Homeschool Update Archives

How soon is too soon to begin thinking about college? Depending on the student, you could start as early as eighth or ninth grade.

As wonderful as summer can be, keeping ourselves sane and our children occupied, happy and safe can be quite a juggling act.

Giving our children the belief that life “should” be fair only cripples them from focusing on their strengths or their goals, and leaves them...

How do I homeschool my 5-year-old with a newborn alongside?" I had to pause and answer the question for our family too...

“Maybe I’m not qualified to do this. I wasn’t even a very good student. What made me think I could do this in the first place?”

Insecurity threatened as I dove into teaching my son, a struggling reader, but I learned an important lesson.

I was still a young mother, not yet 30, and I felt that my children’s public behavior was a reflection of me as a mother and woman.

Motherhood—with its joys and frustrations—was God’s idea and creation. He never promised we’d have a perfect family, but He did promise His...

I know motherhood is meant to be blissful and happy, but when I let my children down, the feeling of guilt is immense.

Waiting to pray until your child is involved in a less-than Christ honoring dating relationship is not wise. Rather pray for God to guide them to...

We have an amazing calling as parents. It doesn’t end just because they become young adults.

God’s always speaking. He’s always moving, present, creating, healing. The trick is paying attention. The trick is savoring.

We will have challenging times as parents, but we are not in this alone. God has given instructions for parenting.

How do you involve more technology in your homeschooling day without compromising learning?

Some of us are afraid to be engage with the mother who’s lost a child because we’re driven by one overwhelming fear: I don’t know what to say.