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Beautiful. My kids watched with me and wanted to know more about the letter board she used. That led us down an interesting rabbit trail to a mom who explained why her son opened up his world to her and others via a letter board, when he was …

Great thoughts and questions. Thanks for taking the time. I'm often enlightened by your responses here on Cake! You've brought in some interesting historical examples with the prohibition on alcohol in the US and also the soda ban in New …

That was a great read! It's incredible to see so much change in technology condensed over a single career. What a world we live in.

There are at least two questions here: Is it within the government's rights to make these changes, and are these the right changes to make? The first question brings to mind the institution of seat belt laws. I enjoyed this brief history lesson …

Aww this is a hard post to read! (And I'm sorry about the covid-confusion earlier. Our family, gratefully, has stayed healthy, and because of my knee surgery my kids get to hug their grandparents again. We'll share a bubble while my knee mends at …

That package was so hidden! I'm impressed by the delivery driver and creeped out that someone was watching closely enough to go in and nab it later. Ugh.

Commute time can be rough! We moved so close to my husband's workplace that it takes him 5 minutes to get home, and sometimes that isn't long enough for him to process the emotions of his workday and prepare mentally to shift into husband and …

We are really loving the extra time at home over here as well. I’m homeschooling anyway, and we have some space to run around outside, so I didn’t expect too many changes. However, my husband’s lighter work schedule (as a family physician) has …

This post was spot-on, I think, and really speaks to the new ground that’s being broken world-wide with education. It’s not truly homeschooling or distance learning. It’s something completely new, and we would do well to recognize …

Ah, ok. One of the biggest hurdles right now is that everyone who is homeschooling was thrown into it without desire or time to plan. The change was so abrupt that it added lots of stress, and most parents are trying to juggle work at the same …

"Bad learning day" can mean a lot of things, but usually assuming the basics are there (sleep, exercise, fresh air), I focus on reconnecting. Warming up hearts tends to open up minds. You mentioned they're "used to more interaction." Can you …

You're in Taiwan? Are other places empty as well? There are no restaurants still open for dining-in right now where I live (Oregon), but my husband was eating out for Restaurant Month just a week ago in Portland. How quickly things have …

That sounds like your school has really gone above and beyond with the teacher figuring out the logistics of how to educate virtually. I'm glad it's been a smoother transition! I love your question. Your kids are currently doing school at home …

I used to be a part of rather a niche group of parents, educating my own little slice of the ~3% of US students who homeschool. Now? The number is closer to 100% homeschoolers. Quite precipitously, parents by the tens of millions have been thrown …

Roasted avocado? Really? Just in cubes and tossed in there? I’m getting a little nervous thinking about it, since I looove avocado but I can’t recall eating it warm. 🤔

It sounds like you’re at a low risk of being coughed on, so if you’re picking stuff up it’s probably from surfaces. Swimming and showering sound clean (as long as you don’t pick up a toenail fungus. 😱 But it sounds like it’s unlikely given how well …

We are doing it! We’ve been working on Spanish in our homeschool and everyday conversations since last summer, and we decided Costa Rica would be a safe, beautiful place to go for our first try at living abroad for a month. February is generally …

Close to a year ago, I posted my interest in traveling to another country for a month as a family to experience a new language and culture. The community on Cake had great suggestions about which countries I should consider and what resources I …

The label shows it was grown in Costa Rica and packaged a week before I bought it (cool), but compared to white rice it’s missing all its fat (from the germ) and about half the fiber. That’s an important 1% of the grain it lost! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yeah, whole-grain terminology has me scratching my head a bit. Here’s the rice I just bought in Costa Rica. I asked for “arroz integral” (brown rice, which we were able to choose for lunch at an Asian restaurant a few blocks down), but they …

Seems straightforward(ly impossible)! What am I missing? We can’t change the signs or operators?

Ah ok. Thanks for clarifying. I will actually disagree with you on Planet Earth, though. It’s spectacular and we own it and have enjoyed it, but I do believe even shows like that have a very real drawback that many people may not realize or …

I think you lost me on the connection with Fox News. You said there is evidence that your parents were right about tv, but that only applies to Fox News? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thanks for the thoughtful response. The quote you pulled from the article was, I felt, both inconsistent with my experience as a Church member and fairly damning if taken in isolation (and most people don’t read the long version!) If that young …

As a member of the church in question, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I’ll admit I thought the story lacked substance, but so does the initial story about the allegations. Perhaps we simply don’t know many details yet. The one …