It’s June. In the next two weeks, my DS13 graduates 8th grade from The REALM with Inspire Charter. Oh. My. Friggin’ goodness! I’ll refrain from the actual expletives here. But, boy, the shock and flurry of big emotions that this huge moment elicits bring all kinds...
As I sit down to write about my son’s transition from traditional public school to a hybrid alternative education in hopes of nudging other families to take this magnificent leap, I realize most of what I have to say is about how hard it was...
If anyone had told me that I would one day be a ‘homeschooler’ I would have told them that they were nuts. There was no way I would have ever considered taking on the responsibility of teaching our son, Dar. And now, guess what, I’m...
That was the tag line for my friend's wedding. The New York City girl who used to walk only as far as the curb to hail a cab one day up and moved to San Diego for a job and now she was getting married...