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…
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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…
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…
The Myth of Socialization
This post is the second in a series I’m calling “Homeschooling Myths.” I hope you read them all, share them with your friends (or enemies, either way) and let me know what you think in the comments. Before I begin I feel I must offer a disclaimer to this post: it is rated “M” for…
The Myth of the Patient Home Schooler
This post is the first in a new series I am calling “Homeschooling Myths.” I hope you will share it with your friends and let me know what you think in the comments! I began homeschooling in 1990. It was a time when homeschooling was still very much on the fringes (and in some states…
The Homeschooler’s Guide To Writing A Research Paper
The “three R’s” is not just a clever educational slogan. The three R’s should be the foundation of your homeschool program. The reality is that if you give your child a solid grounding in mathematics (including algebra, trigonometry, etc.) and a proficiency in reading and composition, whatever else you do is not particularly all that…