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Education and Schooling #6: This is Unschooling
I’ve become obsessed with reading about unschooling. If I could wave a wand to make any kind of educational approach ... Continue reading
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Screening #1: In Defence of Screens
Playschool, Rainbow, Sesame Street: I could still sing you the theme songs. The Muppets. The Smurfs, though I was disdainful ... Continue reading
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Education and Schooling #10: Special
It is a legal right in New Zealand for all children to have free education that meets their needs. This ... Continue reading
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Possession #3: Loosing the Sentimental Chains
Some of us just don’t get around to clearing out our junk. But most hoarders are shackled to mountains of ... Continue reading
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Possession #4: On the Owning of Books
Books. It’s all very well to limit other things to the useful and the beautiful, but how does a reader ... Continue reading
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Possession #5: Glass Walls
Michael Pollan advocates abattoirs with glass walls: Sometimes I think that all it would take to clarify our feelings about ... Continue reading
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A Mighty Girl: Cassie Logan
Set in 1930s Mississippi, in the year that Cassie realises being black can be a liability, Roll of Thunder, Hear ... Continue reading
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Redeeming Birthday Parties #1
One of the birthday constants in my family growing up was Dad writing a poem – usually rhyming couplets, but ... Continue reading
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Child Marriage, Child Death and What You Can Do
The tragic, terrible death of an eight-year-old Yemeni girl made international news this week. You might have read reports that ... Continue reading
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Give Local Gifts this Christmas [Guest]
Please meet the wonderful Laura Giddey! We studied together at Carey Baptist College and it is my great pleasure to ... Continue reading
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Parenting as Professional Development
I didn’t get it before I had a baby. And now I really, really don’t get it. One of the ... Continue reading
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New Year’s Guide to Legumes (including Chocolate Cake!)
‘Stunning!’ said Angela, after her first bite, eyebrows to the ceiling. I think she was as much stunned by its ... Continue reading
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Vocation: More than a Job [Guest]
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What’s the Point of Lent? #4: Roman Catholic Practices
This is the fourth in a mini-series looking at how different traditions celebrate Lent. They build on each other, so ... Continue reading
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Easter with Kids: 32 Ideas for Celebrating Together
We’re now in Holy Week, where Lent morphs into Easter. In my house we’ll continue lighting our Lenten candles and ... Continue reading
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Muka Kids: Changing the World by Changing How We Buy Children’s Clothes
A warm welcome to a special guest! Jess Berentson-Shaw lives in on the side of a windswept Wellington hill. ... Continue reading
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The Secret Life of a Wedding Celebrant: Laura Giddey [Guest]
Welcome back to one of our most popular guest posters: wedding celebrant, community worker and all-round high-quality human being Laura Giddey. ... Continue reading
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6 Ways Kids Can Change the World [Blog Action Day]
Even if you’re little you can do a lot, you Mustn’t let a little thing like ‘little’ stop you - Matilda the Musical, ‘Naughty’, Tim Minchin Changing the world is a hard job. Best to start early,...
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47 Christmas Gifts that can Change the World
How can something as (potentially) shallow as Christmas shopping be a great way to make a difference in the world? Easy :) If we aspire to living a life where our actions reflect our values, then how...
View ArticlePonytails, Wigs, Money and Myanmar
Before Would you sponsor me to cut off my hair? Even better, let’s cut out the causality and put it like this: would you donate to our Partners fund to help us get to South East Asia to bring free,...
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