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Pornography is a topic I wish would get out there more and quit being such a taboo word/concept. I wish parents with older kids would talk more openly about their struggles with their teens and young adult children in this area. Maybe if some adults would talk more openly about their own problems with it we could begin to help the youth in America.  Why are we so quiet? Why do we pretend its not out there? We haven't had many open discussions about it with our kids because they're still super young and don't use the Internet, but we've had "dumbed" down versions of the talk with them. We've explained why we don't allow them to be on the Internet and why we are always careful what our eyes see when we're out and about... and what to do when we do see something we ought not give any attention to. I've had people tell me to be careful because my kids will be so sheltered they'll just stumble into something and not know. I have to laugh eve

Best part of January was closing the sale of our home!  Is it really the middle of February? Already?! Time is going faster, right? And not just for me... my kids say they feel it too. 2015 arrived with a flurry of lots of things happening. We had just gotten back from our Christmas trip to California and I hit the floor running. School started back up a week earlier than usual and since I homeschool my kids and tutor for Classical Conversations, there was lots of prep work to be done. I hosted two baby showers within a week of each other and just had the every day (constant) chores, errands, emails, etc... to get to. I hosted a shower for my good friend Sarah and a few weeks later  she gave birth to this beautiful baby boy, Isaac David.  David and Sarah lost their baby girl, Ava Grace at 18 weeks  and walking through that with them and being able to experience the joy  of Isaac's birth has been nothing short of awesome.  So happy for them!   We're