Successful Homeschooling, Think “I Love You”
Lily Ann is a mother to six bright children. She has enjoyed great success in the area of homeschooling. She is always looking for ways to improve and loves to learn new things. Please visit her website.
How Not to Raise Bratty Kids
Then horror of horrors your child throws his first fit in public or talks back to you. And all of a sudden it dawns on you; you are on your way to having a bratty kid.
To Call or Not to Call
How do we know if homeschooled families are teaching their children or neglecting them and who we should inform about it. Should the authorities be called?
Busyness: The Thief of Family Memories
“Seventeen summers” said the busy father, wistfully describing the memory of his oldest child growing up. He continued, “We get seventeen summer vacations, and then our children are gone.”
An Experience In Homeschooling (Or How I Snuffed The Fun Out Of Learning)
Homeschooling was never the plan. Just one of those things that evolved out of circumstance and chance.
Parenting Young Children – Some Basic Rules
When children are young, it is easy to set up some basic “rules” that will help them to understand their role in the home and their role towards others if you take the time to craft your rules in simple, easy to follow terms. As they grow, the rules can expand to fit children’s changing situations.
How to Get Your Child to Love to Read
There is hardly anything better than reading to open the doors to the entire universe of experiences. There is hardly anything more valuable that a parent can give to a child for the long run than an appreciation of reading.
10 Easy Ways To Get Your Children To Eat More Veggies
Mothers continually struggle with trying to get their kids to eat more vegetables. Here are 10 easy ways to get your kids to love veggies.
Review: 7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students
Who doesn’t want a capable student? This book seeks to provide parents with encouragement and tools to help their kids grow into capable students and human beings.
Teachable Moments Through A Family Movie Night
I’ve found that one of the most fun ways to plan for “accidental” teaching moments with my kids is by having a family movie night. You might think that a family movie night would just end up with no one doing any talking, but that’s not the case at all. Our family has made a tradition out of watching movies together, and we’ve even come up with a game that has been lots of fun for all of our children, is great to play anywhere, and leads to some great parenting moments where we can easily and without lecturing, introduce our children to life issues and offer instruction for them on a variety of topics.
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