Taiwan just made it illegal to give kids too much screen time. The most notable thing about the law is that it fails to differentiate types of screen time. For example, watching a Disney movie is a lot less likely to be educational than, say, watching a video that describes photosynthesis. Read more
This is a guest post from Sarah Faulkner. She is a homeschooling mom in Washington state. She has five kids, ages 13, 11, 9, 5, and 2.
I like to hear about other homeschoolers. If you talk to my father, I am a complete failure. If you just look at test scores, and talk to my kids I am doing just fine. I have been homeschooling for 8 years. I am an ENTP and have five kids. My fourth has Autism/ADHD, and I think my third does as well (for ADD).
Honestly my life is hell, and I really don’t like homeschooling at the moment, but I feel public school is a long waste of 12 years. Also, none of my kids wants to go to school.
Every time I get annoyed and find a reason to stop homeschooling, the kids step up so they can stay home. They want to stay home because, “We don’t have enough time to go to school. How would we get everything else done?” My children highly value playing.
If your child is enrolled in school, it is illegal to take your child out of school to do family events, educational trips, etc. I know this because I when I had my son in first grade I ended up having to go to the truancy officer in my little Wisconsin town. Read more