My son was expelled from preschool. Maybe that sounds shocking—it was to me! But apparently it happens over fifty thousand times every year.[1] I’m sure this leads to a lot of hurt, frustration, and shame. While I’m sure there is no easy solution, I’m convinced that one of the best ways to learn and grow…
I looked at the caller ID and was both surprised and thrilled to see the name of an old friend with whom I had attended church and Bible studies years ago. Ann and I had never been best friends or even close friends, but I always admired her humor, her insight, her compassion, and her…
Well, mamas, here we go again. Another school year with so many unknowns. Last year was a year unlike any other in known educational history. Our kids and families endured challenges we couldn’t even dream up twenty or thirty years ago when we were in school. This past year, many of us sent our kids…
“I am not homeschooling your kids,” my college roommate said to her husband. My former roommate and I met up every month or so (with our spouses in tow) for a game night. We were all newlyweds with no kids. But to us, this epic argument about where our kids would go to school was…