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From self-help gurus to preachers and everyone in between, they all warn us to be careful what we say about ourselves after “I am.” Be careful how you end this sentence: “I am…” They call it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Our daughter practicing the folk harp at home A few years ago, when I was thinking about all the things that I teach the children and how I organize their activities, I realized that I was, in fact, their whole school. I was school. I am school. It is humbling and honoring at the same time. I don’t utter those words...

Recently I shared about our choice to use American History from Compass Classroom. One of the projects is a history portfolio, and I have created some free homeschool history printables to go along with this project! In this post, I will show you how we are using these history printables and how you can download them for free. Learn more ABOUT Compass Classroom American History… I have a post sharing why we chose this history curriculum and also a free at-a-glance lesson printable for those of you who are using it also! Click here to see it! Free Homeschool History...

Helicopter parents are moms and dads who pay extremely close attention to their kids' activities and schoolwork in an effort to not only protect them from pain and disappointment but to help them succeed. Helicopter parents are known for constantly hovering over their children and being overly involved in their lives. To get a better picture of them, a now-deleted user posted a question on the platform, asking: "What is the most extreme example of helicopter parenting that you have ever witnessed?" and people flooded the comments with all sorts of real-life examples. From escorting their son to a job...

My house these days feels very “before” all over. Do you know what I mean? I’m a bit horrified of taking any pictures. Of course there was the intense heat for weeks (remember, we don’t have AC! Normally that’s fine and we can even take a week-long heat wave but this one was something else, let me tell you). That wiped me out. I could barely function. I was like a shadow, a melting, sweating, roasting shadow of my former self. And we’re currently re-doing the porch steps and railings, and pondering a kitchen rehab, which of course means too...

About the BookBook: Not Dead YetAuthor: Traci Hunter AbramsonGenre: SuspenseRelease date: June 13, 2022Cassidy Edgemont has been dead for four years. At least, that is what the world has been led to believe. After becoming unwittingly entangled in a group called the Coalition, known for using fake news to generate political unrest in the United States, Cas was offered a devastating choice: stage her own death and join her rescuers, the guardians, or risk the wrath of the organization she betrayed. She chose death.As an invisible government operative, Cas has been living in Paris with no complications—until her family pays...