parenting Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/parenting/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:13:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 parenting Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/parenting/ 32 32 89931359 Learning through Freedom to Adventure https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:57:42 +0000 https://doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4338 What is education? Is it sitting in a classroom; watching video lessons; or reading stacks of books? Or is education the process of gaining knowledge through study and experience — learning through the freedom to adventure? For two boys in...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-through-freedom-to-adventure/feed/ 0 4338 Take your children outside! Here’s why. https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-your-children-outside-heres-why/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-your-children-outside-heres-why/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:03:03 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1695 Most of my favorite childhood moments took place outside. I remember hours of playing with neighborhood children — skating, riding bikes, playing hopscotch, and acting out stories around my swing set and playhouse. Other happy hours were spent with my grandfather...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/take-your-children-outside-heres-why/feed/ 5 1695 Learning Styles: Do They Make a Difference? https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-styles/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-styles/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:03:45 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=359 In the How to Homeschool a Boy series (the three previous posts), I talked about some of the things I learned through the homeschooling years. One of the first things I learned about was learning styles, or preferred ways of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/learning-styles/feed/ 1 1826 Momma, Want to See a Snake? How to Homeschool a Boy, Part 1 https://doingwhatmatters.com/momma-want-to-see-a-snake-how-to-raise-boys-part-1/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/momma-want-to-see-a-snake-how-to-raise-boys-part-1/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:25:59 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=342 It was a beautiful spring day, and we spent most of it with doors open, happily going in and out with various tasks and projects. It was mid-afternoon when my youngest son came in. “Momma, do you want to see...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/momma-want-to-see-a-snake-how-to-raise-boys-part-1/feed/ 9 342 Give Your Child the Benefit of the Doubt https://doingwhatmatters.com/give-your-child-the-benefit-of-the-doubt/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/give-your-child-the-benefit-of-the-doubt/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:18:49 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=339 Do you remember what it’s like to be a child? Do you remember struggling with something and being told, “Come on, it’s easy! You’re just not trying.” Or worse, “You could do better if you weren’t so lazy/careless.” Do you...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/give-your-child-the-benefit-of-the-doubt/feed/ 9 1823 Family Dinner Conversation https://doingwhatmatters.com/family-dinner-conversation/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/family-dinner-conversation/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:47:22 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=153 Sharing family dinner Is there anything more delightful than sitting down to dinner with family? Even if you’re having something as pedestrian as grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, the company and conversation can be joyous and memorable. And as...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/family-dinner-conversation/feed/ 5 153 Carnival of Homeschooling- The Spring Fever Edition https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-spring-fever-edition/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-spring-fever-edition/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:57:24 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=140 Is anyone else ready for spring? The daffodils are up, forsythia is glowing at the edges of the woods, and from my cozy spot by the woodstove, the bright sunlight offers the illusion of warmth. It’s quickly dispelled by the...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-spring-fever-edition/feed/ 8 1791 Decision-Making: The “Anti-Supposed To” Manifesto https://doingwhatmatters.com/decision-making-the-anti-supposed-to-manifesto/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/decision-making-the-anti-supposed-to-manifesto/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:55:46 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=135 Learning to make good decisions is a lot like learning to walk. Babies do a lot of creeping, crawling, and falling before they are walking well. If you tried to keep them safe by never letting them out of the crib, you'd end up with a disabled adult. If you never allow your children the freedom to make small decisions and fall when necessary, they may be safe, but they'll be crippled.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/decision-making-the-anti-supposed-to-manifesto/feed/ 1 1790 156th Carnival of Homeschooling- Winter in Paris https://doingwhatmatters.com/156th-carnival-of-homeschooling-winter-in-paris/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/156th-carnival-of-homeschooling-winter-in-paris/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:50:09 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=109 Welcome to the December 23, 2008 edition of carnival of homeschooling! As you browse through the posts, I thought you might enjoy some of the scenes from a December trip to one of my favorite cities, Paris, appropriately nicknamed “The...

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