There's a lot of talk about doing business from home, whether it's Mom and Dad starting a family business, or teenagers creating a microbusiness project. What you believe about money, wealth, and the government's role, will make a difference in how yo

  We all want to raise competent, well-prepared adults as our children grow up. Sometimes our best intentions, though, could be interfering with their growth and may result in something quite different than we hope -- even a broken relationship with a t

This week, we talk about the importance of making a visit to any college your students may be considering -- and more importantly, how to get the biggest impact for each hour you spend on campus! We've graduated three who all went to college, and while th

Some educators and librarians so are desperate to get boys to read something, anything, that they'll turn a blind eye to any but the most objectionable material. "Well, at least they're reading," they'll say. Yet deep down, we all know that the junky ma

    The Christian homeschool world is in an uproar over the resent resignations of two influential leaders in the movement called "Patriarchy." Does the Bible really teach the things we are hearing in these cases? Or does the Scripture say something q

  This week, Hal's out of town, so Melanie takes the opportunity to chat with moms about a temptation many of us have - to use our tongues in the wrong way with our husbands and children. Join her to talk about how to bless our husbands and motivate the

  The never-failing question "What's for supper?" doesn't go away when you're on the road. The problem is that even on the dollar menu, a fast food stop could be $20 to $30--for lunch! Hal and Melanie take their family of ten from coast to coast, and th

Think of family travel and you probably think of vacation. But what other adventures could your family undertake if you could save 40 to 60% on the cost of "conventional" travel? Could they join Dad on business travel? Plan the ultimate field trip? Make a

Changes in the economy and the culture are making it more challenging to maintain a Christian witness in the business world. It's more and more crucial that we help our children develop an entrepreneurial business sense so they're not so bound to the corp

This week we talk about homeschooling when your student has special needs--and why home education is a blessing to them. Our guests are the special needs consultants from the Home School Legal Defense Association, Betty Statnick, Krisa Winn, and Faith Ber