Category Archives: Parenting
Trial by Water
Today was rather momentous. At one point this afternoon I realized that the entire day was like an initiation of some kind or another. Rudolf Steiner wrote quite a bit about initiatory experiences, religious, meditative, and quotidian. The quotes I … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Deep Thoughts, Family, life, Napoleona, papa, Parenting, Religion, SillyBilly
Mixed Bag
Image via Wikipedia Today’s New York Times Opinion section included the article “Ban the Breast Pump” by Judith Warner in her weekly column “Domestic Disturbances.” Inflammatory title, no? Even more inflammatory to me are some of her basic assumptions. Warner … Continue reading
Observations
Seasons Change They tell me it’s spring, but the last few days have not seemed so. We spent most of Sunday inside except for necessities like doing laundry and driving to church. Instead of singing spring songs with the kids, … Continue reading
Pride
At the beginning of the school year, I wrote about SillyBilly’s classroom. About how I was unhappy with certain aspects of the pedagogy and curriculum, and how I was worried about competitiveness at such an early age. Some of those … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Deep Thoughts, papa, Parenting, School, SillyBilly, waldorf education
Rest in Peace, Harrykins
Today we took Harry to the vet to have him put to sleep. Last night it was evident that he was having a hard time walking, not eating a thing, and not grooming himself. He seemed almost unable to climb … Continue reading
Pity the Poor Early Reader
I’ve known how to read since I was four years old, so I don’t really remember learning it. It’s been very interesting and a little shocking watching my children learning to read. (SillyBilly is learning in school; Napoleona is picking … Continue reading
Filed under Napoleona, Parenting, Silliness and Mayhem, SillyBilly, Writing
Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker – Part 2
In the first section we read how, over time, human beings have become more and more individualized and less guided by norms. We also read how homemakers of today are still influenced by the social expectations set up during the … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Books, Deep Thoughts, Homemaking, Parenting, Religion
Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker – Part 1
This is one of my most often read books on my anthroposophy bookshelf. I’ve struggled with it for many years; just like Steiner lectures, it takes a lot of chewing over and ruminating. I think to do it justice, I … Continue reading
Filed under Anthroposophy, Books, Deep Thoughts, Homemaking, Parenting
Bleh
Feeling bleh. Worked a lot today. Didn’t do such a good job parenting the Waldorf way: I watched couple of videos on the computer with SillyBilly today, cooked a huge slab o’meat for dinner, lost my temper. Worrying about money, … Continue reading
Filed under Napoleona, papa, Parenting, SillyBilly
Homeschool Days
SillyBilly’s school was closed today, yesterday he was off of school for a dentist’s appointment, and he will have the entire next week off too (teacher conferences and inservices). So, I’ve been thinking of this as a temporary homeschooling opportunity. … Continue reading
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