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1 week ago | schoolforhousewives.substack.com | Leila Marie Lawler

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Note: In the coming few weeks, I will be posting a bit less and probably without the voiceover. My family is all getting together for a seaside vacation at the beginning of July, and the faraway ones are bopping in here starting now, on their way through and back! With the visiting and grandkids running around, I just won’t have the quiet to get things done at the regular pace.

1 week ago | schoolforhousewives.substack.com | Leila Marie Lawler

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. “Make a safe choice!”This phrase comes to you direct from Influencer Central. (The child in question was lying face down on the swing rather than sitting on it.) You can say “I don’t think that’s a good idea” or “Stop that right now,” when you check in every once in a while and something really crazy is going on, like throwing sand at other children’s heads or tying ropes around their necks.

1 week ago | schoolforhousewives.substack.com | Leila Marie Lawler

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1 week ago | schoolforhousewives.substack.com | Leila Marie Lawler

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Yesterday in The School for Housewives’ paid subscriber chat we had some good conversations about finances, worries about having more babies (but being brave!), and a few other topics. One of them touched on religious scrupulosity in children. That’s a problem with many facets; parents aim to strike a balance of teaching, observing, having standards, but also not stressing children out about the faith or right conduct.

1 week ago | schoolforhousewives.substack.com | Leila Marie Lawler

If you know the weather will change later, or you have a certain function to attend, or your child will need to have a certain kind of shoe to participate (sneakers vs. sandals, for instance), you need to insist that your child do what is appropriate — that he obey you. You are the one with the knowledge and experience of how conditions can change. You are the one who knows what form of dress is required for which occasion.