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Homeschooling on a Shoestring

Purchasing homeschooling curriculum for your children can be similar to buying a car for your family. Where I live you can spend about $50,000 for a 2014 luxury Lexus SUV, $30,000 for a new Grand Jeep Cherokee, or if you’re like my family with several children, you can buy a well used but reliable seven-passenger

The Stigma of Mental Health

This past summer, Madalyn Parker gained notoriety when she tweeted an email from her boss supporting Parker’s decision to focus on her mental health. In it, Ben Congleton, her company’s Chief Executive Officer said “You are an example to us all, and help cut through the stigma so we can all bring our whole selves

What’s the ‘Northern Neck?’

“Dawn at Colonial Beach,” photographed by Mary Lynne Wolfe, is a Honorable Mention winner in the Rivers and Waterways Category of Scenic Virginia’s 2017 Virginia Vistas Photo Contest. This history-laden peninsula between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers has impact. Impact because of the Washington and Lee families who settled here, built homes, farmed tobacco, and

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Military

The world has long known the casualties of war. None of them are good. Military research, in the post-Vietnam era, led to the legitimizing of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a genuine disorder. Prior to that time, those extremely traumatized by combat experience were simply referred to as war weary or battle fatigued; these