Blog — Encouragement

A Letter from Matt at  Axis (Understanding Your Teen Summit)

1. There are no perfect parents. 
2. My approach to screens/smartphones truly does matter and can shape my children's' minds and lives.
3. I must be the first authority on sex and pornography for my child -- Always bringing it up earlier than I actually think I should too. Because the world speaks loudly.
4. The minute I check out on my kids, they will see it and reciprocate.

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Our family just returned from a trip to Kenya. We had several reasons for our trip, one was to visit and encourage our dear family friends who have moved there to open a business and share the gospel through their work and lives. The other was to visit Kids for Christ, an organization that our church has begun partnering with. Several of our church families sponsor these beautiful children, providing food, clothing, education and more. Although the surrounding of where these children live and go to school is absolutely beautiful,.... continue reading

Would you like to have your husband be more involved in the homeschooling process? There are some very good ideas in this article from Leah Courtney at Bright Ideas Press 

In many of the homeschooling families I know, the mother does the work of homeschooling, and the dads are not involved or have minimal involvement. Although many homeschooling moms say they’d like to have their husbands more involved, it doesn’t seem to happen much of the time. Why is this? Is there a reason dads sometimes relinquish responsibility when it comes to homeschooling? And is there a way that we moms can help our husbands be more involved in our homeschooling? Read more here

In nearly 20 years of homeschooling I have certainly heard an abundance of absolute BALONEY about the wonders of home education. 

We’ve all seen the articles about families with a dozen homeschooled children that have all somehow turned out to be child prodigies and geniuses that are graduating from college.

The reality.....

All kinds of kids are homeschooled. Smart ones. Struggling ones. Geniuses.  Kids with learning disabilities.  Kids that.... continue reading