When Writing Starts to Feel Like Homework

When Writing Starts to Feel Like Homework

Homework has been the bane of my existence lately.

My oldest child is in second grade, which is still very young, but his homework load is starting to increase. As far as I’m concerned, the amount of homework he gets is very reasonable for his age. He only has one fairly short task to complete each day during the school week and the entire packet is turned in on Friday so there’s time to catch up if he wants to skip a day.

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An Open Letter to My Children: People May Try to Lie to You About Our World, Don’t Believe Them

An Open Letter to My Children: People May Try to Lie to You About Our World, Don’t Believe Them

I know you don’t realize it, but our world is a little turbulent right now. Probably not any more turbulent than normal, really, but the present and future often feel more frightening than the past.

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