This was on Radio National at 5.55pm today.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/

Transcript

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Makes 2 cakes.  Freezes well.

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John Holt

“Why do people take or keep their children out of school? Mostly for three reasons: they think that raising their children is their business not the government’s; they enjoy being with their children and watching and helping them learn, and don’t want to give that up to others; they want to keep them from being hurt, mentally, physically, and spiritually.” John Holt

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Ivan Illich

‘Together we have come to realise that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.’ Ivan Illich

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Here’s a version of an article I wrote in 2005 for Education Choices magazine.

Nationally, the number of babies born to women aged to 24 years continues to decline1. Despite the recent media coverage of ‘irresponsible’ spending of the baby bonus money by teen parents, the reality is that there are no constraints on how the money is spent, and it is just public perception, not reality, that all teenage parents are irresponsible with money. This sensationalism is merely a result of changing trends and media bias toward a minority group2. Only 16 per 1000 babies are born to teenage women - that is about 11000 babies per year in Australia, a figure which is still decreasing annually - these young parents are certainly a minority1. And don’t they know it.

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Two of my articles have been re-published in Warm Earth’s July/August issue. One is on gardening with children, and the other on home based learning. I will also have several new articles published by Warm Earth over the coming issues. Stay tuned!

This hommus is so tasty and also easy to make. It freezes well. We eat hommus with falafel and also as a dip or on salad sandwiches.

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Here’s one from the famous Kimmie from Simple Savings. She’s the divine recipe goddess! Slightly adapted by way of using wholemeal flour and raw sugar. We had this between nine people with no cream or anything last night. Was just enough!

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This is another Simple Savings gem. I’d heard good reviews of the recipe for gozleme for over a year, but never got around to making them tlll last week. I’ll make them again! Easy and YUM! Here’s our adaptation:

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I’ve updated my garden blog a few times lately. In case you’ve missed the recent posts, they are:

A Fun Way to Design Your Garden by Lizet Frijters

Sharing the Bounty

Wanting it All

and

Today in the Garden (many photos)

Happy reading and happy gardening!

This article was initially written for Rhonda’s Blog last year.

I have six children. If I hadn’t used cloth nappies, our family could have put thousands of little bundles of paper, plastic, wee and poo into landfill. And we’d have paid around $20000 for the privilege. Yuck! Just thinking about that makes me guilty for the disposables we did use.

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I first found this recipe in Family Circle magazine many years ago. It contained:

1 cup SR flour

1 cup white sugar

1 cup dessicated coconut

1 cup diced dried apricots

1 cup milk

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These are slightly crumbly, but otherwise a great alternative to store-bought muesli bars!

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I made some yummy snacks for my husband’s lunches today. This one was so simple!

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SPECIAL: For those who would like to declare war on their mortgage, Simple Savings have dropped the joining price to $31 till 9pm, 20th June. (Saving $16)

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