Tips to Handle a 4 year old Boy

I do have a 4 yo who is turning 5 in July.  He can be a handful unless he is not busy.   Since he wakes up late, I try to get the home school going before he wakes (still working on it).  The older kids have already learned how to ignore his noises.  But [...]

The Accusing Mother

What triggers us to find fault in our  child? It can be our frustrations. It can be our feelings of rejection. It can be our anger. It can be our resentment. It can be our fears. It can be a host of many emotions intermingled with another. When we find fault with our  child, we [...]

When Your Children Cause You Distress and Disturbance

It is not out of the ordinary to hear a parent complain about the distress that children place on them.  It could be from the mundane to the difficult disorders. One day, I wrote this letter to an online friend who was seeking an advice on what to do with his 13 year old son.  [...]

What does it takes to be an approachable parent?

While the rest of America is getting ready to go to school last week and this week, our family spent the whole day after mass in a “get together” with other families in our parish.  We arrived home at 11 pm. We are  homeschooling families in the party and thus we have more flexibility with [...]

Passions – The Fire of the Youth

Human passion is an emotional fire.  It is an intense feeling for something we believe in.  The strongest display of passion is with the youth.  Thus, we look at our children these days.  Where are their passions?  What  is it that makes them fearless and full of vibrant emotions? What are they “gaga” about? Video [...]

Saxon Math – Our Quest for Accuracy

My children hated Saxon Math.  None of them liked it.  Sometimes, it gets so dramatic literally that it feels like I am abusing them for insisting on the program. My 17 yo sabotaged it.  All of them cheated.  So, I brought most of them back to lesson 1 but this time monitored them very well.  [...]

Catholic Robinson Curriculum: Is it the perfect curriculum?

“I’m wondering if this will help settle me. I feel like I’m always  running around like that dumb chicken with her head cut off. The   planning aspects of homeschooling a crew have overtaken my life. It  seems to be a 24/7 job and I’m never, ever caught up. Stress all the   time. Not to mention the [...]

To Label or not to Label?

MY ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED: The Effects of a Label to a Child’s Psychological and Learning Disorders. While I asked for volunteers in our house so I can put a “learning disabled” label on their forehead for this blog, I was surprised no one wanted to be my model. So, I figured my 3 year old [...]

How to End Your Day

I have to share  you this. The past few days, my husband and I are beset with complaining, negative feelings, resentments from our 12 year old boy.  We think it has something to do with his puberty hormones.  There were days that he really got into my nerves that I just have to react to [...]

Maddy Curtis: A Teen from a Large Family Auditions at American Idol

She is very young, only 16 years old.  From the mouth of American Idol judges, “She is not annoying.” What sets her apart?  She seems to be a typical teen yet it is pretty obvious that she comes from a very loving family.  Her parents adopted three more children with Downs Syndrome after having a [...]