I only had time to skim this article, but it and many others are speaking (I think largely unheard) about an issue that I am passionate about. This author has it right, I think, and other thinkers do too, but very few people are willing to change what is working for them, regardless of what is happening to our boys.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157898/page/1
J Place
About Me
- Mom to Anyone
- I am the busy, busy, blessed mother of 3 girls, 8 boys, one son-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. I am also grandma to beloved Haelley Erin and Brennan Caleb. Our youngest son was born in June 2007 with a unilateral cleft lip and partially bilateral cleft palate. We have educated our children completely at home. Six of our eleven children were born at home with a midwife present. I absolutely love the home birth topic, so please feel free to bring it up.
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Another evidence for the superiority of home schooling - when done right. Another problem that I see is that school often sets boys up for failure because it is structured around skills/interests that are primarily feminine or verbal, rather than hands-on/mechanical/action ordered. When homeschooling, especially when moms do all of it, the same trap may lurk. Most curriculums are not designed to meet male learning needs either. Awareness is a good start in solving the problem. Thanks for sharing the article.
Good article. It's Charlotte Mason sounding.
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