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The Missing Link

By Well-Read Mom / September 19, 2025 /

If more students witnessed their parents reading at home, they’d be encouraged and more likely to engage in reading, too. That is why I think Well-Read Mom is the missing link.

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Confident, Loving, True Education

By Well-Read Mom / September 12, 2025 /

As many of us parents, teachers, and students gear up for another school year (and a thousands of women gear up for another season with Well-Read Mom), it’s helpful to consider the loving witness of true educators and how it can fuel this upcoming chapter.

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AI, a Choice

By Well-Read Mom / September 4, 2025 / Comments Off on AI, a Choice

Doesn’t it seem like the whole world is abuzz about the benefits (or detriments) of AI? I’ve been mulling over the AI situation because I am a teacher by trade. This is the Wild West of AI….there are no current restrictions, no studies or implications—only an invitation to a beautiful struggle.

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The Things We Married: Challenges of Military Spouse Life and How We Overcame them with Literature

By Well-Read Mom / August 30, 2025 / Comments Off on The Things We Married: Challenges of Military Spouse Life and How We Overcame them with Literature

We moved books we’d bought for book clubs: souvenirs of conversations we’d had with friends we’d been immeasurably close to for short but intense seasons.

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Books, Time, and a Christening Cap

By Well-Read Mom / August 21, 2025 / Comments Off on Books, Time, and a Christening Cap

By the time I left, I knew I’d found a wonderful group of literature lovers. I could belong with them. Then everything changed.

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The Wisdom of Wonder, as Discovered in the Family Supplement

By Well-Read Mom / August 15, 2025 / Comments Off on The Wisdom of Wonder, as Discovered in the Family Supplement

As women who consider ourselves—or who aspire to be—well-read, we can be too quick to dismiss the value of children’s literature for ourselves. But the Well-Read Mom team knows that children’s literature has much to offer—and not just to children.

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An Armchair  Revolution:  Take Back Your Time

By Well-Read Mom / August 8, 2025 / Comments Off on An Armchair  Revolution:  Take Back Your Time

Approaching literature begins with leisure. Recovering leisure reading as a kind of spiritual discipline will help us move from interior boredom to an expanding inner life.

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Then and Now: The Impact of Rereading

By Well-Read Mom / July 31, 2025 / Comments Off on Then and Now: The Impact of Rereading

Then and Now: The Impact of Rereading Written by Caitlin Bootsma “You’re definitely Meg,” my younger sister insisted. “You’re the oldest, and…well, I’m obviously Jo.” I did NOT want to be Meg; couldn’t we both be Jo? There was no question then that our next sister was Amy, and, in our teenage years, no one…

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Why Shakespeare?

By Well-Read Mom / July 21, 2025 / Comments Off on Why Shakespeare?

It didn’t take very long for me to find out that English Literature was their least favorite class. I could completely understand—math, science, music…these were all subjects that could be understood even with a language barrier. In fact, there was more than just a language barrier—I was stunned on an almost daily basis at small little cultural references that just didn’t translate. As the year went on, my fondness for my students grew—so it was with a little trepidation that I announced that we would be tackling a Shakespeare play next. 

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A Happy Accident

By Well-Read Mom / July 12, 2025 / Comments Off on A Happy Accident

A Happy Accident Written by Jamie Cailteux I accidentally joined Well-Read Mom before I even knew what it was. My fifth pregnancy was difficult. I was 36 and my body felt worn out. We were homeschooling for the first time. Stress and emotional roller coasters drove me to my knees, but my varicose leg veins…

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