ten point plan (so far) for being a happy, radiant, not-drunk (all the time) mama while raising creative, competent, semi-domesticated critters. I mean children. You knew that.1. Be a retro-mama. I’m not talking about ruffled aprons and Duncan Hines mixes (though that combo would rock my girls’ world). I’m not talking about June Clever or Betty Draper or pre-Betty Friedan repressed and resentful housewifery. Instead, I humbly, stridently, bordering-on-shrill-ly suggest that in terms of ‘parenting’ we stop doing so damn much of it (yes, you heard me) and kick it ol’ skool. …

My ten point plan (so far) for being a happy, radiant, not-drunk (all the time) mama while raising creative, competent, semi-domesticated critters. I mean children. You knew that.1. Be a retro-mama. I’m not talking about ruffled aprons and Duncan Hines mixes (though that combo would rock my girls’ world). I’m not talking about June Clever or Betty Draper or pre-Betty Friedan repressed and resentful housewifery. Instead, I humbly, stridently, bordering-on-shrill-ly suggest that in terms of ‘parenting’ we stop doing so damn much of it (yes, you heard me) and kick it ol’ skool. …

My ten point plan (so far) for being a happy, radiant, not-drunk (all the time) mama while raising creative, competent, semi-domesticated critters. I mean children. You knew that.1. Be a retro-mama. I’m not talking about ruffled aprons and Duncan Hines mixes (though that combo would rock my girls’ world). I’m not talking about June Clever or Betty Draper or pre-Betty Friedan repressed and resentful housewifery. Instead, I humbly, stridently, bordering-on-shrill-ly suggest that in terms of ‘parenting’ we stop doing so damn much of it (yes, you heard me) and kick it ol’ skool. …

My ten point plan (so far) for being a happy, radiant, not-drunk (all the time) mama while raising creative, competent, semi-domesticated critters. I mean children. You knew that.1. Be a retro-mama. I’m not talking about ruffled aprons and Duncan Hines mixes (though that combo would rock my girls’ world). I’m not talking about June Clever or Betty Draper or pre-Betty Friedan repressed and resentful housewifery. Instead, I humbly, stridently, bordering-on-shrill-ly suggest that in terms of ‘parenting’ we stop doing so damn much of it (yes, you heard me) and kick it ol’ skool. …

My ten point plan (so far) for being a happy, radiant, not-drunk (all the time) mama while raising creative, competent, semi-domesticated critters. I mean children. You knew that.1. Be a retro-mama. I’m not talking about ruffled aprons and Duncan Hines mixes (though that combo would rock my girls’ world). I’m not talking about June Clever or Betty Draper or pre-Betty Friedan repressed and resentful housewifery. Instead, I humbly, stridently, bordering-on-shrill-ly suggest that in terms of ‘parenting’ we stop doing so damn much of it (yes, you heard me) and kick it ol’ skool. …

I love what you write, this post especially. By providing kids with the thirst for knowledge, the ability to learn and adapt, and the ability to relate to people, we will empower them to identify their passions and be able to attain what it is that makes them happy and fulfilled.
Seems so simple….