High School

The answer might surprise parents. Read how to embark on your homeschool journey mid-year.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -- Mark Twain

What is higher education? Why do you need it? What do the statistics show? How should you, as a homeschooler, begin approaching higher education? And, most importantly, what is God's plan for your life?

Parents forget how much harder it is to actually be a teen in our present era of overloaded schedules and social media pitfalls. It’s more important than ever for parents to teach their teens how to manage stressful situations before those situations become overwhelming.

If only we could impart perfect wisdom into our teenagers brains and protect them from lifes most damaging pitfalls. Obviously, we cant, but we can do something even better, even more life changing. We can point them to the God who always maintains full control, created their inmost beings, and knows precisely where theyre headed. We can teach them to converse daily with Him.

As a student living on campus, unless you have unlimited funding from your parents, you are probably frugal by default.

One of the most powerful things we can do as parents is to teach our kids God’s Word, to help them learn how to hide His Truths in their hearts.

Their choices won’t always be in line with ours, and that’s when we can feel rejected.

Despite the rising awareness about mental health, parents aren’t sure how to start the conversation with their teens or they may feel like it’s a non-issue. The tips below will equip you to open the door to start conversations with your teens.

Based on my experience of parenting teens, pastoring teens, and being a teen, I’d like to burn three words into the hearts and minds of all teens: FOCUS, FORCE, FAITH.

When parents hand their children small portable computers with virtually unlimited access to the Internet, they should not be surprised when their kids—especially their sons—dive into pornography.

Would your child describe you as a 'Drama Mama'? Drama happens when unexpected circumstances hit and we are unprepared to handle them. You and I can learn how to maturely respond – rather than emotionally react – to what life brings so that we can dial down the drama, diffuse it, or eliminate it altogether.

Here are 5 ways that Homeschool left me equipped to excel not only in college, but in my relationship with God as well.

As a mom, its exhilarating to see my children soaring into the future God has planned for each of them. Yet for them to rise up and claim their independence, I have to let out the string so they can fly. It takes faith to relax my grip and allow them to go where God takes them.

Letting go is part of parenting. It’s the end goal of our big-picture job description—to prepare our kids to navigate the world on their own.