Sometimes we mothers spend all our time figuring out which curriculum we should purchase for our children, or how to make lesson plans for the coming year, and we completely forget that we as teachers also need to grow and learn.…
Feeling Like a Terrible Mother
January 6, 2012 by 7 Comments
Way last June (!), I received this note:
…Please, please could you help me out with something? Sometimes I think I missed out on your “foundational fours” and need to spend time going back to that. Our multi-grade classroom is not working, and I’m going crazy.
Sibling Fighting Isn’t Funny
September 2, 2011 by 7 Comments
We’ve been talking about good character for several weeks now, but I wanted to start listing some specific ideas for teaching character to our children. I thought I’d start right where Jesus does:
…“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
What IS Good Character Anyway?
August 26, 2011 by 2 Comments
Let’s quickly summarize what we’ve already studied about character.
- Character can only be passed on to our children when we have it in our own hearts first.
- When we say that we want to teach “good character” to our children, we mean that we want to teach them how to be holy.
What the Bible Says about Character Training
August 5, 2011 by 4 Comments
Last week, we started a discussion on character training. I thought I’d buy myself some time while I searched the Bible for what God said about character.
That’s the funny thing… I’ve been searching for two weeks, and I didn’t find much!…
Character Training
July 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
On last week’s survey, I asked you what topics you’d like to hear more of. More than 75% of you wanted to hear about how to teach good character to children. One mom put it so well when she said, “I want to know how to practically apply God’s word in today’s world.”…
5 Things That Make Moms Tired
July 1, 2011 by 14 Comments
The Bible says that younger women are “to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God” (Titus 2:4-5).…
Obedience and Homeschooling
December 6, 2010 by 4 Comments
If you’ve been homeschooling for any time at all, you’ve discovered the same secret I have. Children must be obedient if you’re going to enjoy teaching them!
God says the same thing:
…“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him” (Proverbs 23:24).
These Are the Days of Elijah… (a post for mothers)
April 16, 2010 by 2 Comments
In the excellent parenting book, “Don’t Make Me Count to Three!”, author Ginger Plowman compares my job as a parent with John the Baptist. (She calls us “Joan the Baptist,” LOL!) Why does she do that?
Jesus says, in Matthew 11:14, that John was “the Elijah who was to come.”…
Teaching My Children to Listen
January 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today on my blog, I posted an article on how and why God disciplines me. One thing I learned is that God is trying to teach me to listen to Him.
This got me thinking. How can I teach my own children to listen to me?…
