Radiant Roots

parenting

  • Lighting of a Fire

    “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” -William Butler Yeats My mom was a preschool teacher for 25 years. She recently asked me when I was going to start my 4 year old… Continue reading

  • Don’t Throw Marshmallows

    “Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.” Katrina Gutleben My twins are only 4 years old but that doesn’t mean we haven’t started… Continue reading

  • Motherhood and Potatoes

    “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”Cardinal Mermillod I have never in my life been a baby person. Babies are noisy, messy, helpless little creatures without any… Continue reading