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Nov. 3, 2017
The Myth of Fairness: Permission to be Unfair in Your Homeschool
“It’s not fair!” my youngest son wailed. This wasn't the first time that week those forbidden words had been uttered in our home, accusing me of being unfair in our homeschool. I can tolerate a lot of things, but the … Continue reading
Tagged christian, fairness, parenting
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Oct. 23, 2017
Raising Kids with a Heart for the World
God's love for the whole world is at the heart of Sonlight. The picture of Revelation 7:9 regarding people from every tongue, tribe and nation, worshipping the Lamb of God is one of the most beautiful I can imagine. What … Continue reading
Sep. 27, 2017
Raising Kids Who Can Focus in a Distracted Digital Age
Is your child’s attention span longer than a goldfish? Are you deliberately raising kids who can focus deeply? According to a recent study, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds, while most people lose concentration after only eight. … Continue reading
Tagged distractions, focus, Homeschooling, parenting
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Aug. 16, 2017
One Way to Respond When Your Child Tells You Something Hard
Sonlight helps you practice talking together with your kids about opposing viewpoints and tricky topics such as poverty, so that when your children want to talk about their own hard things, it all feels more natural. From the earliest programs, … Continue reading
Tagged discussions, Homeschooling, parenting
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Jul. 10, 2017
Why We Have a No Toy Policy
Yes, I have a No Toy Policy. Before you think we have read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and have gone over the Feng Shui deep end, let me share an observation that happened about sixteen years ago while visiting … Continue reading
Jul. 3, 2017
5 Reasons to Read Books with Difficult Topics
As far back as I can remember, I was one of those voracious readers who read everything: the publisher’s mailing address printed in the beginning of books the ISBN numbers every foreword and epilogue—yes, even the appendices the writing on … Continue reading
Tagged difficult, Homeschooling, parenting, reading, worldview
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Jun. 30, 2017
How to Raise Mission-minded Children
When my husband and I decided to homeschool, one of our main goals was to raise mission-minded children. When we moved to Canada after serving six years in the Middle East and in South America as missionaries, we were literally in "Christian" culture shock. … Continue reading
Tagged Christianity, Gospel, Homeschooling, missions, parenting
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