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“When our lives are filled with all the things that make us feel fully human, we begin to run out of time for screens and shake free from the grasp of the tech overlords.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Set down your phones. Run barefoot through the grass. Let snowflakes land on your cheeks. Break out a deck of cards on the deck. Lean in. Listen. Relax. Smile. Enjoy. Toss the baseball until the streetlights come on, and then watch the stars appear. You’re doing enough. Keep going. It’s the small things that add up to a big life.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Lillian Dickson, independent missionary, author, and speaker, said, “Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only get to spend it once.”7 Do we really know what we’re spending it on?”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Imagine swinging in a hammock with your child, sprawling out on a picnic blanket with some of your favorite books and games, making a flip-book, creating worlds out of blocks, or hiking to a waterfall with its thunderous sounds and having the assurance that this is enough. You can preserve and protect your relationship with your child.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Homeschooling strips away the external pressures and distractions that often cloud traditional educational settings”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“can plant ourselves firmly where we want to be and build an ever-expanding bridge to the other side, visiting only when we want or need to.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“But what I do have are thriving children in a world where a vast and increasing number of children are struggling.”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“There is nothing healthier for a child than to learn how to use their own interior resources to work through the challenges of being bored.”19”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“When our children are bored”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“In order to prepare our children for the future and enjoy our lives with them today, the key is to step back to a slower pace, leaving margin for play and exploration so that we can go forward.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Boredom is not failure. Boredom is a springboard. It is a catalyst. It is gold. It is where the good stuff comes from. It is exciting. It represents endless possibilities. Boredom is a gift we hand to our children. It is the foundation of delight and discovery. Boredom is where we fall in love with painting, with music, with lying in the grass and watching the clouds float by, with life.”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“The capacity to think critically and adapt doesn’t arise from seatwork. Ever. It emerges from facing new challenges”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It

“The primary predictor of success and happiness in life is our ability to get along with others.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

“Learning All the Time: How Small Children Begin ​to Read”
― Ginny Yurich, Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It