http://www.parentatthehelm.com Your Family's Incredible Lifestyle Begins HERE - With Homeschooling Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:42:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7506/frugal-conscious-holiday-gifts/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7506/frugal-conscious-holiday-gifts/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:37:04 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7506 By Linda Dobson As hard as it is to believe, the 2011 holiday season is rapidly approaching. Many of us have pockets emptier than usual, have had to change our living circumstances, and are watching the value of the few dollars left in our pockets get devalued daily. And yet... ...and yet... These circumstances are creating a valuable shift in perspective on how to celebrate the holiday season in a frugal, conscious way. The following...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7506/frugal-conscious-holiday-gifts/feed/ 1 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7252/the-unschooling-put-down-economic-privilege/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7252/the-unschooling-put-down-economic-privilege/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:33:10 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7252 First, this line has been used as a critique of ALL alternative approaches. Sudbury Valley and others are always put down with this line, as if helping lower and middle-class families whose children aren't doing well in conventional school is not as important as helping kids in the lower income brackets. I think we need to help anyone who is suffering or asks for help as best we can to the best...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7252/the-unschooling-put-down-economic-privilege/feed/ 7 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7199/survival-of-the-frugal/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7199/survival-of-the-frugal/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:17:19 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7199 Now, it seems that events have conspired to prove Mom right. Even at the same time women are wearing the same “chunky” jewelry she warned my sisters and me to hang on to, people around the world are being forced into frugal living. Nature and nurture have converged. Like everyone else, I read the horrific news about how greed, run rampant at...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7199/survival-of-the-frugal/feed/ 4 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6919/want-a-healthier-family-12-health-benefits-of-homeschooling/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6919/want-a-healthier-family-12-health-benefits-of-homeschooling/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:38:39 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=6919 A family's homeschooling decision almost always begins with academic considerations. For myriad reasons, each family comes to the conclusion that the children will learn better and happier when the family is in charge of decisions, resources, and schedule. There's another aspect of homeschooling, though, that doesn't receive anywhere near the attention it deserves when mainstream media covers the topic. Once they get started, many families realize terrific health benefits emerge from the homeschooling lifestyle, too...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6919/want-a-healthier-family-12-health-benefits-of-homeschooling/feed/ 2 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6242/want-to-be-a-better-parent-think-like-a-kid/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6242/want-to-be-a-better-parent-think-like-a-kid/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:39:20 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=6242 Respect is the only foundation upon which a healthy relationship can be built, and the gift of respect works just as well with children as it does for you and me. Trouble is, our culture doesn't encourage a whole lot of respect for children. If it did, we wouldn't dream of, let alone encourage, locking children away from the real world as we do with schools. Homeschooling parents...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/6242/want-to-be-a-better-parent-think-like-a-kid/feed/ 2 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5723/easy-homeschool-starting-points-simply-be-quiet/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5723/easy-homeschool-starting-points-simply-be-quiet/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:57:18 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=5723 Quiet time offers the very best opportunity for your child to discover this is joy in tranquility. His nervous system receives a well-deserved break from the typical state of arousal and alertness constant activity requires. This pause permits him to maintain a balance of activity/rest necessary for good...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5723/easy-homeschool-starting-points-simply-be-quiet/feed/ 0 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5637/parent-at-the-helm-blog-updates/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5637/parent-at-the-helm-blog-updates/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:33:08 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=5637 Today's contact with an old homeschooling friend got me remembering "the good old days." Lynn, my friend, and I started a local homeschooling support group many moons ago. Since Al Gore hadn't yet invented the Internet (at least he didn't tell any of us up them thar mountains about it, anyway), I insisted our group needed a newsletter. And since I insisted we needed a newsletter, I got to write a newsletter! My favorite part, hands down, was the section I always saved to showcase...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5637/parent-at-the-helm-blog-updates/feed/ 0 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5295/homeschooling-blog-carnival-flag-edition/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5295/homeschooling-blog-carnival-flag-edition/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 20:36:51 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=5295 In honor of Memorial Day, this week's Homeschooling Blog Carnival is The Flag Edition. Once again, your hostess is Spirittbee and, once again, you've got a great assembly of homeschooling reading in one convenient place. This week's carnival even has its very own graphic - nicely done, Spirittbee! It's time to wave our flags and cook out on the deck in...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5295/homeschooling-blog-carnival-flag-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5220/the-spring-homeschooling-blog-carnival/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5220/the-spring-homeschooling-blog-carnival/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 20:43:54 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=5220 It's here, it's here, the Spring Homeschooling Blog Carnival is ready for you to indulge. You'll just need to sail over to "The HomeSpun Life" to find a feast for your eyes, not just to read, but also the photos that grace this week's carnival. Of the photos, HomeSpun Life writes: "I’m featuring several free photos from the Family Friendly Photo Community, Pix-O-Sphere. I selected photos from various bloggers and photographers so you could see their fabulous...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5220/the-spring-homeschooling-blog-carnival/feed/ 0 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5179/diy-platform-enables-fractional-ownership-of-rarely-used-items/ http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5179/diy-platform-enables-fractional-ownership-of-rarely-used-items/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 20:46:33 +0000 Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=5179 From Springwise: We've seen the fractional ownership model applied to luxury goods including supercars, second homes, jets and high-end motorcycles. Aiming to expand the concept's reach, diyFractional is a site that helps people set up and manage shared ownership arrangements for any type of infrequently used good...]]> http://www.parentatthehelm.com/5179/diy-platform-enables-fractional-ownership-of-rarely-used-items/feed/ 0