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The beauty of stepping out of the conventional education mainstream into homeschooling is the freedom. But there is one thing I want to tell you, as you scroll through photos of the highly organized and fully developed curricula that some mothers display and all the catalogues offer. I need you to know something as you contemplate expensive and highly developed systems for educating your child at home. It has to do with your goal. It’s diabolically easy to substitute one goal for another, and to inadvertently order all your priorities towards the wrong ending point. So be sure that you...

Once upon a time, before automation became commonplace, teenagers were the working class of our society.  You'd see them in shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, and other such places working hard alongside adults.  However, thanks to technology, teen jobs have been phased out, leaving them to devote that time and energy to such fruits as video games and texting...Teenagers

Note: This post contains affiliate links. When you make a purchase, I get a small commission at no cost to you. It’s time for a new school year! If you are like me, you need a fresh wind, refreshment, encouragement, inspiration. Sometimes the excitement of the subjects we are going to tackle fills me with enthusiasm. I love to learn! Yet, I remember the papers to be graded, the reminders I need to give my children, and the struggle to maintain the balance between homeschooling, homemaking, and the rest of life. I need to be reminded of why I began...

The following is a sponsored post in collaboration with Thrive Academics and MommyMaestra. All opinions are my own.Like most parents, I like to think that I'm doing everything I can to prepare my kids for adulthood. That's my intention anyway. But with my oldest starting her senior year and my middle kid going into 10th grade, I feel a certain amount of panic and wonder if I'm covering everything. I had a chance to view a demo of Voyage and it is everything I could want in an online course teaching really important life skills.PSST! Don't miss the GIVEAWAY at the...

by Diane Helfrich, August 2021 Once a child enters our lives, we start thinking about the years to come—their first words and steps turn into school, graduation, and college, and then, we hope, a successful launch to adulthood. Part of how well our child negotiates these steps has to do with who they spend the most time with, what they read, take in through media and games, and, most importantly, what they are taught., One of my favorite Christian leadership authors, John Maxwell, says, “Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.” Let’s look at the difference between a...