Starting home education can seem like an overwhelming task. There is no one place to go to learn how to start, until now. — Home Education is all so new and different from simply going to the school and signing up — curriculum choices, connecting with other home ed families, new terminology, and what is the law anyway? I know how you feel. …

Motherhood is thriving in the moment. Motherhood is one part of the whole that makes all of who I am. — Being a mother to my daughters is my career. It is the most important thing that I am doing until they are all launched. It is my duty and responsibility to raise my own children and not put them into an institution for most of the day. So I am…

“The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” — Musonius Rufus, Lectures, 2.7.1–2 It is in our nature to connect with each other emotionally and physically. We are born this way. Our species has survived countless natural and human-made disasters for millennia by turning toward each other, caring…

Getting around without owning a car. — A few months ago, I ended my marriage by moving out of the family home. …

These are three TED talks about education that helped shape my own decision to homeschool. — One day, I became curious about something completely unknown to me — homeschooling children. I knew nothing about homeschooling and didn’t know anyone who homeschools their children. How do I learn about homeschooling? I turned to the two places where I expected to find people who homeschool (Facebook groups) and…

How did we end up with 20(!) mykis? — As we walked up to the train station, I prompted my then 7 or 8 or 9 yo daughter to get out her myki and was faced with a deer-in-headlights look that clearly said, “I don’t have it.” If we walked home to get the myki, we had to take…

We can treat online friends the same way we treat in-real-life friends and shine a light into the darkness. — Child-rearing now is 1000x harder now than it was just 10 years ago. And yes, it is because of the accessibility of screen technology and all the stuff that comes with it. How do I know? Because I have raised children on either side of the technological leap forward. My…

Homeschooling newbies announce to friends and family they have chosen to homeschool their children and are hit with the socialisation question. It is a question that never goes away because mainstreamers seem to believe that the ONLY space where children can meet and interact with others of any age is…

Some years one Word of the Year isn’t enough. — My followers may be scratching their heads and thinking, “Wait, Ann. You published a Word of the Year article yesterday and the word is Kindness.” You’re right. I did and it is. But this year, I am inspired to have two Words of the Year. …