Blog entries tagged Parenting

Homeschool Question #1

Jennifer Driller — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100

1. Are you regulated by the state re homeschooling? Do they dictate your curricula or make your kids submit to standardized testing?

Answer:
(taken from http://tnhomeed.com/HSLaw.html)
Tennessee laws regarding home schooling are varied. There are choices. In Tennessee you have 3 options for registering as a "homeschooler":

* with the Local Education Agency as a n " independent homeschooler"
* with a Church Related School as ...

Back to Schedule

Jennifer Driller — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100

We've all heard of Back to School, but occassionally I go "Back to Schedule"!

Today is that day for me. I've been having urges to recreate our schedule, but the final straw was really the dog. She keeps pooping in our closet. It's totally gross and it's because we don't get her out first thing in the morning. When talking to the kids and warning them that we'd get rid of the dog if this kept up, I realized it was MY fault. Yes, the dog is THEIR responsibility, but I was not k...

Letting Consequences Teach Your Children

Jennifer Driller — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100

There's a surefire way to get your kids to do something - tell them they can't. We laugh about this sometimes, but it's a truth we, as parents, ought to heed.

There's a story about a study being done in an elementary school. The researchers planted some flowers on the playground and let them grow. All school year the flowers bloomed and the kids barely noticed them. Then one day near the end of the year, one researcher came into the class and said, "Now kids, see those flower...

Set Them Free- Give Them Boundaries

Jennifer Driller — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I recently had a moment of clarity. I love those. Anyway, I was disciplining my son, Andrew. It wasn't the first time that day. Andrew is my challenging child. He is very strong-willed. He feels so strongly that things should go a certain way

He focuses his mind on something and WILL not change it. In fact, he HATES change. I mean, he LOATHES it. We recently moved to a huge house with lots of space outside to play. It's a nearly perfect place, but he wants to move back into our ...