We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing. And he picked up the yellow pen and, with great deliberation, drew a yellow circle. And […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #9: Domestic Servitude.
Do you remember that phrase? The one Badman, Balls, Brown and the NSPCC tried to use to describe the poor home ed kids stuck at home, forced to do menial chores and tasks while their lucky school friends had a meaningful, perfect education in school? Look at this poor toddler, forced to clean his daddy’s […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #8: Messy Play
I’ll let you into a secret. I hate messy play. I hate sticking stuff with little kids who get bored quickly. I hate painting that is mostly gloop and soggy paper. I HATE setting up stuff that they do for a while, chuck everywhere and then I have to clear up. It may be partly […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #4: The Cardboard Box Edition
Now, obviously I’m a big advocate of toys, what with making my living selling them, but I’m the first to admit that a REALLY good cardboard box can hardly be beaten for sheer value. There are masses of post on this blog, I’m sure, of pictures of the girls in the olden days when stock […]
Lax Toddler Parenting #1: Geomags
Lax parenting… something like the ‘benign neglect’ of our home educating days that served the girls so well. To be honest, parenting Bene badly is something I’ve had to practise at a bit, since his first year or so mostly consisted of me hovering over him in a panic that he would stop breathing, stop […]
