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Strengths-Based vs. Weakness-Based Education

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What is meant by strengths-based education? I feel it might be advantageous to start with what is a weakness-based model. Most mass institutions of learning (such as public school) are weakness-based models. This model starts with a prescribed scope and … Continue reading

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Why is My Child a Resistant Learner?

“I have a resistant learner.”  I hear this type of description often from new members regarding their children on my Homeschooling Creatively group, a yahoo list created in 2006 to support homeschooling parents of right-brained, creative learners.  (I now have a … Continue reading

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Turning Fear into Leaps of Faith

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I’m reading the e-book, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry, by Lenore Skenazy, and it really helped me zero in on our culture’s current parenting focus of fear. The author helped me … Continue reading