At the end of the day, we rest in the realization that we have fulfilled our one responsibility: we have made decisions based on what we know right here and right now. ...
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Just yesterday she was learning her alphabet and doing addition problems in pigtails, lisping a bit through the lost front teeth. Somehow, though, graduation is now on the horizon, and you are getting ready to launch her into adulthood....
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It finally dawned on me -- because my personality is also “fail before you succeed” -- that if I was going to be successful at parenting and homeschooling, I would need to recognize my own unique qualities and embrace them. ...
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I admit it! I am a huge technology user. I am one of those women who can be seen checking her iPhone every few minutes for e-mails, text messages, and Facebook updates....
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Regardless of where you are, it’s never, never, never too late to start showing our children a way of life that leads to peace....
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Right now, this very moment, put your Norman Rockwell notions in a box. Put a pretty mental bow around them. (Personally, I’m fond of teal.) Now put the box under the bed, far to the back....
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Do we believe that children are better reared now due to the influence and insights of the experts? Or could there perhaps be some wisdom from prior generations that we should seek to recover?...
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Each of our families have different priorities and needs, but finding and planning a morning routine that can instill healthy habits as well as good character will not only be helpful to them, but will also help keep those early parenting years more structured and stress free....
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Somewhere along the way, it seems to me that homeschoolers have lost sight of why they homeschool and have traded in their flexibility and freedom only to willingly place themselves under another “system,” one which has been created by homeschoolers, for homeschoolers....
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Becoming a mother meant I birthed new life through this little being created by God, but that is only where it started. The life of mothering is just that: bringing life to our children. It doesn’t end when we bring our little bundles home from the hospital, but rather, life...
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