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7 Ways Homeschooled Children Get Ahead
According to the research on homeschooling, homeschooled children are ahead of their schooled peers intellectually and socially. They learn more and they socialize more, the latter putting them ahead emotionally too. If you are homeschooling using sound methods , you know this is true because the proof is in the pudding; you can see it for yourself. But if you aren't homeschooling, here's 7…
End Your Homeschooling Year Positively: Top Tips
Now that the homeschool year is winding down, are you worried your children didn't finish everything you had mapped out for them?
3 Reasons Abridged Children’s Books Are a Waste of Time
Should you let your children read abridged books? It’s a question worth asking.
The 6 Purposes of Modern Schooling No One Told You About
What is fundamentally wrong with school, and why should we think twice before sending our children off? John Taylor Gatto answers these questions for us. What follows is a short excerpt that summarizes 6 disturbing purposes of modern education. It is excerpted from his essay in the book, Education’s Not the Point . In John’s Own Words “Theorists from Plato to Rousseau knew well, and explicitly…
5 Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Curiosity
A friend showed me a clip of her nine-month-old baby. I looked into the baby's eyes as I watched the video. The intense alertness and the acute observation of each facial move she saw in her mother's face was fascinating. The baby wanted to know how to make the same expressions her mother was making. It's the intense desire to know that all healthy children possess, yet why do so many children…
The Steve Jobs Habit Every Homeschooling Parent Should Adopt
Steve Jobs had a habit homeschoolers can benefit from. But first, consider this: on average, we make 35,000 decisions in a single day. As homeschoolers, it’s likely that we make even more of these than the average person. After making thousands of decisions, we begin to experience what the theorists refer to as “decision fatigue.” When decision fatigue kicks in, the quality of our decisions starts…
11 Ways to Convince your Spouse to Homeschool!
If your husband or wife’s mind is already set against homeschooling, you have to approach the situation very gingerly. It’s not wise to push our views on someone, least of all a spouse. “ It is time that we squarely face the fact that institutional schoolteaching is destructive to children. ” — John Taylor Gatto Usually when a spouse doesn’t agree with homeschooling, it’s because he doesn’t…
Raising Hopeful Children in Turbulent Times
“Hope is the thing with feathers,” wrote Emily Dickinson. During a dark time like the one we are living through, it’s a poem that’s worth memorizing. If you’ve ever lost hope, then you know it’s a very scary place to be. Without hope, we lose our will to live. Suicide rates are some of the highest in America, with its youngest victim, Samantha Kuberski, being six years of age. She hung herself…
Don’t Be Afraid to Homeschool: Here’s Why…
The ‘Not Enough’ Syndrome As women, we tend to think we are not enough as we are. Add homeschooling into the mix and our list of not enoughs now includes neither smart , nor patient , nor educated enough to homeschool. The thought of homeschooling conjures up fears that you may fail, disappoint your family, or even worse, hinder your children's chances of success. You might think that…
A Homeschooler’s #1 Enemy: The Comparison Trap
My kids are behind! Now what?
Phonics App or Phonics Book: Which Wins?
Should you buy a phonics book and teach your child to read, or should you hand the task over to your computer?
Are You Maximizing Your Child's Natural Genius?
Throughout history, there are stories of the influence of a mother in the life of an accomplished figure. Thomas Edison was one of them, as your child may be too. His mother, Nancy, pulled him out of school after he was labeled "addled" by his teacher. Mrs. Edison was told that her son could not think clearly. He was only eight years old. What an unjust misdiagnosis for an eight-year-old who had…
Children Can Increase Intelligence by Increasing Focus
The ability to focus leads to faster comprehension, better memory retention, and more efficient study habits which equates to higher intelligence. The Problem Children, however, are losing the ability to focus for sustained periods of time because we’re failing to raise them in ways that develop this skill. Then, when they are too easily distracted, we are very quick to cry "ADHD!" When you…
Psychologist Blames Zuckerberg for his Parenting Skills
I'm not going to mention names but I was listening to this reel about screens and children from someone whose work I respect. This time, I hit the "watch again" link. "Did I really just hear that?" I asked myself. So I played it again, and yes, I did really just hear that. Below is the transcript of what he said, and then I'm going to analyze it. The problems inherent in this message sum up what…
# 1 Most Intelligent New Year's Resolution for Parents
In 2026, so many parents have caught on to the dangers of screen use for their children, thanks to the work of people like Jonathan Haidt and his book, The Anxious Generation . The Resolution Consequently, many parents have made it a New Year's resolution to severely limit screen time and not just for their children. For themselves too! Each wise parent knows that her children will imitate her…
10 Gifts for Your Child to Love and Learn
10 holiday gifts for children that are both educational and fun!
The Secret Ingredient of Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a holiday of gratitude, and it's a day that serves as a reminder to count our blessings. What is astounding about blessings is that once we start naming them, where do we stop? Blessings are infinite, and we all have plenty of them. That doesn't mean that life is always easy, but no matter how difficult our lives can seem at times, there is always plenty to be grateful for. “ It’s…
Raising Children Who Will Be in Demand Later
Today, I came upon a reference book on Amazon that I wanted to buy. But I didn't buy it because it was a paperback book selling for $35.00, even for a used copy. Why? It was overpriced because it had sold out only a few years after being published. "How strange," thought I, that a book on the subject of creativity would be in such demand—or was it strange? Raising children in the 21st century of…
Some Scary Facts About Public Schools You May Not Know
During the last few years of his life, John Taylor Gatto and I exchanged a good number of emails, and in one of those emails, for the first time, I believe, he wrote emphatically that it was time to get our children out of government schools. Until then, he painted the picture of why we should get our children out of government schools, but he never told the parents what to do. “ School is a…