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Thanks Lisa! I will use these ideas:-)

***I do think sometimes he has trouble with receptive listening but not overly. I too have worked with kids having all ranges of delays so am i desensitized if i think his not catching everything i

There's some interesting new research on the effects of third-hand smoke (the basic upshot being that the chemicals that come in with the smoker are still toxic). . . at least there's fewer of them

Karl loves the Batman Legos game and also likes the Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones Legos game. ~Katherine

Also, Rebecca, try this link and it will take you to a new page you've probably never seen... I love this randomizer: http://sandradodd.com/random ~Katherine

I have friends who smoke but never in the house... only outside, usually on the front stoop. Never in the car unless it's a car only for the smoker. They have kids now. And that helps their kids have

Books on tape or CD from the library, audio books on http://librivox.org/many of which are free, music from all kinds of free sources online (youtube for one). To chat and discuss all manner of topics

-=-This site is in a revamp, but it has a cool search, even just for playing around with! http://www.unschooling.info/-=- I just vamped it a little bit yesterday, and left out ONE step... would've led

***Do you have any of your quick and easy links to pass on here?*** This site is in a revamp, but it has a cool search, even just for playing around with! http://www.unschooling.info/ I've found some

-=-Do you have any of your quick and easy links to pass on here? I'm not quite sure what to search terms to use - I seem to be constantly surprised by the great links shared here because I think I've

***I would LOVE any idea on appropriate kids online games or other games we can use on the comp or WII; he's been playing with a few but we need new ideas.*** The word "appropriate" throws me a bit.

-=The moms who use coercion/guilt/punishment have neater houses-=- Not necessarily! <g> -=Presumably anyone who starts with little choices will continue to relate to their children positively and the

I'm sure there is reams of information about unschooling *not* badly on your website, Sandra -- about parents diving in and supporting interests. I bet Joyce has some goodies on her site, too. Do you

Unschooling means parenting with care and respect. To me it also about collaboration and love. I can ask my kids to help load the dishwasher and they will very often, or I could insist and bring on

There are two online games that look a lot like legos. http://www.roblox.com/ and Blockland. Roblox is free and he can build his own games or play others games. We found it too because my son loved

There are online Lego patterns. Might have a little text, but even without it's still maps and translating image to action. We were just turned onto this website from someone at the Lego

Pam wrote<<<I was thinking about this poor person, stuck in bed with nothing to do but surf the TV day and night for two years? Ignored and lonely? I mean - that's the impression I got, anyway. So TV

I bought Harvest Moon for the Wii last spring because I had read things you wrote, Sandra, about how much Holly enjoyed that game. I hadn't heard of it before that. We *all* love it梚ncluding me. We

My daughter is only 3 1/2 and I have struggled on and off with how much television she watches. But the longer I trust her to follow her interests and do what she needs to do at the moment, while also

-=-My kids spent hours online researching recipes and other things for Harvest Moon.-=- I didn't know there was Harvest Moon for the Wii. That has been, overall, one of the biggest things in Holly's