Start with yourself!!! Yes, you heard me right, start with your own education. Investment in your education is not withdrawal from your kids’ education, just the opposite. You can not be a good mentor unless you are educated to be a mentor. This summer is a great time to start by reading some classics. Take one classic a week for 4 weeks. After that, read the Declaration of Independence and write a summary of this document. From there, you can read a classic in a deeper way. Keep a commonplace book, or reading journal, about your readings.
In the back of Thomas Jefferson Education, you will find a plan for parents to get started. Oliver DeMille provides a list of classics from which to choose. He also has questions for many adult classics so you can read more in-depth.
Remember: YOU, not them!
Kerry
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