The very first booth upon walking in was a parenting system. 'Gospel based' and from what I could see, very punitive. It seemed like so many places where I wanted to buy something were selling some form of child abuse manual. Even the T-shirt booth was selling ALL of the Pearl books.
I really wanted a tee shirt.
I did get to see Mert and Shannon, and I'm thankful to be in a homeschool group with some others who don't do that sort of thing, (pretty funny that we took turns visiting the tee shirt/ Pearl follower and discussing the evils of TTUAC with him....but he didn't like that.)
I'm glad I was able to go, because my kids had a really good time. I let them go on the rock wall and the treehouse, and I found a good math curriculum for Caden (Right Start) that I don't know if I would have found otherwise, but other than that.....I was sad.
I really feel compelled to share the happiness of gentle parenting with parents who just.don't.know.
I wish ya'll woulda come, though!
Would have been nice.