# home ed (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover home ed. Page: Feed: --- ## [Of course I think my kids are special...](https://willdiglife.net/of-course-i-think-my-kids-are-special/) _2026-07-19 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ ... but it's a beautiful thing to get compliments about them. I don't take all the credit for what they are like. To be truthful, most of the time I feel I'm doing a pretty lousy job at being present, being loving, being patient - in all the mothering, I fall short. I'm way too task-oriented, forever planning and sorting things out, and in the process I forget to actually love and cherish my… ## [Vienna 2026: Now with Tween attitudes](https://willdiglife.net/vienna-2026-now-with-tween-attitudes/) _2026-07-19 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ We're two weeks into our Vienna summer - which we do every year. And like last year and perhaps even the year before, I wonder if we should do it again next year. The pressure to change is increasing with the tween attitudes, particularly from N(11) who is busier missing her friends than enjoying what's on offer here. Playgrounds are boring now. Lidos and beaches are still fun, but the kids are… ## [Shifting addictions vs. shutting them down](https://willdiglife.net/shifting-addictions-vs-shutting-them-down/) _2026-06-25 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I have an addictive personality. This might be inherited - after all, my father was a raging alcoholic - but then, my sister doesn't seem to have this issue... for me though, addictions are part of life. I'm all-or-nothing, fully in or fully out; in fact, I recently mentioned this to a friend and she pointed out (perceptively, which makes sense as she's a psychotherapist) that even my issues with… ## [I wash my hair once a month (and then with only water)](https://willdiglife.net/i-only-wash-my-hair-once-a-month-and-then-with-only-water/) _2026-06-04 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I cringe at the label, but I've always been somewhat crunchy ... over the years, I've settled down into my own style of this, taking what works for us and leaving the rest: we dress mainly in natural fabrics (merino, cotton, linen) - blog post about how we dress here there's no non-stick cookware in the house - it's stainless steel and cast iron only I breastfed my kids until they weaned… ## [Mobile phones for my kids](https://willdiglife.net/mobile-phones-for-my-kids/) _2026-06-01 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ For his 10th birthday, my son had asked for a mobile phone of his own. I bought it for him. Previously, the kids had shared a 2G (talk & text only) old people's flip phone, because I felt they weren't really going places on their own so it was enough for one of them to have it with them. But, this led to arguments as to who was allowed to carry it... so finally, I decided it was time. N(11) will… ## [Home Ed Guilt](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/home-ed-guilt) _2026-04-24 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ Is unschooling enough? ## [Boulder Friends - Come to the Homeschool Roundtable this Saturday](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/boulder-friends-come-to-the-homeschool) _2026-04-09 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ I'm putting some energy into local connections, hope to see you there ## [The long, long days of winter](https://willdiglife.net/the-long-long-days-of-winter/) _2026-03-02 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ Lent has just begun. It's been daily rain since New Year's... it's been grey, dank, cold: British winter at its worst. And we haven't gone away for a week of sunshine, as we have done in years past; we have stayed and felt it, every single day. Now Lent is here, it feels like a countdown to Spring has started - something to look forward to! There's not many photos to show from these past few… ## [Firefly Hours](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/firefly-hours) _2026-02-16 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ A poem about parenting teens because that's what my brain threw at me in the wee hours of the morning ## [A Poem About Despair](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/a-poem-about-despair) _2026-01-30 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ Something Different for this Day of ICEout Strike and Protest ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dklUXq0e8qZX) _2026-01-30 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## ["I know more math than you think I do!"](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/i-know-more-math-than-you-think-i) _2026-01-16 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ It’s coming from video games, my friends. ## [Into 2026: intentions and reflections](https://willdiglife.net/into-2026-intentions-and-reflections/) _2026-01-01 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I've always had resolutions for New Years. That's because I like to be intentional - to have aims, things to focus on: in order to know what to do in the day, I need to know where I'm trying to go. This year is no different, although many things are ongoing rather than new ideas I've just come up with. It's not new that I want to minimise my phone use (a constant battle I've been fighting since… ## [Advent 2025](https://willdiglife.net/advent-2025/) _2025-12-24 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ We're halfway through Advent. What a season - we are so busy, it's hard to catch a breath! Advent of course is meant to be a slow, meditative, heart-searching season... and to be honest, that's not really what it looks like in this house. A few things we have done and are doing to mark the season... We listen daily to the Hallow kids' drama about advent, which is very good - over breakfast Our… ## [Family Stories: not one happy marriage - this ends here](https://willdiglife.net/family-stories-not-one-happy-marriage-this-ends-here/) _2025-12-18 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I have written before about my own family history but I had this epiphany the other day - it's not just my family, it's my in-laws too. There are no happy marriages. Not one. Misery comes in many shapes and sizes, they are not all the same, but what all the marriages I know of in this family have in common is that not one of them was happy. Looking through, here's a brief summary of the marriages… ## [Limerence and PDA](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/limerence-and-pda) _2025-12-09 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ Examining intense human connections, for better and for worse ## [Home Ed FAQ: do you ever doubt your choice?](https://willdiglife.net/home-ed-faq-do-you-ever-doubt-your-choice/) _2025-11-04 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ This is the third part (of many, I expect, but far apart and slowly accumulating) in my Home Ed Questions series - here's Part 1: What about socialisation? and Part 2: How will they ever learn to read and write? This entire blog is about thinking out loud, giving the reader a bit of an insight on what's going on in my mind. So this is going to be an open, vulnerable post as I think through my… ## [Rhythm, Not Schedule in Home Education](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/rhythm-not-schedule-in-home-education) _2025-09-30 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ Plus where I'll be this Fall ## [Not-Back-to-School is Kicking My Ass](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/not-back-to-school-is-kicking-my) _2025-08-30 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ I desperately miss the days when being a home ed family meant our calendar existed separately from the outside world rhythms. ## [Swear Word Bananagrams](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/swear-word-bananagrams) _2025-07-29 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ And other Colorado summer highlights ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/q5bQtuyMRjjf) _2025-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Home Education Isn’t Perfect. School Wasn’t Either.](https://wanderingbrightly.substack.com/p/home-education-isnt-perfect-school) _2025-06-16 · Marnina Kammersell · Wandering Brightly_ Unschooling neurodivergent kids allows us to find what works, one season at a time