How Much For A Diploma?

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

A bumper sticker says, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Most people agree on the value of education.  The Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank in Raleigh, N.C., just completed a study of the cost.  How much does it take to provide a K-12 education? How about $122,478 ? That’s median per-pupil expense for thirteen years in the [...]

Ask For The Old Paths

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way [is], And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16) That’s spiritual advice, but it’s wisdom to consider in everyday things, too.  Here’s a story from Britain that says [...]

Help for Teens – For Free!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Several years ago, it occurred to us that maybe the teenaged years didn’t have to be full of anger, rebellion, and sullenness. Just because we went through it or saw it in our friends growing up, does that mean it has to be that way? Is that what you see in the Bible? Through history? [...]

“If you only read one book about raising boys…”

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

A new review this morning! From Wendy & her Lost Boys, by Angie, a mother of five boys: As I mentioned last week, I’ve been reading Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys by Hal and Melanie Young. I finished it yesterday, and plan to read it again after Larry gets a turn. Put [...]

Sharon White of Legacy of Home says Raising Real Men, “packed with brilliant insights.”

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

How do you raise boys? This question often comes up in homeschooling circles. We have plenty of resources to raise our daughters – home economic kits, great fiction, aprons, and homemaking magazines. However, there are few serious tools to help parents in the herculean task of training sons. Until now…………… Hal and Melanie Young have [...]