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Note: As of 2017, The New Homemaker is an archive. The articles on the site are all original to TNH. For more musings from Lynn, the person behind this site, go here.

Sometimes, I just gotta laugh when I hear folks debate the effects of parents working outside the home. It's not that the debate isn't serious, or that the stakes aren't high, it's just that the terms seem all wrong.

The ivy pot has "Tell me why the ivy twines" written in Sharpie pen, with freehand leaves; the sage pot was rubber-stamped and then touched up; and the little pot was the result of Josie slopping on paint and Mommy brushing it out for her--turned out rather Monet-like!
A project for the whole family
More than what cleaners to use--what cleaners to avoid
Helping without taking away someone's dignity is a real balancing act