Man is by nature self-focused. If we didn’t have a higher calling than ourselves, we would all become narcissistic. It is no surprise to us that our children are self-centered. We have spoken about ways to combat our self-focused natures through volunteering, helping the poor, giving of our time and things, and serving in our […]
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“Nature imitates herself. A seed grown in good ground brings forth fruit. A principle instilled into a good mind brings forth fruit.” – Blaise Pascal Pascal was a smart man. In case you missed that, I wanted to remind you of this simple fact. He feared God, hoped in God, and pursued God through mathematics.
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Think back to when you were contemplating homeschooling. Whether you’re here for a year or 20, the decision to homeschool came out of an ideal that you had in your head. Even if you think that you’re only here for a year, you’re here because homeschooling offered you something that public or private schooling did
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Am I the only one who has a vision of the ideal? I imagine an ideal curriculum, an ideal format for a text, an ideal school day, and an ideal student. Then I wake up. I don’t have any of those. Instead I have a real curriculum, a used text, an ordinary 24 hours,
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Happy independence day. Well, that was the sentiment I passed on to my eleven-year-old when I finally decided to relinquish my obsessive need to oversee every operation that went on in the kitchen, and allow her the freedom to make herself a hot breakfast at whim. As exhausting as the years were of tying every
