Avoid Spring Homeschool Burnout

End of Year Fizzles What leads to burn out at this time of year? How can we instead be encouraged, or at least enjoy a motivated push toward the finish line? We have had lovely Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, perhaps a Winter Break and a Spring Break, yet April and...

Take a Leap of Faith for your Child

MAMA L:   I was watching the video about midterm reports and you mentioned something about having a defiant child who needed to unschool possibly.  (remember Faithful Scholars’ members, you have accesss to our Video Library- the link was sent with your Welcome...

Why Do You Home School?

Reason Number 5024… …Okay, so maybe we should begin with reason one as that is what got each of us to take this leap of faith plunging our families into these inexplicably, unexpectedly beautiful waters of the perfect IEP (Individualized Educational Plan)....

Attachment Parenting Coming Back in Style

Attachment parenting began to be poo-pooed when women in the workforce began to be celebrated. From the top down the definition of success was redefined and did not include family unity, family time, family health. Instead, it was an economic advance, economic...

Unexpected Times

      Almost 2 years ago few of us would have imagined a world slowed down to the pace of horse and carriage (for a lovely 3 weeks!), however this is where we strangely find ourselves.  This pandemic is only abnormal in that it is being lived out under...

Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety begins with a thought and can end with a thought taken captive; but, if given free rein to niggle and run around our brains long enough, it creeps into our hearts to squeeze and constrict and proceeds to run rampant through our actions in unhealthy...