by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 11, 2010 | for Mind
Last February I read a newspaper article about the Utah public school system by Lois Collins that continues to trouble me. A couple of her statements just leapt off the page and smacked me upside the head. Too often, we're willing to hand over the teaching of our...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 10, 2010 | for Mind
The US Department of Education commandeers roughly $63.7 billion in discretionary appropriations and $96.8 billion in discretionary funding from the federal budget. And this “is only a small part” of education spending, because education is...
by Chrysula Winegar | Feb 19, 2010 | for Mind, for Money
Do you know a mother who doesn't work? I mean, really? I am wondering when we drew this horrible line in the sand between those of us who make sacrifices to provide/supplement our families and those of us who make sacrifices to stay home? I am a stay at home mother...
by Michelle DeGraw | Feb 18, 2010 | for Mind
This has been a really hard month for my extended family. [Deja vu. Haven't I said that recently?] Yesterday morning I had some insight into why I personally am struggling so much with the unexpected health crises of my family members. (You know, beyond the normal...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 15, 2010 | for Fun, for Mind
We love board and card games. Unlike most video games, they provide a great venue to interact with your children (and other adults) and many of them are truly educational. They may teach vocabulary, math, geography, music, and lots of critical thinking. We have...
by Chrysula Winegar | Jan 11, 2010 | for Mind, for Money
We are commanded to work. We are commanded to learn. We are commanded to be prepared. We are commanded to nurture and raise our children. How do we balance everything we have and want to do? In this new Mormon Momma column, The Juggling Act, I am excited to explore...
