We already know research backs up the notion that families eating around the table together has a profound impact on the quality of home and the unity of its members. An article in the Home Renaissance Foundation said, “…family dinners generate ‘human capital’. Kids who sit down regularly with parents and siblings do better at…
Suppose your child has developed a pattern of not coming when he is called. This can easily lead to frustration for both parent and child. Tension can mount until finally the parent decides enough is enough and a confrontation erupts. This confrontation also may encourage the child to think that the eighth time he or…
Do your kids love to work? Surrounded by a culture which views work as a necessary evil, it’s no easy task to train your children to work ”heartily as to the Lord” – all the time, no matter who’s watching. On November 19th, Dave Tucker, homeschool Dad, missionary, and serial entrepreneur, joins us live to take on this important but neglected issue. You’ll love Dave’s…
Simple Tips to Getting More Involved Long day. I pulled the car into the driveway from a less-than-relaxing commute, only to be greeted by a new set of responsibilities. How was I going to manage my time, my attitude, and the workload at home? That has been my thought more than once. Being a homeschooling…
I’m 23, which means I’m old enough to be an adult, but young enough to still have stubborn weeds of foolishness, insert-foot-directly-in-mouth moments (“When I was young…”), and general lack of perspective. I’m also single, which status means that I’m stuck in our culture’s stereotype of an awkward no-man’s land: not a carefree kid, but…
The Problem I recently had a talk with a minister friend of mine. He was very troubled. It seems some in his congregation are growing increasingly critical of his sermons. Some want more depth. Some want more of the basics. Some want more life, more illustrations; some want less. Some more humor, some want more…
Keeping Our Vision Strong at the Beginning of Another Year Another school year brings with it a torrent of blended feelings—expectation and excitement on one end of the spectrum, trepidation and questioning on the other. The hope of a new beginning mingles with the doubt and questions that linger in the corners of our minds.…
As a father of five children, and now a grandfather, I have spent three and a half decades seeking to pass down the Christian faith to the next generation. Let me deal with only one area of this vast work — one, I believe, that appears to have had some effectiveness in bringing up our…
You’ve heard about family–based education (commonly called homeschooling or home discipleship). Many families have seen the disintegration of family relationships over the last few decades and responded by integrating relationship and character into their home and their children’s lives. But what about the 80% or more of real life not directly connected to classroom learning?…
“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope.” (Romans 8:20, NIV) Remember the account in Mark 9 of the demon-possessed boy that the disciples could not cast out? They were embarrassed and frustrated at their inability to cast them…