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Jennie Chancey | August 13, 2010
From Carolyn Moynihan over at Mercatornet: Evidence that girls are reaching puberty as early as seven years of age is in the news this week following the publication of an article in the journal Paediatrics. It is a topic that has been debated for decades…. Experts are not certain about the factors driving the trend, [...]
Jennie Chancey | August 12, 2010
Our good friend Candice Watters has some excellent things to say in response to the argument that daycare is actually good for mothers and children: Last Sunday, after eating scrambled eggs and donuts for brunch, we shifted to the living room for coffee and conversation with our guests, a young newly married couple in the [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 19, 2010
‘They couldn’t believe it when I told them I have chosen to be a full-time mother,’ says the 27-year-old, who lives in South-West London with her husband Richard, 30, a teacher, and her children George, four, and Verity, two. ‘I could tell from their reaction that they couldn’t help assuming I must be bored stiff [...]
Mrs. June Fuentes | July 16, 2010
What is home culture, you ask? Home culture is the atmosphere that is purposefully and intentionally cultivated within the four walls of your home. It is the music when you walk in the door, it is the conversation at the dinner table, it is games played by the fireside, it is the singing when your [...]
Diane Shiffer | July 16, 2010
So, early yesterday morning, while most of the neighborhood was still abed, the boy next door headed out to work. He was sleepy and nervous about his new job and not used to the blind spot in his just acquired Blazer and… well… this was the result. The front quarter of the aforementioned Blazer looks [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 4, 2010
From Carolyn Moynihan at Mercatornet: Nearly one in five American women ends her childbearing years without having borne a child, compared with one in ten in the 1970s, the Pew Research Centre reports. Practically the only group of women less likely to be childless now compared with about two decades ago are those with advanced [...]
Sandra King | June 30, 2010
I had an interesting conversation with someone. During this conversation, I was told that it seems like I had it all together. My life seems like it’s perfect. This person wasn’t being mean, but I had to chuckle a bit. I don’t have it all together. The perfect life happens sometimes when I’m asleep at [...]
Jamie V Marino | June 28, 2010
Sticky fingers dirty faces always running competitive races Cars and tractors, blocks and boats adventurous feats and mud-stained coats Riding bikes and trikes down bumpy roads in search of bugs and frogs and toads Guns and swords and broken britches bloodied knees and endearing kisses Rough and tough yet caring and loving exploring and conquering, [...]
Bethany Hudson | June 28, 2010
It was a nondescript rainy February morning. I had two hours before I needed to get ready to leave for a pediatrician appointment. I had nothing I needed to do as far as housework is concerned, so I decided to can four pint jars of Meyer lemon curd. Meyer lemons had been a fantastic deal at our local wholesale club for weeks, and I’d found an unbeatable steal on eggs, so I had both waiting for me in the fridge.
What seemed like a relatively low-stress, if time-consuming endeavor devolved temporarily into a complete fiasco.
Anna T | June 15, 2010
After reading and discussion in real life as well as online, I was inspired to write some more on the subject of working from home and developing our talents from home. As someone who has worked from home in the past, for periods of more or less intensity, I have learned that, while working from [...]
L. Rose | June 15, 2010
Our homeschool experience began in 1989 with a cute, wiggly five year old kindergartner. In the late eighties homeschooling was unusual. In 1992, I became a single mother and continued to homeschool. While homeschooling was uncommon at that time, doing it solo was unheard of. There were those who meant well by telling me to [...]
Stacy McDonald | June 12, 2010
This morning, I woke up to find the following comment on my Facebook wall. A pastor’s wife was writing in response to a video I posted yesterday describing how “the pill” is an abortifacient. If her comment hadn’t been so troubling it would have been hysterically funny. She apparently doesn’t know the hundreds of large, homeschooling families I know. What do you think?
Sandra King | June 10, 2010
I had no idea until Monday afternoon that my newlywed children were living the lifestyle desired by many. It’s the D.I.N.K. lifestyle. I had no idea that this lifestyle had a name until a dear friend mentioned it. I’ve known numerous couples over the years that lived this lifestyle, but I’ve never been one to [...]
Jennie Chancey | June 5, 2010
From Mercatornet: While most Europeans worry their heads off about what is happening to the euro and the economy, certain members of the European political bureaucracy are getting on with more important things. Like drafting long resolutions about how to combat gender stereotypes in the media and having even longer meetings to get their ideas [...]
Mrs. June Fuentes | June 3, 2010
“May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.–Psalm 144:12 Graceful and beautiful pillars are indeed being raised today. I have seen them with my own eyes. They stand out from the crowd. They are being raised for kingdom purposes.
