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Reads of the Year for the HIP: 2024
A short list of book recommendations for Harried Intellectual Parents
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A Liturgical Year Cookbook for Families
Testing out Haley Stewart's "Catholic Kids' Cookbook"
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St. Nick's Is for Books
A children's book gift guide
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"Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic"
Discussing Nadya Williams' brand new book
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An Interview at the Arena!
Chatting about work, schooling, and daily life
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When Homeschooled Preschoolers Are Causing Mayhem: A Gift Guide
And a review of a new homeschooling book, Monica Swanson's "Becoming Homeschoolers."
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Writing While Homeschooling
A homeschooling parent’s dilemma: do I stay on my computer or off of it?
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A Low-Cost, High-Fun Summer
10 ideas for the not-very-hardcore
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What to Give Grads This Year
A last-minute gift guide for all types & ages of grads!
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Permanence, Memory, & Memoir
A review of Natasha's Trethewey's "The House of Being"
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Should I (or My Kid) Go to Graduate School in the Humanities?
Discernment and realism
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Why Aren't Americans Having Kids?
A review of Timothy Carney's "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be"
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