Q: This is my first time to home-school all three of my kids.  I am nervous but excited.  Mostly I am worried about discipline.  Could you give me an idea of class rules or some system to keep order? A: One thing is that you can have a schedule like: 8-8:30 Kid 1 plays with Kid 2 while Mom works with Kid 3 8:30-9 Kid 1 plays with Kid 3 while Mom works with Kid 2 9-9:30 Kid 2 plays with Kid 3 while Mom works wi

I love to hear my children praise each other, but too often I hear criticism.  I think that is normal when people live in the same home! One thing that has worked for us is to have Praising Contests.  We certainly still have bickering and criticism, but hopefully it helps the atmosphere of our home to at least have a praise once in a while from a sibling! We have a laminated page on the fridge that says: Micah:__

Q: At our normal checkup for my baby, the nurses said to start my baby on solids.  The only thing is that they told me specifically was to start him on three vegetables. They told me not to start with fruit because then babies only prefer sweet things.  I don’t know about rice cereal. The nurses didn’t recommend it. I also thought about separating the vegetables in case of allergy. A:One thing is th