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Matt and I on our wedding day 11 years ago Yesterday marked my 12th anniversary of blogging! I seriously can’t believe it. On May 12, 2007, I published this inaugural post about how I was moving to Denver and wanted to start a garden at our new rental property. Over the years, I’ve gone through phases where I have written more and gone through times when I have written less. I am now feeling “back on the blogging bandwagon” and hope that you will subscribe to our newsletter (see below) if you want a little bit more from Feeding the Soil each week.
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How White Privilege Works: A Critique of Time Magazine
Image courtesy of Time Magazine I read Time Magazine article: “I Raised Two CEOs and a Doctor. These Are My Secrets to Parenting Successful Children.” because I love parenting articles. I appreciated the author’s emphasis on the concepts of trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness. Some of the anecdotes remind me of what I try to do in our Montessori home. However, I have not been able to stop thinking about how the author made no mention of the role that white privilege plays in our lives.
Summary of the Article
The author explains that her parenting led to the success of her grown-up daughters. One is … Read More
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Purposeful Parenthood: What I’m Working on Right Now
Matt just returned from a weeklong trip to the Pacific Northwest (in exchange for the month I got to spend in Melbourne at a Montessori training). I sure do struggle to be a successful parent when I’m on my own! On top of the solo parenting difficulty, it was a particularly busy week at work. My patience for my children was virtually zero. The whole situation crescendoed into curling up in a ball—crying—on my bed on Saturday night, scrolling through Facebook. I felt like such a failure as a parent. Then I came across an ad that gave me direction for my most recent quest toward purposeful parenthood.
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