As we get further into our homeschooling journey, I get the socialization question more and more often. Here is an opportunity to answer it fully.
Category: Parenting
The Life Changing Aspects of Bicycles
As a family, we had talked about getting bikes for years. The decision to do so brought so many benefits to our family.
Consider Others Higher than Yourself in Marriage
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
Philippians 2:3-4 New Living Translation
Hold Sacred the Opportunity to Apologize
Recently a friend of mine started working through a difficult grief journey, and she sent me an episode from The Place We Find Ourselves that she thought would help the process. I was happy to listen to it to help her, but as the episode progressed, I was deeply impacted and remember thinking, “I was…
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. et al
This book provides excellent explanations at to why it’s important to be the compass for our children rather than allow their peers to become the compass, but it is not an easy book to read. The best parts come in the last six chapters.
Book Review: Better Late Than Early by Dorothy and Raymond Moore
Despite this being recommended by multiple homeschool moms, I strongly disliked it. It was a difficult read with more to disagree with than support.
Book Review: Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella
Consistent application of even a few of the recommendations in this book will increase the connection between parents and family.
Learning to Love the Background Noise
For as long as I can remember, I have always appreciated silence especially while I was working. I had friends who listened to music while they studied, but it never worked for me. I tried classical music, but it was never the type of music that was the problem. It was any type of sound…
Anxiety: Creating Problems Where None Existed
A quick story of my chance to implement my lessons learned through a series of therapy sessions using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Our First Family Camping Trip
We all had a blast on our first camping trip as a family of 5. I could not have asked for more.