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Mastering Homeschool: Essential Strategies for Success

Four simple strategies to help plan school days and the school year.

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Considering Home Schooling?

Pros and cons of home schools

Will homeschooling make my kid weird? Pretty little girl with pink clips in her hair, and her dad fitting her pink glasses on her face as she smiles.

Will Homeschooling Make My Kids Weird?

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Homeschooled girl on her first day of college. Smiling at the camera, with classmates in the background

Your Homeschooled Kids’ Keys to College: Record Keeping

Keeping professional records during your homeschooler’s high school years can help them gain admittance to college.

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How Disciplining Children Creates Happy Childhoods

These simple ways of disciplining your children enables other adults to see past your children’s behavior and enrich their lives.

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Supplement Your Homeschool Curriculum With Focus Resources

Homeschool curriculum options for the Christian family that are free or low cost.

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Is Homeschooling The Best For Me And My Kids?

Let’s be honest: Homeschooling isn’t for everyone. Here is a look at what homeschooling is, and several ways to determine if it’s best for your family.

What Is Faith?

Help kids understand what faith — a God-given gift — really is!

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How to Stop Haggling Over Your Child’s Homework

Create a homework plan based on your child’s learning style.

Help your child keep a strong faith while in college

Help Your Young Adult Keep Their Faith Strong In College

College-bound kids and their faith have never been more threatened. As a parent, you can make sure they are already connected in community.

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How to Talk to Preteens About Sex

Talking to your preteen about sex can feel overwhelming, but it’s a conversation that needs to happen sooner than you think.

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How to Know if Your Child is Depressed or Suicidal

Having child who is depressed or suicidal is the frightening reality of too many parents today. However, there is hope in Christ, and preventive steps you can take to help a child you care about.

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5 Strategies to Help Kids Handle Teasing and Build Healthy Identity  

Learning to deal with teasing is a normal part of childhood development.

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Slow Down to Create Margin for Family Time

The intentional act of slowing down to create a margin for family time provides benefits that will carry forward in every family member’s life.

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Teaching Children Respect for the Elderly

Sadly, reverence for the elderly is sometimes in short supply in today’s youth-oriented culture but they have the most to contribute.

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Steadfast Love in Action: Loving Our Unique Family

Tim and Katie Nester are currently parenting seven children. Their unique family challenges them to show steadfast love in action every day.

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Laura Perry Smalts’ Authentic Shift From Transgenderism To Embracing God’s Design

Becoming the Christian woman God created her to be was a long, hard, and confusing road for Laura.

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Loneliness Ends Where The Blessing Begins

The Blessing is something you can choose to give and live out in your home. It is a “choice” parents make to use five distinct elements to impact a child’s life. Each one is way to help a child understand their incredible worth to you, and to their God.

Dads and moms have different parenting styles

Different Parenting Styles: When Dad Says It’s Okay…

Children need both their parents. When mom and dad connect, they can complement each other’s parenting styles.

Fathers hold a key role in helping children know their identity

Fathers Encourage Identity Development

When fathers choose to serve the Lord, live consistently and seize the opportunity to be present and involved with their children, they encourage identity and teach values.