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January 13, 20200Comments

How Do I Balance Homeschool, Parenting, & Marriage?

The first thing you want to do is get a new definition of balance. Our typical idea of “balance” has to do with dividing our life in terms of equal time and equal priority.

January 7, 20200Comments

Should I Join a Homeschool Co-Op?

Should I Join a Homeschool Co-Op? My wife Jody and I have debated this. I argue that co-ops are technically not homeschooling, because they include other teachers, other kids in

When Your Child Misses His Old Friends

I received an email today from a mom who had moved recently. Her son hasmade new friends, but really didn't think the new one's where as good as the old

June 4, 20180Comments

DON’T TELL YOUR CHILD TO DO HIS BEST?

Can there really be a problem with telling your child, “Do your best? Maybe, maybe not. I know that it was a terrible thing done to me by my dad,

The Anything Game: How to Connect as a Family at Meals

How to Harm Your Kid for Life (Part 2)

There are a couple of common things parents can do to really damage there kids. These are the less obvious and more unintentional, but they still do damage and can

Does Your Child Follow the Crowd?

Want to Raise a Truth-Seeker? Aim to Have No Opinions!

Your child is growing up in a world of liars. It is mind-numbing how many people in the media and online are simply twisting the truth. It gets even worse

5 Steps to Stop Tantrums

Do Tantrums HAVE TO Happen? Well, by my very question you should know that I think the answer is, "No, tantrums don't HAVE TO happen." Of course, I'm biased--- Jody

Child Discipline

I'm a big fan of anyone who gets it! Today I ran across this article by Mrs. Silver which I found to be pretty nice on the topic of disciplining children. You can

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