The inspiration to develop this site came from an email exchange that I read on one of our member’s discussion groups. It went like this: Hi there, I’m a “wannabe Stay at home mom”. I have a six month old baby girl (Pride and Joy)… My maternity leave is about to run out in about…
“I quit college and enrolled as a student at the University of Planet Earth, the world’s oldest and largest educational institution. It has billions of professors, tens of millions of books, and unlimited course offerings. Tuition is free, and everybody designs his or her own major.” (William Upski Wimsatt, in Utne Reader, May/June, 1998)
“Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to motivate children into learning by wheedling, bribing or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do, is bring as much…
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