The Happy Homeschool

The Happy Homeschool


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Helping Children Learn How to Evaluate Adults
May 26, 2022

Unfortunately, as soon as children are old enough to understand, you need to teach them that other adults need to be evaluated for trustworthiness. [Week 38 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Y

The Siren Call of Extra Activities
May 10, 2022

How should you evaluate extra activities for your child? Don't just let yourself be swept along on a wave of excitement or what it seems like a lot of other people are doing.

Interview: Meet the Author of Collar Cases Mysteries for Children and Book Giveaway
April 12, 2022

Amanda Trumpower writes illustrated chapter books for readers 7-12 who love mysteries, animals, and silly hijinks. Her Collar Cases series followsthe adventures of feline and canine investigative rep

Helping Children Grow into Independence
March 21, 2022

Children are inherently independent. They are free agents, free to choose how to respond to the world around them. On the other hand, they benefit greatly from being protected from themselves and from

Telling Your Children the Truth about Drugs and Alcohol
March 06, 2022

Before beginning such a conversation with a child, an adult needs to examine his or her own substance choices and assumptions made about them. If a substance affects our mental state, does that make i

What Liberty Minecraft Can Teach You About Life - an Interview with Nathan Dempsey
March 06, 2022

Back in 2018, I had a lot of fun interviewing the man who runs Liberty Minecraft, Nathan Dempsey. I had a request to make the interview available again. Not only did Nathan patiently and succinctly ex

The Uncertainty of Knowledge and The Pride of Man
February 21, 2022

Teaching your children (and yourselves) to be appropriately skeptical about the knowledge that people claim to have is not just an exercise in critical thinking. It can have a profound effect on how l

Helping Your Child Learn How to Handle a Schedule
January 15, 2022

Schedules are like knives. They can cut things up into bite size, digestible pieces or they can cut you to pieces. It all depends on how you wield them. How involved should a parent be in managing a c

The Key to Conquering All Your Teaching Challenges
January 03, 2022

All the different curriculums or teaching styles will have minimal impact if you neglect this key. If you evaluate and define this, your problem solving will be guided in indispensable ways.

How Your Attitude About Gender Affects Your Relationship with Your Child
December 23, 2021

The word gender is currently the hockey puck in some major political battles. And it reminds me of discussions I have heard in the past about whether or not it is proper to call a woman a lady. To som