Children’s Mental Health Week kicks off today and with it comes the myriad of articles and press releases seeking to address the issues of child mental health. And yes, kids are under more pressure now than they ever have been. I cannot even begin to count the number of times I have expressed relief at… Read More
One question I often receive regarding home education (apart from the socialisation one) is how we manage to deal with so many children at different ages and stages. A lot of people contact me saying that they would like to home educate their children but aren’t quite sure how or where to begin. The… Read More
There is a video going around social media about a guy suing the school system. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can do so here. I particularly liked the way it raised some valid points of our own and reminded me why we chose to home educate. We chose to home educate… Read More
Don’t miss the 2017 update at the end of this post Our two episodes of ’16 Kids and Counting’ have now been aired once again in the UK, as well as in many countries all over the world. It has been over a year since they were originally shown and almost two years… Read More
Last night Channel 4 re-ran the first of our two episodes of ’16 Kids and Counting’. Once more we’ve had several lovely emails and messages, but one person in particular voiced their somewhat anxious – perhaps even angry – concerns in the comments over on this post on our site here. As Gill… Read More
Eddie is our resident crafter. He always has several projects on the go and his creativity and imagination knows no bounds. This morning he set about making himself an eye mask. As with pretty much anything in this house, curious siblings quickly gathered to see what was going on and whether… Read More