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My legacy of being a fighter doesn’t mean shit to me. What matters to me is the legacy of being a father. My children are my legacy. My children are what I really care about…When I’m long gone and they spread my ashes in the ocean, my children will remember: my father was a great… Continue reading Tito Ortiz on What Matters
Happy Friday! In Hawaii, we call it Pau Hana Friday, meaning "the week is ovah!" It is challenging to find a family-friendly movie to enjoy with your kids, eat popcorn, and snuggle up together on the couch. June & Kopi is a good one. Available on Netflix, and released this year from Indonesia, there are… Continue reading Friday Movie Reccy: June & Kopi (2021)
Consider how your new adult child will be encouraged to do harm and silence others in the university setting.
It is harmful for kids to use social media and texting for emotional support.
This post was going to be a review of the movie Captain Marvel (2019). But I don’t want to talk about Captain Marvel, I want to talk about Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel’s alter ego. She is a Tough Girl. What is a Tough Girl? They are everywhere. Lt. Skyler Kamaka - former beauty queen and… Continue reading Tough Girls: Real Grit vs. Fake Superpowers
The Garfield Show on Netflix is family-friendly and good foreign language practice.
A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we're loved.Fred Rogers Could this be why homeschoolers like learning? Because, every day, through word and deed, they are reminded of how much they are loved? Source Rogers, Fred. You are Special: Words of Wisdom from America's Most Beloved Neighbor. New York: The… Continue reading Mr. Rogers on Learning
Listen to Start Ed Up podcast Start Ed Up podcast: What it Means to be a Girl Dad. Aired on January 30, 2020. The life you had planned isn't the life you get. And the life you get is a blessing.-Don Wettrick, President and founder of STARTedUP Foundation Kobe Bryant's passing was unfortunate. However, men… Continue reading The Legacy of a Girl Dad
READ list here I'm going to add one more reason to homeschool your precious children: to continue to see this look of joy and confidence on their faces as they grow and learn, rather than the grinding down of their personality and spirit as they try to fit in and conform to others' ideas of… Continue reading Repost: 100 Reasons to Homeschool
Stop being led by the nose doing others' bidding. Go see the world through your own eyes, then decide how you fit into it.
Thought Ripples by Wendi 