Read Part 2: Socialization True story: One day, I had all my children with me in a fabric store. As I was checking out, the cashier engaged my daughter in …

Read Part 1 What about socialization? I don’t know when the beaten-to-death subject of socialization is going to die, but until it does, I guess we’ll keep talking about it! …

“I want to start the conversation out by saying, one of the biggest obstacles people face about homeschooling, is that they try to transfer their picture of “school” directly to …

We aren’t living in a new era, where suddenly the culture is hostile to Christianity. It feels a bit like it here in America, because our country has seen a …

Listen on Spotify or Youtube It might seem like an odd trait to cultivate, but I’ve been thinking lately about how “softness” is missing in a lot of today’s women, …

It’s been a long time coming, but I finally joined the 21st century and started a podcast! Many of you have requested this over the years, since listening to podcasts …

  Written in 2013, many of the 132 comments state “best post you’ve ever written.” So I figured a repost would meet a new group of eyes and you who …

Listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify or Youtube People are tired, frustrated, bored or discouraged. You can see it, hear it, feel it. What’s more, you might be one of those …

It doesn’t matter when Christ was actually born. It doesn’t matter if the origins of Christmas began as a pagan holiday or commemorated a pagan practice. It doesn’t matter if we open …

Photo by Tiluria from pixabay You are my gift, my joy, my heart. Do you know how very loved you are? You might hear, as you grow up, that you’re supposed …

Listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify or Youtube “Schooling and education are not the same thing. They aren’t even distantly related.” -John Taylor Gatto Compulsory schooling is the sacred cow of …

It took me a hot minute to get from the classroom mentality, when I taught high school English, to the relaxed method of homeschooling we now embrace. But I’m so …

  Is it sheer distraction? (We are, quite possibly, one of the most distracted, amused generations/societies that ever lived.) I like to think that in times past, people had more …

Gathering Around the Table A once-almost sacred event, carefully guarded from distractions, is almost just a relic in American memory. Perhaps we have lost our understanding of its importance, consequently …