Astrid Fry-Hussey:  

Life If I didn't like high school you would never know...I certainly spent enough time getting (and giving) more education since then. The end result is a Ph.D. in developmental psychology (from Washington University) that I am currently using to keep myself sane while raising 5 children (ages 2-13). The truth is, I love it! (raising the kids, not the Ph.D.). I am exhausted by our hyperactive lifestyle, but the way I see it... sleep is highly overrated. I am actually having more fun now that I have taken over my oldest son's education. A handful of you might recall the tirade I went on one fall day in 7th grade at Farquhar Middle School. The tirade ended badly with me swearing that I would never put my children through such educational nonsense as I was enduring. I actually promised myself that I would homeschool my children that day. It only took 3 years of begging by my oldest son, Aidan, and continual guilt induction by my husband before I finally decided to take Aidan out of 7th grade and teach him myself. You know, surprise...surprise!!! I actually like him! Anyone who has read this far, might be interested to know that I did not have all these children by myself, but that I have been married to a wonderful man named Frank Hussey since 1990. I have lived primarily in the Midwest (e.g., Illinois, Missouri and Indiana) since my graduation from Georgetown in 1987 (where I met Fran...Expand for more