We had a guest the other night joining us for dinner. After the meal when the children were cleaning up and washing dishes, our guest asked, “Don’t your children fight?” Lana and I looked at each other and pondered. “Not really,” we replied, “They have occasional disagreements but these get sorted out pretty quickly.” “Don’t [...]

As I was lying in bed the other morning, in that half aware state between being asleep and awake, I was pondering how I would change my life going back with what I know now. But I kept getting stuck on a paradox. Every mistake that I tried to rectify would jeopardise the really good [...]

We recently had a fun time at a local park which has just refurbished their playground. There were ducks to feed, tadpoles to watch, things to climb and spinning things to, well, spin on.The children really enjoy spending time together and we enjoy spending time with them. This seems to be such a counter cultural [...]

Lana and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary. We had planned a special dinner for all of us and a few other special activities. But this will all have to wait a week or so as the vagaries of family life have intervened in our plans.Eric (11yo Son) has some stomach bug which has [...]

Last year I was asked what Dads do at homeschool camps and I will answer the question again this year. Dads get involved in the organisation, talks, sports and everything else as homeschooling is a family affair, not just Mum’s job.At the beach the Dads typically act as beach patrol, calling the children back to [...]

It has been two weeks since our daughter, Ariel, (16) started working full time at the local village store. She had been working there for two hours each morning for the last four months sorting the mail and assisting with the morning duties when a marvellous opportunity arose. The local TAFE (similar to Community College) [...]

Domenico posted on this same topic yesterday, and I had to put in my bit too!Gerald of The Cafeteria is Closed asked the question “What’s so great about children?” There are lots of comments (64 at last count) but I thought the question deserved an answer here.I have always looked at these type of “Meaning [...]