What’s Happening Wed: Grandmothers are for human survival!

Check out this evidence from the Smithsonian about how grandmothers were “crucial for human evolution.” I totally believe it. I was close to my grandmother and my daughter is close to hers. We learn so much from them—and it used to really take a village to raise a child.

I love this image regarding how girls are in charge of their own fate.

Did you hear about the teen who made a flashlight that runs on human body heat? Cool!

And this 9-year-old is taking on the fast food industry.

Here are some fun preschool crafts for the 4^th of July.

Our Muddy Boots has an important piece about the marks we leave on our kids.

This piece about the family bed from Dayna Martin is just lovely. The family bed is a part of attachment parenting; we have only had separate beds from our children very recently in terms of history. If you’re thinking about using a family bed, Dayna’s story may be helpful.

Little Hearts has this lovely list of 200 ways to bless your children with a happy childhood. Many of these are so easy and make a great parent bucket list! I also love their 12 steps to gentle parenting.

Check out this disturbing image regarding how toys are marketed.

Try making your own shoe storage rack.

Here are some interesting statistics about homeschoolers versus public schoolers. You can find the stats at this Wikipedia article, too—but the article is also flagged for bias, so I’d take it with a grain of salt.

I love this quote from John Taylor Gatto.

Here’s a great piece at Personal Excellence about 6 things you learned in school that have nothing to do with “the real world.”

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Planemad)