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Any Suggestions for a Child-Training Book?

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

I am looking for a child-training book to recommend to new mothers. I deliver gift baskets to moms in the hospital who have undergone a traumatic child-birth (prematurity, abnormality, etc). The basket includes various materials and information to encourage nurturing and bonding, as well as reading material and various freebies for mom and baby. I [...]

Ten Things NOT to Do with Young Children

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

1. Do not let your child be a passive observer. If you read to him, ask him questions about what he has heard. Tell him to narrate the material back in his own words. Make him address any moral value issues which may come up. Develop his mind, not simply in the direction of absorbing, [...]

Endangered Minds

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The book Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think and What We Can Do About It by Jane Healy was recommended to me as a discussion of why even educational TV can have negative effects on children. I was going to go out and buy it, but I noticed on the amazon.com review that the book [...]

Baby Steps

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Baby Steps (English) from American Life League on Vimeo.

Study: TV May Inhibit Babies’ Language Development

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Read the article here.

How should a grandmother teach the Bible to a 4 year old?

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Dear Laurie,
My parents live together with my brother’s family. My brother has a 4 years old daughter. Only my mother is a believer, but she is an isolated believer. She became a Christian only a year ago or so. She would like to teach my niece about God and according to Christian values, but how? [...]

Skype call from a mother in Norway

Friday, January 16th, 2009

First, ElanefromNorway’s email to me:
I am writing you just to describe my problem with my son 2 years old. A…..was a very quiet child, but as he grew up, he started throwing a tantrum (now he is better with the tantrum), but the worst is that he doesn’t obey.We must repeat thousands of times the [...]

Please listen to this very special talk by Michelle Miller of TruthQuest History

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Mission Impossible by Michelle Miller (of TruthQuest History)
In this emotional, soul-searching discussion, Michelle explores the limitations of women in homeschooling, the hidden feelings of defeat we carry, and the ways in which we unknowingly contribute to the difficulties.
Ideas are shared for creative solutions, and the men at the live event were deeply touched by the [...]

Talented and Gifted

Monday, October 20th, 2008

I’m just now preparing to begin home schooling my oldest child, who turned five in January. I’m intending to follow a classical model. I’ve just recently found your website and I’ve read your articles on early formal education.
My daughter is, in your terms, a precocious little tyke, who taught herself to read at age [...]

Solutions to Dawdling

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

We have had two dawdling sons. With the oldest, his dawdling skills were perfected at about the age of 12. He was old enough to stay home alone, so if we had an errand planned, he had to stay home if his work was not done. We were not on the go a lot, so [...]

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