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The Home Depot Option: Why we homeschool our nine kids
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The Home Depot Option: Why we homeschool our nine kids

I recently had a memorable stroll through Home Depot with seven of my children. As I was leaving the screw aisle for the wood aisle, a clerk asked me: “Are all of those yours?” “Yes,” I replied. “One hundred percent natural.” We practice these virtues in our home classroom when a bigger kid explains to a younger the differences between compound and simple leaves or changes the baby’s diaper while mom explains long division to a younger. He proceeded to shake my hand and commented: “I thought maybe they were cousins.” I answered: “If they were here, I’d have about fifty kids with me.” As I completed my purchase of the materials I needed to build my daughter’s birthday gift, another clerk commented on the quantity of my progeny, remarking at how well behaved they were. “Where do you go to school?” she asked them. “We’re homeschooled,” they replied. Woke 101 I am not someone you would expect to become a homeschooling dad with nine kids by the age of 37. As an early Millennial, I am part of the overwhelming majority of my generation who attended public schools – around 90%. Most of the remaining 10% attended private schools, and less than a million – or less than 2% – of students were homeschooled. The general assumption for most of my generation was that our children would also attend public schools. But the public schools of today are very different from those of 1990s middle-class suburbia. In the last couple of years, parents have increasingly taken notice of how the woke revolution fueled by identity politics has infiltrated their schools, from pornography in their libraries to coerced racialized struggle sessions and transgender bathroom policies that have allegedly led to sexual assaults and subsequent cover-up. In the latter case, the alleged victim’s father’s rowdy protest at a school board meeting was one event cited by the National School Board Association’s call for President Biden’s Department of Justice to leverage the FBI and the federal counterterrorism bureau to intervene. The invitation to investigate concerned parents as domestic terrorists was initially accepted by the Biden administration. If there are any benefits to an education increasingly infused by identity politics, improved performance in math and reading are apparently not among them. In the most recent NAEP national report card, there was a historic decline in performance in reading and math. The average reading score for fourth-graders over the past couple years, already well below “proficient,” underwent the steepest decline in over 30 years. And math scores dropped for the first time ever. It is established that children who cannot read by the fourth grade are drastically more likely to struggle with reading the rest of their lives and experience a whole range of negative outcomes, including poverty, crime, and incarceration. It therefore seems undeniable that America is at a crossroads. How shall we educate our children? While the woke revolution has been met with political resistance from the right with some successes, in many places it will prove to be too little, too late. The duty of dropping out Parents have a natural moral duty to educate their children, which is the ground of their natural right to educate them as they see fit. Given the trajectory of public school education, parents have a duty and a right to re-evaluate it and seriously consider withdrawing their children from the public school system entirely. It is parents’ civic duty as well, inasmuch as we are all members of the American polity. A society, Edmund Burke taught us, is a partnership across generations, between the dead, the living, and the unborn. Each generation is therefore an inheritor of the traditions and institutions its (great-) grandparents and parents have bequeathed. And each generation cannot escape the duty to evaluate what has been received, preserve what merits preserving, and reform what does not contribute to the common good. What I have found is that, very often, old things that were once discarded need to be rediscovered again. This is especially true in education. In "After Virtue," Alasdair MacIntyre concluded his survey of the moral and political detritus wrought by advanced modernity by calling for a new, doubtless very different, St. Benedict to advocate for and maintain traditional virtues. As MacIntyre penned those words, the homeschool movement was already under way; many commentators have noted that it is very much in the spirit of MacIntyre's call. As the Benedictine monasteries of old kept classical learning alive after the collapse of the Roman empire and the advance of barbarism, so homeschools today are outposts of broadly teleological, classical education in the late-modern wasteland. The recent spike in homeschooling by a factor of five to 10 across races and ethnicities suggests that more and more American parents agree. Why we took the leap While my wife and I have homeschooled all our children, this was not a foregone conclusion. It was less likely considering that the only homeschoolers I knew growing up seemed to me to be an assortment of religious weirdos, socially awkward dorks who played board games because they were no good at sports, and girls who wore abnormally long skirts. Of course, I later realized that those beliefs were as silly and shallow as they were widespread. Why my change of heart? You could chalk it up to my conversion to Catholicism and embrace of its traditional moral teachings, and the basic God-given duty is to do all that I can to help my kids get to heaven. As well as the example of family and friends successfully educating their children at home. But the arguments for homeschooling alone were insufficient for both my traditionalist Catholic wife, who was very much opposed to homeschooling during our courtship and early marriage, and me. Just as important were the arguments against public schools. Like many parents who choose to homeschool, I'm worried about the dangers lurking in the public school environment: drugs, peer pressure, violence. At the same time, many of us lack faith in the public school systems' capacity to educate. The controversy over reading pedagogy is illustrative. For decades, most schools have been taken in by so-called “whole language” or “balanced literacy” approaches to reading, which de-emphasize traditional systematic instruction in phonics as rigid and outmoded. Even though the science of reading clearly demonstrates that the older phonics method is superior, as of 2019, 72% of K-2 teachers reported using “balanced literacy.” I confess I knew little of the reading wars when I first sat down with my oldest and started teaching him phonics with homeschool resources like "Bob Books." As I have taught each of my subsequent children how to read and myriad other things, I discovered that the pedagogy of reading is synecdochic for the whole of education: Rediscovery of the old is the key to rebuilding it anew. With two working parents trying to hold together an orderly homeschool room while also raising preschool-aged kids, a strong foundation in reading and writing turns out to be essential. It enables significant independence in the pupil to learn through textbook reading and workbook problems while allowing the parent to give individual attention where it is needed. How? For what purpose? Why not send my kids to a private school with a morally serious environment and sounder pedagogy? As is the case for many Americans, I simply don't have the money. To send my school-age kids to one of the more affordable local private Christian schools would cost more than double my annual mortgage. Of course, homeschooling is not necessarily prudent for every situation. But it is notable that many who homeschool are of modest means. While we are fortunate enough to be well educated and work jobs with flexible hours, those benefits are themselves the product of much sacrifice. As with anything worth doing well, no homeschool is without it. While some states are moving in the right direction by broadening financial support for educational choice, my wife and I realized that, even if we had state support, we would still probably homeschool. Many private schools have integrated newfangled and pedagogically questionable personal electronic devices and screens into the classroom, which also risks undermining their environmental health. I am but a humble homeschooling dad, but in our school, we have found that tuition is considerably more affordable when we stick to pencil and paper. And the lessons stick, too. Make the old new again. Of course, pencil and paper were once new technologies. And it would be incredibly naïve to deny that the new is much of the warp and woof of our lives. Whatever its demerits, we live and breathe and often benefit from the new. Indeed, I have taught my children these very lessons using Leonard Read’s little book "I, Pencil," which shows how rational self-interest, combined with specialization of knowledge and labor, technology, integrated free markets, and profit-incentivized innovation, makes it possible for me to stroll through Home Depot and conveniently and cheaply purchase wood and screws. But how? And for what purpose? Neither techne nor the market can answer these questions. Home Depot pedagogy Our Home Depot trip illustrates our answers to the questions of how and why. Each of my three oldest are assigned to help with one younger child, and the littles know they are supposed to respect them. Even during a simple trip to a big-box store, they were practicing the virtues characteristic of order, of giving and receiving. We practice these virtues in our home classroom when a bigger kid explains to a younger the differences between compound and simple leaves or changes the baby’s diaper while mom explains long division to a younger. How do we do it? By developing and practicing the habits of sharing the load together. Perhaps the clerks were struck by my kids precisely because their lived answer to the how question was in contradiction to the spirit of our age. When I asked my daughter Belén what she wanted for her birthday, she replied: “I want a bookshelf like Cormac has.” Last Christmas I built a bookshelf for her older brother that stretches the seven-foot length of the top bunk of the boys’ triple bunk bed. He had run out of space on the bookshelf for his approximately 120 books. And now my eldest daughter’s book collection has outgrown her shelf. So with my daughter helping me, I showed her how to cut the boards, how to drill the pocket holes, and how to join the boards with screws and glue. Then we painted it. How? Together. For what purpose? If that isn’t apparent yet, allow me to state it in the admittedly old terminology of Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy. It is the end that is distinctive of human beings, given our nature as dependent rational animals: the good of the intellect. Our purpose, like the homeschool movement more broadly, is to seek truth together. And if you haven’t already, you should consider joining us.
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'Full-Blown Freakout,' Democrats Are Having a Panic Attack Over Joe Biden's Electoral Prospects
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'Full-Blown Freakout,' Democrats Are Having a Panic Attack Over Joe Biden's Electoral Prospects
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The Story a Black Rock Told Me on a Montana Mountain
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Democrats Collude with Big Tech: History of Technology in Politics
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iPad 10 got a price cut, but buying one from Apple is still a mistake
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iPad 10 got a price cut, but buying one from Apple is still a mistake

When Apple launched its new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air tablets, there was no new entry-level iPad to go along with them. If you follow along with Apple rumors though, you knew not to expect one. Instead, the iPad 10 stayed in Apple's lineup at a new price point of $349 instead of $449, while the iPad 9 was finally put out to pasture. Even at the new, lower price, however, it's still a mistake to buy an iPad 10 directly from Apple. That's the case with most Apple products, and it's because other retailers offer much better prices. As I explained, the 64GB version of Apple's iPad 10th-Gen now costs $349 following Apple's price cut, but it's currently on sale for just $299.99 for the first time ever. Needless to say, that's an all-time low for this model. The deal is only available at Amazon for the time being, but Best Buy usually follows Amazon's lead. Of note, that's the lowest price ever for this model. You can also save $50 on the 256GB model if you need more storage. Or, if you want to spend even less money, the previous-generation 10.2-inch iPad 9th-Gen is also on sale starting at just $249. Apple iPad (10th Generation): with A14 Bionic chip, 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display, 64GB, Wi-F… Price: $299.99 (reg. $349) Buy Now Apple iPad (10th Generation): with A14 Bionic chip, 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display, 256GB, Wi-… Price: $449.99 (reg. $499) You Save: $30.00 (6%) Buy Now Apple iPad (9th Generation): with A13 Bionic chip, 10.2-inch Retina Display, 64GB, Wi-Fi, 12MP… Price: $249 (reg. $329) You Save: $80.00 (24%) Buy Now Apple iPad (9th Generation): with A13 Bionic chip, 10.2-inch Retina Display, 256GB, Wi-Fi, 12MP… Price: $379 (reg. $479) You Save: $100.00 (21%) Buy Now There are several things that make the new iPad 10th-Gen tablet a solid upgrade from its predecessor. The first and most obvious update is the design of the iPad 10. It has a slightly larger display than the 10.2-inch model, of course. But it also has smaller bezels because the home button underneath the screen has been removed. You can still use Touch ID on the iPad 10, though it has simply been moved to the power button on the edge of the tablet. This is a big deal for many Apple fans out there. Yes, Face ID is great. I personally prefer it to Touch ID on my iPhone. But on an iPad, I'm not such a big fan. Sometimes, I just don't hold the iPad in a position that works well for Face ID, and it takes a few tries to unlock it. That's not a great user experience at all. Meanwhile, Touch ID works every single time for me, without fail. Apple's 10th-generation iPad also features the powerful A14 Bionic chipset in place of the A13 chip in the 9th-generation iPad. You get big speed gains as well as better battery life and more. Also of note, it's the cheapest iPad you can get that will work perfectly with the new USB-C Apple Pencil (currently $10 off). The only less expensive iPad is the 9th-gen model, but it has a Lightning port instead of a USB-C connector. Apple iPad (10th Generation): with A14 Bionic chip, 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display, 64GB, Wi-F… Price: $299.99 (reg. $349) Buy Now Apple iPad (10th Generation): with A14 Bionic chip, 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display, 256GB, Wi-… Price: $449.99 (reg. $499) You Save: $30.00 (6%) Buy Now The 10.9-inch iPad now starts at $349, which is a big price cut compared to the launch price. Right now, however, Amazon's iPad 10 deals start at $299.99. You can also upgrade to the 10.9-inch iPad with 256GB for $449.99 instead of $499. As I mentioned, however, the previous-generation iPad model is also on sale. It has been removed from Apple's lineup since the iPad 10th-Gen got a price cut. But you can still find this old model in stock with steep discounts until it sells out. You can get the 256GB model on sale for $379 instead of $479, which is a $100 discount. Also, WiFi + Cellular models are up to $80 off right now. Or, if you want to spend as little as possible, you can opt for the base model with 64GB of storage. The 64GB iPad 9 retails for $329, but it's currently on sale for $249 for the entry-level model. That's a nice big discount, and it matches this model's lowest price since the holidays last year. Apple iPad (9th Generation): with A13 Bionic chip, 10.2-inch Retina Display, 64GB, Wi-Fi, 12MP… Price: $249 (reg. $329) You Save: $80.00 (24%) Buy Now Apple iPad (9th Generation): with A13 Bionic chip, 10.2-inch Retina Display, 256GB, Wi-Fi, 12MP… Price: $379 (reg. $479) You Save: $100.00 (21%) Buy Now Don't Miss: Memorial Day deals: $189 AirPods Pro, $43 camera drone, $179 Roomba, Crest 3D Whitestrips, Instant Pot, more The post iPad 10 got a price cut, but buying one from Apple is still a mistake appeared first on BGR. 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Belgium Commits $1 Billion to Ukraine in New Security Pact
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days for his war with Russia during a whirlwind tour through the European Union.
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Controversial Umpire Angel Hernandez to Retire
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Controversial Umpire Angel Hernandez to Retire

Umpire Angel Hernandez, who stirred controversy on the field with questionable calls and in court against Major League Baseball, is retiring, he said Monday night, confirming what numerous outlets reported.
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New display tech paves the way for 'most realistic' holograms in regular eyeglasses
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Building on current holographic technology, a team of optical display experts have invented a way to improve 3D displays that's small enough to work in regular glasses.
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‘The Facts Of Life’ Cast Then and Now 2024
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‘The Facts Of Life’ Cast Then and Now 2024

UPDATED 5/28/2024 The Facts of Life was a popular comedic show in the ’70s and ’80s and it also happens to be a spin-off of the show Diff’rent Strokes. As The Facts of Life celebrates its 45th anniversary, we find ourselves wondering what many of the cast members are up to now. Unfortunately, Charlotte Rae, who played Edna Garrett, has passed away. She died on August 5, 2018, at 92 years old and fans miss her so much! But let’s catch up on everyone individually, then see how they all fit into each other’s bigger picture. Worth noting is the fact that your favorite 80s sitcom starred an all-female lead cast and had an all-female writing crew as well. It also became the longest-running sitcom of this kind. Fortunately, those hoping for a reunion would get their wish. Charlotte Rae (Edna Garrett) Charlotte Rae of The Facts of Life / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Edna Garrett, the Drummonds’ first no-nonsense housekeeper, was goofy and had a warm personality. Charlotte Rae appeared in all 24 episodes of the first season of Diff’rent Strokes before NBC gave her the chance to be the star of her own show as the housemother at an all-girl’s boarding school. Edna was always there for “her girls” and she was the kind of woman we all wish we could befriend in real life. But we were more than satisfied with 30 minutes every now and again. Charlotte Rae / ImageCollect Rae left the show before the start of season eight, much to the producers’ chagrin. They offered her millions to stay for a few more years, but she was ready to move on, feeling that she had done all that she could with the Mrs. Garrett character. Charlotte Rae began professional acting in 1951 and her first notable role came about a decade later with 11 episodes of Car 54, Where Are You? She also played Molly, the mail lady, on 14 episodes of Sesame Street from 1971-1972. In 1978 Norman Lear once again cast one of his favorite actresses, Ms. Rae, in Diff’rent Strokes, and the rest is history. Rae’s final acting credit was in 2015 in Ricki and the Flash. Rae joined Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the early 1970s and the organization became an important part of her personal life. She passed away in 2018 at the age of 92. Lisa Whelchel (Blair Warner) Lisa Whelchel then and now / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Blair Warner was the spoiled, rich girl from Manhattan. It was easy to roll your eyes at her, but there’s no denying she could steal the show in many scenes. Lisa Whelchel today / ImageCollect Whelchel’s first role was in 1977 as a member of The New Mickey Mouse Club, landing the role on The Facts of Life a year later. She has appeared on and off as Blair Warner in spin-off movies and guest appearances throughout the years. During the final season of Facts, producers made a controversial decision to have one of the girls lose their virginity. Initially, Blair was to be that character, but Whelchel protested as it went against her deep-seated Christian beliefs and producers ultimately acquiesced. In 1984, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for her contemporary Christian album All Because of You. She also published a bestselling — though controversial — book in 2000 about parenting and discipline called Creative Correction. Whelchel participated in the 2012 season Survivor: Philippines — Daddy’s money couldn’t save her there! But she didn’t really need it, coming in second place and being voted fan favorite and garnering $100,000 in the process. Today, Whelchel is 60 and most recently hosts the TV series Collector’s Call on MTV. Kim Fields (Dorothy ‘Tootie’ Ramsey) Kim Fields as Tootie, and today / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Next is the youngest cast member and student, Dorothy ‘Tootie’ Ramsey. In season five, they introduced Tootie’s mom, who was played by the actress’ real mother, Chip Fields. How cool is that? Her character was always in roller skates on the first season of the show to make her appear taller and older than she actually was! As the 12-year-old Tootie, Kim was actually just nine at the time. Fields today / ImageCollect Kim’s breakout role was the year prior to Facts in the Demond Wilson-led show, Baby… I’m Back! She was the youngest in the family. Fields also appeared in a famous Mrs. Butterworth commercial in 1979. After taking a break from acting to get her degree in communications, she came back strong, as a series regular in the popular 90s show Living Single, where she even got to act with mama once again. Kim’s mom Chip played Laverne Hunter in 12 episodes and consulted for the show for even more. Now 55, she was arrested in 1999 while protesting against the police shooting of a black woman in Riverside, California. Fields most recently starred in a Netflix series called The Upshaws and in the TV movies You Light Up My Christmas (2019), Adventures in Christmasing (2021) and The Gutter (2024). Mindy Cohn (Natalie Green) Mindy Cohn then and now / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Natalie Green is a character that was created after the producers met Mindy Cohn while they were doing research for the show. When the headmaster called her into the office to tell her the news that she was being offered a role, Mindy was relieved that she wasn’t in real trouble! Natalie Green would be the character to ultimately lose her virginity that final season, upon Mindy’s suggestion.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by mindy cohn (@mindycohn) Cohn’s most successful venture after the show was voicing Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo from 2002 to2015, even been nominated for a daytime Emmy for the part. She’s appeared in multiple TV series, video games, and movies for the franchise. Today she’s 58 and her most recent non-animated role was a starring part in the 2020 film, A Nice Girl Like You; and plays Aunt Nora/Molly on the audio drama Around the Sun. In 2024 she could be seen in the TV miniseries Palm Royale and the feature film Mother Father Sister Brother Frank. Mindy is obviously still very much at it. Cloris Leachman (Beverly Ann Stickle) Cloris Leachman in The Facts of Life and today / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Cloris Leachman replaced Charlotte Rae for the final two seasons of the show and played the role of Beverly Ann Stickle, Mrs. Garrett’s sister. Leachman was handpicked by Rae to take over, Leachman and Rae had been classmates at Northwestern University and even roomed together in New York as up and comers. Cloris Leachman today / ImageCollect She began appearing on tv series in the early 1950s, but her first major role was in the 1955 film noir Kiss Me Deadly. Leachman won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ruth Popper, the neglected wife, in the 1971 film, The Last Picture Show. Don’t forget her hilarious part in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein.and of course, her Mary Tyler Moore spin-off series, Phyllis. Leachman’s final role is in the 2021 film Not to Forget.  She sadly passed away in January of that same year at the age of 94, but she will live forever thanks to her enormous body of work. Nancy McKeon (Jo Polniaczek) Nancy McKeon then and now / Everett Collection/ ImageCollect Jo Polniaczek, the tomboy transfer from the Bronx, joined the show for Season 2 and beyond, part of a cast shakeup to try and gain some popularity for the series. It worked! She was streetwise and was the perfect foil to Blair’s character. Jo’s name was inspired by the lead character in the famous book Little Women, after the writers refused to call her “Foxy.”  But her persona was inspired by Little Darlings, giving her a tough, earthy vibe. Nancy McKeon after The Facts of Life / ImageCollect Nancy McKeon moved to Hollywood at a young age and had been in the industry since she was two. She followed her older brother, the late Philip McKeon, into the biz after he landed a starring role on the sitcom Alice, but the thing that caught NBC’s attention was a Hallmark commercial where she cried on cue. After Facts of Life, she continued to act, making her feature film debut with Where the Day Takes You in 1991. Additionally, she played Inspector Jinny on the cop show Division, which was pretty popular in the early 2000s. Her latest acting credit was in the 2019 Lifetime movie, You Light Up My Christmas, which was the Facts reunion hinted at earlier. McKeon joined Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel and Mindy Cohn for this holiday treat. She also starred in six episodes of the 2021 television series Panic. McKeon dated actor Michael J. Fox for three years after they met on the set of High School U.S.A. in 1983. Today, McKeon is 58 and has two daughters with her film technician hubby. They live a private life on a ranch near Austin Texas. Molly Ringwald (Molly Parker) Molly Ringwald during and after her rocky start to the show / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Molly Ringwald appeared in the first season but was on the losing side of the season 2 cast shake-up. It was her first-ever acting job. No worries for her, though, as she went on to become 80s Royalty by starring in Classics like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink. Molly Ringwald today / ImageCollect At 56, she’s still very much working her craft, currently in the popular TV series Riverdale, which is loosely based on the Archie comic book. She’s also Mrs. Flynn in the successful Netflix teen movie franchise The Kissing Booth, which has three entries so far. Additionally, Molly starred in the 2021 film Montauk. George Clooney (George Burnett) Action star and unsolicited handyman George Clooney / Everett Collection / ImageCollect Do you remember George Burnett? He appeared in 17 episodes over the final three seasons as the handyman neighbor who always popped in for no apparent reason whatsoever. From the titular character in Ocean’s Eleven to winning two Oscars, one for Syriana and the other for producing the film Argo, George Clooney is, quite frankly, the man. George Clooney today / ImageCollect He’s still as active as ever with his career and family life. He’s a father of twins at the age of 63, a topic he muses over frequently. He most recently starred in the 2019 Hulu series Catch-22 and reprised his Batman & Robin role of Bruce Wayne in the superhero flick The Flash. His newest film, Wolfs, is in post-production. Is the main cast still close? Facts of Life Cast / NBC Among those who remain, the stars, mainly all girls since the show centered around an all-female boarding school, say that they were very close. They were very young during the course of the series, so they were more like best friends than co-workers! In fact, the four youngest cast members (Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, and Nancy McKeon) all remain close 40+ years later.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kim Fields (@kimfieldsofficial) Before she passed, Charlotte Rae had stated how proud she was of the young cast, noting that none of them got into trouble, that they all went on to have normal lives after the show ended and that she was very proud to see them grow up. In a way, she was like a mother figure to the girls in real life! Facts of Life / NBC The Facts of Life dealt with normal issues that teenagers face. It was interesting as the girls themselves were dealing with growing up as they played their characters onscreen, which they found to be challenging at times as they had to deal with puberty and other awkward teenage changes. The cast says it was helpful to go through these things together and support one another.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by mindy cohn (@mindycohn) According to The Life and Times of Hollywood, Kim Fields said, “I got to grow up with an amazing group of people, my castmates. And in hindsight, I found out I impacted generations across the globe.” What have they been up to?   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lisa Whelchel (@lisawhelchel) All of the main stars acted after Facts of Life, but Lisa and Nancy decided to become stay-at-home moms. Lisa is now a life coach because her kids are all grown up. Mindy is well known for being the voice of Velma in the Scooby-Doo cartoons and Kim has starred in several shows including Living Single and Living the Dream.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Nancy McKeon (@nancymckeonofficial) Isn’t it great to know that all of The Facts of Life co-stars are still friends to this day? We miss Charlotte Rae so much, but it helps to know the other stars still act like family! If you enjoyed this article, please SHARE with your friends and family who loved The Facts of Life! Do you remember The Facts of Life reunion movie in 2001? Watch it again below:  RELATED: Kim Fields And Mindy Cohn Reunited For ‘Facts Of Life’ Co-Star Charlotte Rae’s Memorial Click for next Article The post ‘The Facts Of Life’ Cast Then and Now 2024 appeared first on DoYouRemember? - The Home of Nostalgia. Author, Lauren Novak
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