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Unschooling: A different kind of homeschool PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 12 September 2010 16:46
Kate Hammer

From Saturday's Globe and MailPublished on Friday, Sep. 10, 2010 5:00PM EDTLast updated on Sunday, Sep. 12, 2010 12:11AM EDT

It has been Saturday in the Laricchia household for nearly a decade.

The family's three teenagers, Michael, Lissy and Joseph, have known nothing of alarm clocks, races for the school bus, arguments over homework or report-card angst since their parents started “unschooling” them in 2002.

The small but growing movement the Laricchias have joined is...

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The struggle to find justice for abused Foster care children PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:50
March 08th, 2010 guests Wes Pidgeon, along with Ryan Foster and Dan Merchant (both co-founders and co-editors of The Agora Magazine www.theagoranational.ca ) radio interview, which was heard on COOP Radio (102.7 FM CFRO www.coopradio.org ); also with guest host Reginald Angus Argue.

Conversation was around:

- the article "Who is protecting our children?" which was published in The Agora's November issue. This article raised numerous questions around the lack of safety for children held...

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Breast is Best, but what’s Best for Breast? PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 18:50
As I sit here with my taut globe of a belly stretched a foot in front of me, I cannot help but lament the fact that I’m sitting in a coffee shop and unable to partake in a frothy, deliciously sweet cappuccino.

 

Ahh, one of the many “joys” of pregnancy.

 

A few months ago, I believed that my lack of tuna and merlot consumption would end at 40 weeks.  But all hopes turned to disgruntled disappointment when I discovered that there were still diet limitations if you...

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