Elisabeth Elliot on the gift of work

Those of us who love work may have no problem, but when we're raising kids who don't show the same love, it can be easier to do things our selves than to ask for help. Here is why we take the extra time to teach our children to work - not for our sake, but for their own: The Gift of Work The principal cause of boredom is the hatred of work. People are trained from childhood to hate it. Parents

Literacy Curriculum week 1: bubbles, cows and car racing

I mentioned earlier this week that I was trying out Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworm’s preschool curriculum program , the Bo program specifically (for age 3 to 5). Well we just finished our first week and what a week. This week’s program evolved around the book Mrs. Wishy Washy Farm by Joy Cowly . My kids had a great time, they were excited each morning to find out what we were doing. I love how the activities, whether reading or science or math, all revolve around the story we read th

Feathers from My Nest – A Mothers Reflections

Feathers from My Nest A Mothers Reflections Facing the metaphorical empty nest, Beth Moore writes, “The first morning I awakened to a house with no children, my home was quiet, but to my surprise it wasn’t empty. Suddenly it felt full. Full of memories. Full of anticipation. Full of love that can somehow go with them to college and beyond, yet stay back home with us. A love that has a name. Jesus .” From here, Moore reflects upon all those memories, or feathers, from her nest,

How to Deal with the Needs of your Special Child

by Dr. Noel Swanson Following are questions asked by parents of special needs children: 1. Do special needs children understand cause and effect and also rewards versus punishments? Do they comprehend the same way as other children? Strangely enough, it doesn’t matter! Every living creature has an awareness of reward and punishment at some level. Take as lowly a creature as a cockroach. Roaches hate light and love darkness. Being in light is unpleasant, being in darkness is pleasant. Of co

on feelings, balance, mothering, and careers

W hat if I just want to be a mom? Not just as if that’s all and it’s easy but just as in ‘Can’t you just love me and be proud of me if I’m a mom, only?’ “Don’t lie to yourself. You wouldn’t be happy with that.” That’s beside the point. It’s sitting on a sofa across the room from the point. The point is, I want to know that you’d love and respect me if I decided that I want to focus on being a mother for a while–respect me enough to know that I know what I want. And if I don’t, I’ll fix i

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