Calling teens or teenagers a 'category' is more-or-less a marketing ploy. Teens are really young adults...and so, they live up to the label. If you think your child is a weird category of human, then what do you expect?

Your teaching or education mindset kind of runs things 24-7, so don't you think it might be important? Our conviction is that homeschool families really need to think through what they are doing and why (mindset), so they can stay on course.

Homeschooling is tricky sometimes because some parents try to mimic mass (public or private) education. The home is a different setup, a different structure. Once you realize this in a profound way, then you can start thinking about who is really teach...

There is probably nothing worse than having students who gripe and complain all the way through school, true? Negativity is a real problem for people becoming a success in almost any field. On the other hand, there's an advantage in there too.

In this episode, I want to talk about why parenting is often not that easy. This is probably a different way to think for most people. And yet, whatever your experience of parenting is, it can get better.In this episode,

If you have a mental model, it means you have a way of thinking about how life goes in a certain area and that prediction makes you act, interact and react. Most of us know that somewhere in our family and educational game we are building or following ...

One of the options homeschoolers have is to organize their school in a year-round fashion. Here we share our experience with having school throughout the year, and why it makes life easier in so many ways.Fred Ray Lybrand​​​​​

How many sweets are too many for a child? How much sugar do we allow in the home? Is it 'no sugar' or 'let them be happy kids'? In this vLog we explore these questions and share our practical solution that worked well enough in our home.

We all can worry a lot about our kids being where they should be academically. If you think your kid may be lagging behind, then consider this balanced way to think about the whole topic.Fred Ray Lybrand​​​​

We're convinced aim of education should be to help the student learn how to learn. How do you pull this off, especially in a homeschooling environment? How do you raise a self-taught student who can excel in college and life?