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HOW “GOOD PARENTS” USE THEIR TIME

Record: Andrea Beláňová, Katerina Machovcová, Yvona Kostelecká, & Marta McCabe, “Justifying homeschooling in Czech Republic: How “good parents” and their children use their time,” in Childhood, vol. 25, no. 4 (2018), pp. 530-543. [available here] Summary: Beláňová, Machovcová, Kostelecká, and McCabe of Charles … Continue reading

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HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS: The Emotional Lives of Homeschooling Mothers, part 1

Record This is the first of two posts dedicated to Jennifer Lois’ new book Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering(New York University Press, 2013).  This post summarizes the book.  Part … Continue reading

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