Homeschool Update Archives

I went from occasionally helping with flash cards and reading bedtime stories to becoming a full-fledged principal, music instructor, and school...

If you can inspire curiosity in your children and perhaps point them in the right direction or make available the appropriate tools, you'll be...

Whether angry at the world, angry at America, or just a psychopath, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner struck out with homicidal anger this past...

God really does use all things for good. He even used the tragedy of an abortion to stir up a family to extend His grace to a broken, desperate...

Having a child who cannot write is simply not an option in today's communications-driven world. But your child may take a nontraditional path to...

My parents made plenty of mistakes. Yours did too. As a dad now with 4 kids, I've finally arrived at that place where I am more cognizant of the...

This is about the time of year when I usually consider writing the Proverbs 31 woman a nasty letter...

After God chuckled, my first much-anticipated child came whirling into my life and plunged me into the world of an extremely active, even...

Laying in the tent during another in our long line of horrible weather Boundary Waters canoe trips, I was angry...

The journey is long and sometimes tough, but if we ride together, we can come out of the blahs, flourishing with our children till the end of the...

More and more people seem to keep asking me about our story of fostering. I remember being on the other side, wondering how tough it would be to...

It’s a subtle change when a wife goes from enfolding her man in a warm hug the very instant he walks in the door to instead hiding in the bathroom...

“Now that you’re all grown up, what’s next?” and “What are your plans for the future?” people asked. Gina had lots of impressive answers that...

As homeschooling families, we have the opportunity daily to nurture Godly character in our children, both by example and via instruction.

The other night I was tucking my kids into bed. I noticed my oldest had a glowing silly band on his wrist. Knowing that he would play with the...