By Julianna Dotten Growing up homeschooled, I was oblivious to the fact that my upbringing wasn't normal. It wasn't until I went to college that I discovered having a stay-at-home mom and an involved dad was the exception, not the rule. While I...
Discipling Your Children in the Family Economy
by guest author Mike Cheney When asked to write on the subject of fathers relating with their children, I recalled the path my wife and I tried to follow. We home educated, worked in our family business (I like to call it our "family economy"), and...
When Reality Hits
by Julianna Dotten (C) Todd Wilson, FamilyMan It's a few weeks into the school year for most of us, and at some point, reality hits that our perfectly scheduled 15-minute increments aren't working. Life happens, and sometimes lunch takes longer...
What is Education?
By guest author Cindy Puhek What is education? Sometimes as homeschoolers we mistakenly think that completing the perfect curriculum will educate our children. But those of us who have been homeschooling for a couple of decades understand that...
Making Sibling Memories
By guest author Amos C. Wilson "Amos, did you know that Jonah was swallowed by a big dog?" The question came from my four-year-old sister as she stood barefoot in my garden, her curly brown hair a crazy mess in the wind. Today was gardening day....
Freedom from Anger
by guest author S.M. Davis My wife and I were visiting a church in Georgia. A father with a rebellious 17-year-old daughter and a rebellious 15-year-old son asked to take us to the airport so he could talk to us along the way. During our ride, the...
Loving Your Neighbor: Bringing it Home
By guest author Pete Olson How do we as homeschool families balance reaching out to others and protecting our children from the world? Homeschool father and pastor Pete Olson gives some insight in this interview. A person who lives next door is...
Knowing Who We Are, Where We Are Going
By guest author David Watkins I was reading a small periodical recently and came across a story about the great physicist, Albert Einstein. It immediately reminded me of something I occasionally see manifested in veteran home educators. The...












