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To All Mothers: Thank You!
Happy New Year, everybody! As I write this, I’m sitting in the living room of my oldest daughter and her husband, in the D.C. area. My...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Jan 7, 20142 min read
The Teachings Of Kindness
The book of Proverbs, in the Bible, is filled with some of the most practical wisdom you can find anywhere on the subject of...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Nov 26, 20136 min read
Turning The Tables On Your Toddler
If you have a child around the age of two or three, you need to brace yourself for a major change. If it hasn’t happened already, your...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Nov 15, 20135 min read
On Housekeeping
Housecleaning is a subject that has been the subject of lots of arguing between husbands and wives for many years. Women have typically...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Nov 5, 20135 min read
The Common Sense Mom, Part II: Beat Your Kids Up Every Day
If you read this column very often, you’ll recognize a common message regarding the unnecessarily complicated state of modern parenting. ...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Oct 7, 20134 min read
The Nature and Needs of Children
With the seemingly endless number of books, blogs and advice columns about the raising of children, why do we see so many disruptive kids...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Sep 25, 20135 min read
My Homeschooling Odyssey, Part III: What I Learned
In my last post I shared the struggles I experienced during the years that I homeschooled my five children. Before moving into Part III,...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Sep 18, 20135 min read
Gifts From my Parents
It’s easy for adults to look back and find fault with their parents; it’s been in vogue ever since Freud, I suppose. In some ways it’s...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Sep 3, 20137 min read
Good Parenting: Grown-up Realism and Vision, not Techniques
As a young mother I was filled with a sense of determination–I was determined that 1) my kids would be well-behaved, 2) they would not...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Aug 22, 20135 min read
The View From the Empty Nest
This morning I helped my youngest child move into her dorm room for her Freshman year of college. It was fun and exciting (not including...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Aug 16, 20134 min read
The Most Important "Learning Style"
Throughout my teaching career– homeschooling, classroom teaching, and being an administrator– I’ve often been faced with questions about...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Aug 8, 20133 min read
There is Candy in Tomatoes
“There is candy in tomatoes.” This is something my father told me on a regular basis when I was very young. I didn’t like tomatoes, but...
Kaye Wilson Parenting
Mar 2, 20133 min read
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