Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. We all feel at times like we aren’t good enough. Sometimes it’s because we’re in an impossible situation where there simply isn’t enough of us to go around. But often – regardless of the objective situation – we get stuck in negative thought habits. We beat ourselves down,…
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Anarchy, State, and Gun Ownership
Written by David Greenwald for Mises.org. The controversy over whether the Federal Government should ban the possession by citizens of certain types, or all types, of firearms has been raging back and forth for a very long time. I remember as a child seeing news coverage of horrific acts of violence involving firearms. I also…
The Secret Ingredient to a Happy Childhood
Written by Rose Goddess for Rose Goddess Bliss. A couple of months ago we went on our very first road trip with David, our two year old son. It was soooo much fun! While on the road I was able to listen to recordings of Eckhart Tolle and read a couple of books, one of…
Government, a Force of Nature
Written by Paul Bonneau for Strike-The-Root.com. When I go outside this time of year, I get cold. I compensate by getting a coat on, and then go about my business. This is the standard way of dealing with forces of nature. I don’t spend a lot of time lying in bed wishing it weren’t cold.…
On Our Children and Their Education
Written by Helen and Mark Hegener, as published in The Voluntaryist, October 1992. None of the calls to environmental action ever go quite far enough. Unless some very real, very lasting changes are made, and soon, it won’t matter much whether or not we’ve saved the whales, or the spotted owls, or the forests. We…
Statists Hate Free Will
Written by Jacob Hornberger for FFF.org. Sometimes the cashier at the grocery store asks people whether they would like to donate one dollar to some charity. Most of the people I’ve seen say no. Whenever that happens, I think to myself how statists must be grinding their teeth in anger and rage when they hear…
For the Children: Save Yourself, Get Expelled
Written by Justin O’Connell, as published at LewRockwell.com. Hi kids, do you find yourself locked down at your local dangerous public school between the hours of 7am and 3pm five days a week (six if you have Saturday school) for nine months a year (ten if you have Summer school)? Do you find it a…
Outlawing Jobs: The Minimum Wage
Written by Murray Rothbard, as published at Mises.org. In truth, there is only one way to regard a minimum wage law: it is compulsory unemployment, period. The law says: it is illegal, and therefore criminal, for anyone to hire anyone else below the level of X dollars an hour. This means, plainly and simply, that…
Parenting Across The Ages
Written by Darci Walker for Core Parenting. So often we can’t see beyond the current struggle. And we think that if we can just figure out how to “deal” with this particular challenge, we will be home free. We will have arrived at the top. But this journey actually never ends. And when we make…
You Can Be The Parent Your Child Always Wanted
Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. Kids like to get their way. But there’s something every child wants even more: Someone who loves you, no matter what. Someone who doesn’t yell when you make mistakes. Who loves you even when you’re mad or whining, who listens and empathizes …even when you’re wrong, even when…