Comments for The Outer Edge of Normal

Comment on Our KINDERGARTEN by homeschoolnewbie

homeschoolnewbie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:55:44 +0000

Oh, I just love this! I’ll be passing this along… Thank you for sharing!

Comment on Checking in on Saturday Morning by Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:05:45 +0000

Hey Miranda,

I read through your blog after seeing you linked to mine, and I think you have such WONDERFUL things to say. This journey is a process, even for us adults who are supposed to be the guides/mentors. I always say I need a place to vent and to worry and to talk, so that is what my hubby has been for me, or my grown daughter now, or a good friend, or even my blog. It helps me process information without putting it on my children, ya know?

I notice you are in VA. Are you coming to the VAHomeschooler’s conference in May? I would love to chat with you, and I wonder if you would really like one of my workshops about my unschooling process, which is different than most. I call it my Collaborative Learning Process, and maybe that is just the balance you are looking for.

Anyway, keep processing and thinking . . . great things happen as we shift and change. I count these as one of my best blessings in choosing homeschooling; my own personal journey of learning and growth!

Comment on Starting RDI With a Teenager With Asperger’s by » The Bare Beginnings of Joint Attention Laughing Stars

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Comment on Changes Coming by Cristina

Cristina — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:11:06 +0000

Good luck on your latest reincarnation!
You’ve had many blog lives, haven’t you? )

I like the new name, even though I liked Mom of Monkeys as well. Maybe it’s because I was born in the Year of the Monkey…

And about your comment, please do tell me if your kids get a video on that site. I would love to see it!

Peace and Laughter!

Comment on Changes Coming by Rose

Rose — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:48:13 +0000

I tried to comment on your daughter’s blog, but Xanga only allows registered users to do so. I was going to say that I’ll be checking out The Tic Code for my partner and her review was helpful.

Comment on Changes Coming by Rose

Rose — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:44:27 +0000

LOL! My partner often tells me that he likes me because of the awesomely competent and amazing knowledgable things about me, but he loves me because of my quirks. Well, my first thought, when I saw the post title in my aggregator, was that we were hide and seeking again, and my second thought was, “Oh my god I love her!” You have quite literally a loyal follower in me.

Comment on Changes Coming by JoVE

JoVE — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:20 +0000

What was it Rose said….

I’m going over there to sub to the new blog. I’m taking it as a sign that you are not giving up on this blogging thing yet. And I’m happy about that.

Comment on Checking in on Saturday Morning by Elisheva Levin

Elisheva Levin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:23:15 +0000

Don’t we all have those moments?
I have not been blogging as much personal stuff because I have been foggy-brained and adrift in some ways since November.

My Boychick is in school, and there are still many ways I find to beat myself up for not being a good enough mother/manager of his education. I was just talking to another mother of a child on the spectrum that is doing the same thing.

I have started many a blog entry about this, but cannot get the words around it, and so those entries litter my not-published file. I think I’ve got down what to say and then it all falls apart.

Really, it is hard in these days of a narrowing norm to be the parent of a child who does not fit it, does not want to fit it, and will probably never fit it.
We are judged severely by others, but we who were brought up on the Brady Bunch and other such fantasies, are even more severely hard on ourselves.

I hope you write when you get the chance.
And one more thing–disintegration is usually the first harbinger of change.

Comment on Checking in on Saturday Morning by Angela, QueenBee

Angela, QueenBee — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:55:15 +0000

That is exactly how I felt when we did our experiment with unschooling. The panice was based in reality for me…my kids just were not learning without guidance. I faced the honest truth that while it may work for some families who have these self motivated learners, it didn’t work for my dreamer/gamers. My kids do much better with a guided framework, as do I. Maybe something ot ponder on your time away! You’ll be missed!

Comment on Checking in on Saturday Morning by Sara

Sara — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:06:22 +0000

Just wanted to say that I hope everything smooths out for you. Frequently unfocused times are great for finding a new idea or focus that you would never have stumbled upon methodically following your old focus. So, maybe this time will be great germination!