There are 5 things every woman needs to hear. In case you don’t have a woman in your life to tell you, let me: You’re not alone. You really, truly …

A lot of people like the idea of “relaxed homeschooling”, but are so accustomed to what they feel is the only way to “do school”, they just can’t picture anything …

I was driving, rather lost in thought, zoned by the double lines in front of me, when he asked the third question. “But how will they know?” I had probably …

  Homeschooling Held Hostage, Heidi St John “Most of us took our children out of public school in search of something more, only to be hijacked by the world’s system—right …

Sometimes I feel like a wimp as a mom. Especially a homeschooling mom. I go to bed at night thinking of all the things I should have done, and shouldn’t …

“For all practical purposes, death has died. There has never been a more disastrous day in the history of the universe.” (Satan’s servant, Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood) From my …

I love scrimping. Well, not scrimping, but seeing how far I can stretch a dollar. Even though Americans are known as the most wasteful of the world, I like to …

Was it the Internet that completely changed the way we parent? That ability to not only look into everyone else’s lives, but also to mask what everyone sees about your life–posting, …

Many of you walked with us on our journey through the horrific storm of April 27 2011. Keri at A Happy Home Media asked me last week to share the story …

I am the parent of a difficult child. If you are too, you know the exhaustion, the tears, the feelings of helplessness and the cycles of prayer/throwing hands up/let’s-try-again talks. …

When I hear someone talking about “kids these days” or lamenting social problems brought on by adults who make foolish decisions, I want to ask this: “But how do you …

Lots of people who have read about our relaxed homeschooling lifestyle or my book, Think Outside the Classroom (where I flesh that out a bit), still have questions. The main one …

Doesn’t the feminist speak for the formerly “oppressed woman”, claiming that she only wants to free her from the sad, miserable life society once forced her to live? Does feminism not want …

Since I read the first chapter of the biography of D.L. Moody to my children, I’ve been mulling over what I read about Moody’s mother.  I was impressed by Moody’s …