Category Archives for Parenting
Finding (and Maintaining) Peace Amidst Your Homeschooling Challenges
Homeschooling is a great joy – and a great challenge. It brings out the best in all of us, but unfortunately, it can also bring out the worst. How can we, as parents, find and maintain peace within ourselves no matter how hard things get? What are the principles, practices, and tools that will keep […]
Read More5 Essential Steps to an Extraordinary Family
~Below is a special 5 part video series, hosted by Greg Denning~1- You Are The EXTRA in an Extraordinary FamilyYou have the potential to be a powerful influence in your family… IF you know how. Unfortunately, influence DOES NOT happen automatically, which is why things don’t turn out the way you planned or get done […]
Read MoreTeach Your Children Social Skills without Constant Correction So You Can Restore Peace in your Home
Parents, do you feel like you say the same thing over and over again without change? Do you feel like you and your child have a constant stream of animosity between you because you are in a constant state of correcting? Do you worry that your relationship with your child is never going to be […]
Read MoreRaising our Boys to Be True Gentlemen
Parents, this is such an important workshop if you are raising boys & girls! We’ve got to do all that we can to help our boys understand that these life skills will directly impact every part of their life, both personally and professionally. These skills change lives and contribute to happier, healthier and more stable […]
Read MoreRaising Children of Unshakable Faith
You may be like so many homeschooling parents who have chosen to teach their children at home not only to improve the quality of their education, but to also buoy up their faith in God. You already know that reading about God-fearing people will help them on that path, but did you also know that […]
Read MoreDisciplining With Love So We Don’t Break Our Children’s Spirits
This is a topic I get the most questions about and a topic that so many parents are struggling to find balance with. What is effective, age appropriate punishment? When is talking about it enough? What age is too old or too young for certain discipline and the list goes on? Come and join me […]
Read MoreHow to Create a Principle-Centered Homeschool
Although the concepts of natural law and principles were very familiar to America’s Founding generation, over the last two centuries these critical ideas have been virtually lost. In a world of moral relativism, where are the principles we can teach our children that will ground them in truth and create a solid foundation for their […]
Read MoreWe Used to Think it Took Money to Live Like This: Schooling at Home with Ease
A presentation which covers the basic costs associated with home schooling, and household/family budgeting. The reality is there is a great cost savings to schooling from home when you know how to be creative and choose to teach children the value of money. Living in a “wealthy way” does not need to be expensive as […]
Read MoreHow to Discover and Develop Your Children’s Greatest Gifts
You know your children are special and unique, that’s one of the reasons you chose to homeschool them. But knowing how to teach them in a way that matches their personality and needs can be illusive. More difficult, though, can be helping them discover their talents and develop them in a way that will empower […]
Read MoreChildren in Business – The Entrepreneur’s Education
Offering some basics we have covered, while encouraging our children to use their own start-up businesses as their unschool/homeschool education. More about Jessica Heilman: Jessica Heilman Founder, Wholehearted Ministries CEO, The Cookie Boys Educational Writer, Freelance In 2008 at just 8 & 10 years old Jeffrey and Joseph Heilman began baking and selling for their business, The Cookie […]
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