From the moment our children are born, we do it. “How much did your baby weigh?” “When did she start to roll over?” “My child can say over 30 words, and he is only 6 months old!” Well, it is natural to want to know how everyone else is doing. It gives us some benchmarks […]
We do it everyday. We want to train our children well; we want to teach them how to do things correctly; we are concerned that they use the right words with the right motivation. So we correct them. We do it all the time. Sometimes that seems to be all that we ever say to […]
I bumped into an old friend from high school over the holidays. We hadn’t seen each other in decades, so we began catching up. “What are you doing with yourself?” she asked. I paused. Then I began, “Well, I’m a stay-at-home homeschool mom…” I didn’t stop there; I felt I had to continue, “…but before […]
I recently read an article by the TIME Magazine folks that echoes what I have been encouraging parents for quite some time. They discuss findings that show why so many students upon college graduation are unable to obtain or hold down a job. The students have the diploma. They are likely skilled in their career […]
I remember that day well. I was tired. Sleeping through the night was something I could only dream of. That is, if I could sleep long enough to dream it. I was working with one of my children on math. We had come to a topic that was particularly challenging, and this was Day 5 […]