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Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime Video
Despite some early reviews, I was pretty excited to check out the new Amazon Prime Original series, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. You see, I love Tom Clancy. Clancy is one of those authors that stands at the very top of an entire genre. A former insurance agent, his first novel, The Hunt for Red October, was unexpectedly picked…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in 2 - Family Life, Uncategorized
Reasons to Homeschool
Five Reasons to be Glad That You Didn’t Drop off the Kids at School
It's that time of year when your social media feed fills up with pictures of cute children wearing shiny new backpacks and carrying shiny new lunch boxes and looking oh so happy. First-day-of-school pictures can make you question your plans to homeschool, particularly if you're new to it or you had a hard year last…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Homeschooling Boys
Giveaway: DashFire Man
We're an entrepreneurial family, so we get pretty excited when our progeny start their own businesses. Some of you may have heard our son Sam speak at conferences about his struggle with dyslexia. He's at college now, studying entrepreneurship, and working with the college's venture lab to get his business ideas translated into actual businesses.…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Uncategorized
Movie Review: The Incredibles 2
“This is crazy, right?” asks Helen Parr, a.k.a. Elastigirl. “To help my family I have to leave it. To fix the law I have to break it.” "But you have to do it, so our children can make that choice!" says her husband, Bob - a.k.a. Mr. Incredible. After all, it’s still illegal to be…
Posted by Hal in Entertainment, Film Reviews, Movie Review
The Remarkable Potential of Teenagers
The oncologist looked at Hal skeptically. “Well,” he conceded, “if you feel up to it, you can travel. And you can speak from the platform. But you can’t stand around shaking hands afterward – your immune system is going to be completely shot.” The results had come back from the biopsy – he had advanced…
Posted by Hal in 3 - Teens, Family Life, Parenting, Teens
Ten Ways to Keep Your Family From Being Devastated by Porn and Predators
We got another one last night. My heart sank as the sweet mama sobbed out her story. Please, Lord, not another one. Please no. It was, though. Another family crashing into the morass of sexual sin, completely unexpectedly. It's happening all the time these days. Moms and Dads telling us through tears about their son's…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Boy's Purity, Homeschooling Boys, How to Be a Father, How to Be a Mother, Manly Virtues
Announcing Our New Book!
"Our middle-schooler is driving us crazy!" We hear it all the time! That's certainly how we've felt, Every. Single. Time (remember, we're guiding our eighth through these years now). Compliant kids turn combative. Diligent students disappear into a fog. Faithful children fill up with doubts. Everyone said, "Just wait till they're teenagers," but nobody warned us that sometime between 8 and 14,…
Posted by Hal in Uncategorized
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