Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Things I have said in the last twenty-four hours: "Yes, you can each have a popsicle." "Yes, you can play outside." "No, you may not have your own phone. Or iPad. Or computer." (Someday, surely! But today: no.) "Yes, you may bring a snack. No …
3 surprising life skills teenagers need
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I am trying to remember what life skills I had when I entered adulthood. I feel like it was a short list: how to boil pasta, how to run a washing machine, how to navigate the college parking lot for students who didn’t live on campus? That may have been about …
What to say to your kids on hard homeschooling days
What to say to your kids on hard homeschooling days ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Last Monday, I woke up to find a pool of water on our kitchen floor because our refrigerator had decided to stop refrigerating overnight. Instead it had thawed every frozen thing inside it, which is really the …
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What your kindergartener really needs to know
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins My youngest daughter is set on learning to use chopsticks this week. WHY she is set on this is less clear, given that her preferred foods are “peanut butter sandwiches” and “rice cakes with hummus.” But the idea appeared in her mind days ago, and it has not let …
Melissa’s unschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 11-, 12- and 15-year old)
Melissa's unschool day in the life ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Here’s what you should know right up front: we have six kids, I work from home (I’m a writer, my first book-in-bookstores comes out later this year), my husband Dane works not-from-home, and we unschool. Our oldest daughter is …
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