Teaching Sexual Purity
As parents we know both the pleasure and the long term consequences of sexual intimacy. And we have a responsibility to teach our children about it. The Bible is clear…
Great Expectations
https://youtu.be/K6CKAQlNl_M What do you expect from your kids? Thanks to Mr. Charles Dickens for letting me borrow his title today. I do respect a good author. My post is very…
Being Cool for Your Teens
During the time when our children worry the most about who they are, we parents worry the most about our kids not liking us. Now that hubby and I have…
An Easter Fun Day
How will you celebrate Easter this year? If you're familiar with my homeschool posts, you know we have a "fun day" about every six weeks as part of our home-micro-school…
To Spank or Not to Spank
Do you use spanking in disciplining your kids? In 2002, my new husband and I were wanting to have children. I was also a college student taking a marriage and…
Making Time for Everything
Being a parent can feel so overwhelming. How can we possibly do all we are "supposed" to do? The Bible tells us, "To everything there is a season, and a…
A Shepherd Experience
Looking for ideas to teach the Christmas story? This Christmastime, I wanted to give my home & micro-school kids a shepherd experience. I knew we had a fun day coming…
Helping Littles with Big Feelings
How do we help our little kids with their big feelings? I feel a lot more qualified to answer that question now than I did a couple decades ago, partly…
A Mom’s Day
Maybe you are a parent wondering if life for you is like it is for other parents. Maybe you are thinking about having kids and want to know what it…
5 Fam Faves, Healthified
Do you want to eat healthier, but not want to give up your favorite meals? I've written before about our diet, and how it changed for the better over a…