Marye Audet

Hoses, Sprinklers, and Drippy Popsicles

June 19, 2013

Summer is here and I realized that for the first time in all of my years of parenting, I am going to experience my kids being on summer vacation. When you homeschool, there often isn’t much difference from one day to the next — at least not in our house. We worked on different subjects randomly [...]

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Eco-Friendly Juice in the Box

June 18, 2013

Those little juice boxes and juice packets are, in my not-so-humble opinion, one of the coolest products ever created. No more buying little cartons of warmish milk at school, no more lugging around heavy thermoses, and no more drinking weird tasting water from the fountain. All that you had to do is pop that little container in [...]

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Oh, That First Crush!

June 18, 2013

Do you remember your first crush? I do. I was four and he was a very mature five year old. He lived up the street from me and it was love at first sight. Like so many relationships, ours began without us really realizing it until one day we looked at each other over our [...]

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Boost Mathematics Skills with Electric Shock Treatments

June 17, 2013

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You know, back when I was homeschooling I occasionally threatened a child that I was getting a cattle prod if they didn’t hurry and get their math done. According to psychologists at Oxford University, I might have been doing my offspring a favor. Researchers found that students tended to score better on math after five days of [...]

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Should High School Baby Bumps Be Banned?

June 17, 2013

Here’s the burning question: Should baby bumps be banned from school yearbooks? There seems to always be some sort of controversy when it comes to high schools. When I was in school, it was that boys could not have hair that touched their collars and girls pants must hit at the natural waist, not below. [...]

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Adults Only Events: Rude or Refreshing?

June 16, 2013

When I was a young mom, it was rare for an event to exclude children unless it was something like a cocktail party. Even then, the invitation didn’t say not to bring your kids — you just didn’t. Soon wedding and graduation party invitations were sent with a note at the bottom that let you know [...]

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A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

June 14, 2013

Have you heard the old idiom, a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, according to Kelly Robinson, it is not only a true statement but one that she lives by. When Kelly become a stay at home mom, she found that it was far different than what she had imagined. Much of her time was [...]

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Who Gives the “Talk” at Your House?

June 14, 2013

I really sort of wanted to entitle this, Hanging the Bell on the Cat: Who Gives the Talk at Your House? but the title was way too long. An article on Female First states that in most homes it is the mom, rather than the dad, who gives the birds and bees talk, answers questions, [...]

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Joe the Monkey Learns to Share

June 13, 2013

Teaching kids about money can be a challenge. It’s hard enough to figure out how to handle it when you are an adult! John Lanza comes to the rescue with a series of books that will help even the youngest child understand healthy money habits. The philosophy is based on a three jar system:

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