Art of Training
How to Get Kids to Remember
Every time I look at that pan, I remember picking at every speck of dried oatmeal, wasting my time when I could have been engaged in more important matters. We old men don’t learn easy, but we learn well.
How Training Pays Off
One of my earliest memories is standing outside in the springtime in a shirt and panties watching Mom and Dad work in a little garden plot with great enthusiasm.
Husbands and Wives in the Making
Show your daughter how wonderful life is by being an example of joy and creativity. Treat your little boys like men, and expect manly responses. Don’t demand that they be sensitive like girls.
Insulate Your Children Within
In our recent article on betrothal, I mentioned that many homeschooling parents insulate their children without, but fail to insulate them within. We have received a number of inquires as to how parents should go about insulating...
Jumped Ship-part 5
What to do when you have a child who has jumped ship.
Jumping Ship (part four)
If you want to almost guarantee that your children will not jump ship (other factors being equal), provide a community life that holds promise of suitable future mates.
Jumping Ship (part three)
I was one of those children who jumped ship, and I did so for all the reasons you listed. My parents were hypocrites and expected the same from my sister and me.
Jumping Ship (part two)
There is an epidemic of young adults jumping ship from their Christian upbringing to join the world's parade.
Laying Down Habits
You might consider chickens to be on the lower end of the intelligence scale, though on the upper end of preference in the food chain.
Little Foxes Spoil the Vines
This past Sunday, during our gathering to worship, I saw several examples of little foxes. One little fellow interrupted the children’s story to tell his mother that he wanted a drink of water.
