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Across the United States, public education has been under consistent assault. K-20 budgets have been cut, teachers’ unions have been attacked, political agendas have been pushed onto education, and educators have been vilified. One reason for this assault is to open the education “market” to allow opportunities for profit. As such, the rise of for-profit…

“I did not know that I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it.” “One must know what one wants to be,” the eighteenth-century French mathematician Émilie du Châtelet wrote in weighing the nature of genius. “In the latter endeavors irresolution produces false steps, and in the life of…

Weekend Wisdom: Give yourself permission to know when it’s time to let go of something. I’m planning to spend more time with a notebook than I do with my phone in the coming weeks and months. Instead… The post 5 binge-worthy shows + what’s in your junk drawer? appeared first on Be More with Less.

What if authenticity does not require radical openness? Dolly Parton’s life suggests that privacy, performance, and integrity can coexist.

Nested between two giant cedars in the remote old-growth forest where I live much of the year are the rusted remains of boxy car. A tree root has seized one of the rear wheels. A sapling has growth through the glassless windshield. Bright orange fungi have colonized the driver’s seat. Lichen and moss cover nearly…

In many ways, choosing a surrogate is more than preparation for pregnancy. It is a psychological and relational process of its own.

AuDHD, the comorbidity of autism and ADHD, is more than the sum of its parts.

Food rules do more harm than good and often create anxiety, self-criticism, and guilt, particularly when held and followed rigidly.

Taking responsibility for parenting mistakes does not mean accepting lifelong blame or disrespect, nor does it entail endless rescuing.