‘GUEST VOICES ON BOARD’ Archives
Misplaced Lessons – Leaving Well Enough Alone
Veteran homeschooling mom, author, photographer, and unstoppable force behind the non-profit Learning Is for Everyone, Inc., Parent at the Helm is excited and humbled to have Terri Willingham join our family of guest commentators with her contribution that follows. Come, sail away with us! By Terri Willingham From the “Truth is [...]
Arresting Developments by Judy Aron
By now, every homeschooler has heard about the arrest of homeschooling parents in New York State. In a county that is rife with drug crime, the Sheriff chose to arrest parents who failed to file paper work. Now,we can choose to be outraged at the Montgomery County Sheriff who apparently had more time on his hands to arrest homeschoolers than he [...]
Mr. Owen’s Big Idea
Parent at the Helm's newest guest commentator sailed to this site all the way from southwest Australia where her second shot at motherhood has her examining assumptions, thinking outside the box and, as a result, enjoying homeschooling with her son as she ponders "the psychological structure of western consumer society and the templates that have [...]
The Politics of Homeschooling by Mary McCarthy
Today Parent at the Helm welcomes aboard Mary McCarthy as a new commentator! Since Mary doesn’t believe in bios, we all have to imagine what she looks like and where she’s been. It will have to suffice for me to say that I've been in correspondence with Mary for over two decades as she is a longtime advocate for freedom for children, families [...]
Three Important Practices for All Parents
Please join me in welcoming Judy Aron to Parent at the Helm with what I hope is the first of many opportunities to garner information and knowledge from a longtime homeschooling advocate. I was fortunate to meet Judy in her home state of Connecticut many years ago, before her terrific kids grew up and took off on their life adventures. Judy played [...]
