One of the most detrimental things modern society has done to our children is downplay the role of the father in the family. While in recent years there has been an attempt to repair the damage that has been done, we still see heavy traces of that in society and media. The dad or male…
“Men! You can’t live with them; you can’t live without them!” How many times have we heard women quote this popular saying in exasperation? The last part is definitely true; we can’t live without them because our children need them. We live in a horribly fatherless society, the statistics are staggering, and the result is…
Is homeschooling with chronic illness possible? How will my kids get a good education on my bad days….or bad months? These were the questions I asked myself when we began to consider homechooling our children. I thought I had to be crazy to take on one more thing. And I have a chronic illness –…
What do you do when you’re child isn’t keeping up in homeschool? What if you get to the end of the school year and you realize you’re behind schedule? What happens if on the last day of school, you haven’t completed the school books for that grade year? Do you keep going until you get…
If you’re like me, you’ve found yourself trying to defend your decision to homeschool. Every little advancement Every good grade Every cool field trip They all get hung up like badges to prove that our decision to homeschool was the right decision. I know, because I’ve found myself doing this lately with my friends. It…
If you’ve been looking for a Mother’s Day unit study, you’ve come to right place! This unit study provides ideas for kids of all ages, plus a set of fun, colorful, free notebooking pages! Someone once said: “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness”. It is hard to say if that state is natural or…
