My family and I recently experienced an unexpected move. Things were just settling down after another unexpected event, the passing of my father. We had fixed up the school room with a new coat of paint and gotten everything organized. Then, we learned that the owner of the house we've been renting for the past two years wanted to sell it, so we ... Read More...
Why You Should Homeschool When It’s Hard
I almost had a meltdown over a bottle of apple juice. Lunch was very late that afternoon, and I had already been feeling behind from the minute I woke up. The clock I was trying to beat all day declared its victory over me as I struggled to transition my kids out of "school and play mode" to sit down at the table for a hodgepodge meal I wasn't ... Read More...
5 Ways To Protect Your Child Online
I remember when I was 9 and my parents got cable installed in our house. The large gray box that sat on top of the tv brought a lot of things into our home we didn't previously have access to. Videos featuring scantly clad women and rappers singing about "big butts" were suddenly only a few channels away. Now the MTV generation is raising the ... Read More...
8 Criteria For Evaluating Our Kids’ Media
My eight-year-old recently met his first Summer Reading Club goal and was eager to pick up his prize- a book of his own. An avid reader who reads at an 8th grade level already, he quickly skimmed past the picture books and chapter books with less than 50 pages to the tween selections. When he stopped at one with a creepy looking cover, I told him ... Read More...
How To Raise Kids Who Won’t Walk Away From Church
Hardly a day goes by in which we are not reminded by some major news source that "atheist" and unaffiliated" religious categories are growing among Millennials. For those of us trying to raise children who walk in the truth, the odds aren't in our favor. According to Barna Group, 70% of kids raised in Christian homes will walk away from the ... Read More...
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