On parenting in the wake of a husband's suicide.
How (and why) to raise three-year-olds who love kohlrabi in season.
A mother reflects on parenting the next great generation.
Is suffering necessary for building character and resilience?
Inviting play into a busy time of preparation.
A mother reflects on how her attention has shifted.
A single mom learns a lesson in play from her kids.
What my son teaches himself, and how.
A mother reflectson what she’s learning from her home educated daughters.
A short lesson on listening to and appreciating children for who they are.
A parent's perspective on the man from the North Pole.
A few words on a family tradition to help contextualize giving and receiving gifts.
A mother reflects on that which she will not live to harvest.
How our kids pick up on the differences between hired hands and good shepherds.
Practicing community development on an eternal timeline.
On discerning when to practice efficiency and inefficiency.
On planting dinner.
Reflecting on the risk not taken, 25 years later.
Or: Sarah’s marriage advice.
Raising kids to never imagine their limits.
What have we gained and what have we lost in our progress beyond the one-room school?
Raising boys with a sense of community begins at home.
Or how to have awesome kids and make it look like you did all the work.
The value of biking, walking and road tripping as a family.
How priorities can shift after having children.
On slowing down enough to see what there is to celebrate.
Why Thanksgiving never will be -- and never has been -- the same.
Your kids were supposed to have perfect parents. You were supposed to have perfect kids. You’re all plain out of luck.