Would You Consider Homeschooling Your Tots?


Updated 05/12/09 9:41 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 25 comments

Would You Consider Homeschooling Your Tots?

As frustration with the nation's educational system grows — with concerns over class size, funding curriculum and budget cuts — many families have turned to homeschooling for their lil one's education. According to the US Department of Education, approximately 1.5 million tots were taught at home last year. While homeschooling may reduce tuition costs and exposure to outside influences, Read more

Homeschooling German Family Seeks Asylum in US


Updated 01/27/10 8:30 AM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 30 comments

Homeschooling German Family Seeks Asylum in US

Like many Europeans before them, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike have left the mother country for America under a cloud of religious persecution. That's what the husband and wife are telling US immigration authorities, anyway. The couple says they were persecuted in Germany for their evangelical Christian beliefs and for homeschooling their children. They now seek US asylum so they can stay in Read more

California Parents Do Not Have Right to Homeschool


Updated 03/22/08 1:44 AM · Posted by LibertySugar · 64 comments

California Parents Do Not Have Right to Homeschool

This week, a California appeals court reaffirmed the state's compulsory education statute — which requires parents to send children to an accredited full-time day school, or have their children instructed at home by a credentialed tutor. The panel of three judges, rejected the notion that parents have a constitutional right to educate their children at home. The parents in the lawsuit also Read more

The Benefits of Homeschooling Your Kids


Updated 01/27/12 3:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Benefits of Homeschooling

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! In the past, LearnVest spoke to parents who chose not to use diapers with their children and dove into the stay-at-home parent debate. This time, one mother shares why she has decided to homeschool her children. In 2002, we had our third child, 10 years after our second was born. Our eldest two boys were in a private school, Read more

Lil Links: Have You Read the Latest Mom-Lit Phenomenon?


Updated 03/14/12 9:40 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Lil Links: Have You Read the Latest Mom-Lit Phenomenon?

Fifty Shades of Grey is the hottest mommy porn since Twilight — The Stir Spring crafts that will get tots outside — Parenting Beyoncé is a baby-wearing mama — Celebrity Baby Scoop James Van Der Beek welcomes a son — Celebrity Baby Blog St. Patrick's Day baby names — FitPregnancy A homeschooled tot heads to the National Spelling Bee? — HuffPost Parents Ten-minute workouts you can do Read more

Angelina Jolie on Her and Brad's Rules For Raising Their Kids


Updated 02/15/12 11:22 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Video: Angelina Jolie on Raising Multicultural Kids

Angelina Jolie spoke with ABC's Christiane Amanpour about her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, and how she balances her big-screen work with being a mother to six kids. She revealed that she and Brad bring their little ones along whenever a trip will be more than five days long. Angelina and Brad also go to great pains to make sure their home-schooled children, three of which Read more

Ryan Gosling Thinks Like a Girl


Updated 10/26/11 11:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ryan Gosling Was Raised by His Mother

"I think like a girl," admitted Ryan Gosling in a recent interview. The actor who inspired the "Hey Girl" meme says that's because he was brought up by his mother and sister following his parents' divorce. Ryan explained, "I was literally raised by my mother and my sister. And I just feel like I wouldn't know how to think any other way." Ryan continued with super sweet words about his sister Read more