The New Barbarians and the Case for Homeschooling

This horrendous story of school violence against a little 7-year-old boy from the West coast could be repeated daily in newspapers around the country. That’s if the true extent of abuse in our schools were reported. What this child suffered physically, and the psychological suffering from living in fear all the time is the result [...]

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The Disaster of Couch-Potato Kids

Related to my post below, I saw this story yesterday on MSNBC. Our children’s generation is expected to be the first one that will go backwards in terms of life expectancy. Our lifestyles have consequences, and for many of our children, today’s lifestyle is deadly.

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On Playgrounds and Boys and Childhood

It was so nice out this morning that I got up early and decided to take a walk at the playground up the hill from our house. (Our area is so hilly that only a marathoner could walk with ease so I head up to the playground where it is level for walking.) Will grabbed [...]

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Musical Notes

It was an unusual week for beautiful music. Last weekend, our family headed to Chicago for a recital with the Chinese pianist Lang Lang at Symphony Center. The place was packed for an unforgettable afternoon of Bartok, Debussy, Schumann, and an unbelievable rendition of Chopin’s Polinaise in A flat Major which brought the crowd to [...]

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One Long Week

Last week my husband and youngest son, Will, were gone out of town on a dad and son trip. Tom took the older boys on a special trip when they were about Will’s age, and they will never forget seeing the sites of World War II in England and France. Will and his dad didn’t [...]

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