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teach your kids life skills
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Monday, 18 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

Teaching Life Skills

  A few years ago I needed to have outpatient surgery. As a homeschool mom with two young daughters, I worried how daily household chores would get done. Thankfully the surgery was scheduled during summer, which meant I did not have to concern myself with math, history, or other “core” curriculum. However, I still needed
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Turn Your Table Into The Family Time Zone
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Friday, 15 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

The Family Table

  My fondest memories as a child are of sitting around our family table. It didn’t matter if we were eating a meal or playing a game, it was a place where we could be together and enjoy talking and laughing. I always felt happy sitting there with my family. When I began having a
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don't let your emotions control you
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Thursday, 14 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

Parenting Without Emotions

  Children of any age seem to generate the most advantageous, and also the worst parenting emotions. Without realizing, our voice becomes louder, our body starts to tighten, and breath shortens, and we have just engaged in a round of emotional exhaustion for ourselves and our child. To disengage oneself from swirling in a pattern
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give your kids what they want
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

The Battle of the Wants

  In our media driven society, being the right kind of mom is impossible. Feed your kids the healthiest food, but don’t go overboard and be that mom who always asks about ingredients. Don’t let your children dictate your life, but listen every time they have something to say! It is such a struggle to
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let children develop at their own pace
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

Awakening – Letting Children Develop at Their Own Pace

  This summer, I discovered something new in our yard — a beautiful, yellow lily with a burgundy center. In the decade that we’ve lived in this house, it has never bloomed before. About a week later, a solid yellow lily appeared in another part of the yard. A friend had given me some flower
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let 9-11 be remembered
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Monday, 11 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

9-11 A Day Not Forgotten

The day was a Tuesday. My husband, 3 sons (ages 12,6, & 1 1/2 ), and I had spent the previous night with a cousin in Maryland to take a homeschooling field trip to the nation’s capital, Washington DC. We live about 4 hours away from DC, so her house was a little closer. I
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Homeschool is like a marathon
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Friday, 08 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

Finishing the Race

  In April 1999, I ran the London Marathon. My version of “run” was a great deal different than that of the winner of the race. The winner completed the marathon in a mind-numbing two hours and some odd minutes. Me? I finished several long, hard hours later. The goal of every runner was different;
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Why Your Kids Should Spend More Time With Older People
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Thursday, 07 September 2017 / Published in Articles, Blog

Casting Down Generational Walls

  In the past few months, I have heard a troubling viewpoint. While it takes many forms, the gist of it goes like this, “It is all important that a child or young person be surrounded by others of their age.” Most of the time these comments fall from well-intentioned lips, but as a young
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