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If you’ve been homeschooling for any length of time, you’ve walked this road: And somehow … everyone still ended up frustrated and exhausted. Kids resisting. You feeling behind. And homeschooling starting to feel like a daily battle, one that riddles you with doubt over why …

This is the first year I am documenting WITHOUT Big Bro! He’s 19 now and is living his own young adult life – diligently working while he simultaneously invests his free time on his different business ventures. And, since our rhythm this year is so …

One of the most essential skills our kids need for adulthood isn’t more academics. It’s ADAPTABILITY. WHY IS TEACHING KIDS ADAPTABILITY IMPORTANT? Because life is unpredictable – and faithfulness, wisdom, and even “success” depend on knowing how to navigate changing circumstances. Life doesn’t give us a …

Most parents teach their kids things like tying their shoes, riding a bike, making food, cleaning up after themselves, and managing money. But one of the greatest real-life skills parents need to impart to their kiddos is how to forgive. This is probably one of …

Almost all homeschool families plan and prep for the school year. As a Christian unschooling/lifeschooling family, we do as well, but instead of doing so based on what I think my children should be learning or what a curriculum dictates, I do it primarily on …

One major concern for parents considering an unschooling life is if their unschooled kids will be able to get into college. Now, I’ll be transparent, at the time of this writing none of my kids are college-bound. However, I also had this concern and spent …

One of the main reasons why our family chose to ditch rigid curriculum and schedules in favor for unschooling – or lifeschooling – is because we wanted more time and space to equip our kids to thrive in a world beyond academics. And now, with …

Books to Read for Reframing Your Thinking About Education This post contains affiliate links and we may earn compensation when you click on the links, at no additional cost to you. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto critiques …

Those who have followed our fam for a while know that at least every quarter for many, many years our homeschool was guided by our educational compasses. These educational compasses have been a cornerstone for our lives as self-directed learners and are basically personal action …

I recently shared that every December for many years, our family has embarked on a special journey we call our ADVENT-ure Around the World. It’s a time when we transform our homeschool into a Christmas School, diving into the rich traditions, cultures, and stories of …

Galatians 5:1 tells is that Christ has set us free and that we should no longer be burdened by a yoke of slavery. This verse refers to the burden of performing under Mosaic law, but I can’t help but think of other burdens we subject …

When my kids were younger, they would get in pretty legit fights … just like other siblings. I mean, they still can get into it, but not nearly in the same way as they did when they were much smaller, SUPER selfish human beings who …