Planning for the new homeschool year is here. Am I ready for it? No. My homeschool year has just come to an end and I am ready for a break. But my break will be short lived because in the back of my mind I am thinking about the new homeschool year. The summer will […]
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Dating is an important part of the teenage years. Or so it seems to be for most teens. It wasn’t like that for me. I decided not to date. Call me old fashioned if you like but I ask you to hear me out. I strongly believe and encourage teens not to date. Why? There
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You are very important to your teens. You might be going through a time right now that your teens seem to not like you very much. It’s hard to make sense of what they are thinking about because they may be withdrawn and don’t want to share anything with you. There will be times when
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Cell Phones are dangerous for teenagers. I do want to clarify that in this post I am referring to smart phones. I know you may not want to hear that but it is the truth. Please hear me out. I am talking from experience and would really like to share in part what happened when
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Life skills are very important. I would have to say that they are the stepping stones for teenagers into adulthood. The sooner teenagers learn to do these life skills the easier it will be for them when they enter adulthood. 5 Important Life Skill For Teenagers Teenagers need to learn to take care of their
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Simple. I know it might be hard to believe but yes. I will give you 5 simple ways to get through a hectic homeschool day. I am a homeschooling mother of 6 and I know what it’s like to have hectic homeschool days. Those days when you wake up late and are feeling like you
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Reading is a huge part of homeschooling. In our home there is a lot of reading that goes on and mostly it’s by me. I love to read! I discovered this love of reading when I was starting middle school. The library was my favorite place to be. It still is. I can spend all
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Making my house a home is something I have struggled with and still do. Why? Because I just don’t know how. I will share with you what I have found that I can do and I have been trying and I can say that it is working. It’s still a work in progress but I
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What better example can we set for our kids then us? Yes, us! We as parents should take that strongly into consideration. After all, for most of us, our children spend the majority of their time with us. Recently, I heard someone say that “kids will not do what you want them to do but
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My immigration story started in a country unlike this one. I don’t remember much about the country I was born and grew up in because I was young. I was just about to turn 6 when my parents wanted a better life for me and my three brothers. Towards the end of 1990,
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