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Fall Breaks

Ads & Affiliates To break or not to break, that is the question. While not as resonating as Shakespeare’s version, many home schooling families wonder whether a fall break messes with the just-established schedule or offers a needed respite. I have to...

Unclicking the Clique

“I don’t think we’re going to be part of the co-op next year,” a mom shared over coffee one morning.Seeing the hurt in her eyes, I asked, “What’s going on? Is there a problem?””Well . . . the kids just don’t feel...

3 Keys for Dealing with Parental Anger

Anger. What is it with anger? How can we be so in love and engaged with our children one moment, then so angry the next? Few parents escape that sick feeling of guilt after we’ve truly blown it with our child.We know when our blow-ups are wrong. We know the...

What’s right with this picture?

“Let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.” Job 34:4 Could there be any better mission for our home schooling endeavors? To discern means to perceive or to recognize clearly. So, God, in this passage, urges us to to...

Careful Listening

“Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him. ( Or, in NLT) To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not...

Dressing For Success

“Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.” Proverbs 20:11 (NIV) Want to make a good first impression and then maintain an impeccable reputation, too? Do you want your life to be a true success?There’s no big...