Yes, I know that “destressifying” isn’t a word. I just made it up. (Hmm…maybe I should trademark it!) And by the way, does the guy in this picture not look like the most destressified person you’ve ever seen? :) In any case, today I am featuring a guest post by Aaron Schulman, who gave us…
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Are Your Family Photos Banished?
For those who’ve been following my blog for a while you may remember me talking about being ill in the last six months or so. While I did recover from an acute illness that I had at the end of December, I was still experiencing severe fatigue when I went in for a routine check-up…
Salt and Light: A Valid Argument or a Misuse of Scripture?
In my last blog post, I spoke about the insidious nature of the excuses bureaucrats make to justify their infringements on parental rights. But this isn’t a problem that just affects bureaucracies, it affects the church too. I can’t tell you how many Christians I’ve seen abandon their families, and especially their children, using the…
Protecting Parental Rights: How You Can Help
While you are going about your day, homeschooling your children and taking care of your other family responsibilities – minding your own business – do you realize there are still people in this country who believe you should be in jail for homeschooling your own children? If you think I’m exaggerating, read some of the…
The Book of Psalms: Words of Comfort and Hope…from God…to You
First, a disclaimer: this post technically doesn’t have anything to do with homeschooling. And yes, it is about the Bible. So if you are only on this site because you want to know about homeschooling, I suggest you check out some of my previous posts listed in the right sidebar. As my regular readers know,…
9 Helpful Hints for a (Relatively) Happy Homeschool
Today I am offering some tips that have been gleaned from my 20+ years of homeschooling. I hope that you will find that applying one (or more!) of these tips helps your homeschool day go a little more smoothly! #1 – Don’t get into schoolwork when you have somewhere to go or are otherwise in a…
I Am The Parent
Recently I was asked to speak to a local homeschooling group and as I was pondering what I wanted to say to them, the following thoughts took shape as the foundation, or starting point, of where I want my talk to go. I will tell you right up front that the following post may well…
Tackling Tough Times, Part 2
In my last post I pointed out that “Homeschooling911” actually started as a book idea – that my original goal was to write a book that would give homeschoolers the tools they needed to continue to homeschool even when life got complicated…or worse. While “Homeschooling911” did ultimately evolve from a book idea to a website,…
Tackling Tough Times, Part 1
If you’ve read my post titled “Why Homeschooling911?” you know that this website originally started as a book idea. The idea I had in mind was to share the experiences in my life that had been at times extremely stressful, and at other times utterly tragic, and to share the truth that it is more…
My Month and The Top Posts of 2011
If you are a regular reader of my blog you may have noticed that I have been somewhat MIA this month. I did spend the first part of the month studying for the final exam in my history class (I’m working on finishing an English Lit degree at Florida State University). That class was a…