Today's Contest Featuring Hal and Melanie Young and Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys
UPDATE: Nicki, Allison, Melissa, and Jennifer are our winners.
Today's contest features Hal and Melanie Young and their new book Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys.
We have 2 signed copies of Raising Real Men and 2 sets of Hero Tales Parts I and II CDs to give away -- there will be 4 winners.
For this contest tell us briefly what you see as the most challenging part of homeschooling. Be sure to leave your full name and email address (or email me that information if you prefer bluedorn@triviumpursuit.com). We'll pick 4 winners on Monday.
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Today's Contest
This is my first year homeschooling my son, he's in 3rd grade. I used to be a middle school teacher for 12 years.....knowing that, this has been the hardest job of my life! LOL However, the best job! I Praise God that I get to stay home everyday with my children but I also reach out to Him more than ever! I see homeschooling's biggest challenge for me to be a mother that is fruitful in all things, and teaching him righteousness along the way. Math and Social Studies are easy, it's showing him and teaching him how to be a man of God that I fall short of......
Nicki LiVecchi
nlivecchi@rochester.rr.com
Today's contest
The hardest part of homeschooling for me by far is finding a good balance in how to deal with my kids day to day. It is necessary to raise them to be competent, hard workers that can meet deadlines and are employable. Taking precedence over that, however, is the need to teach them through my own behavior about grace and godliness. Some times the task oriented teacher overtakes the grace filled loving mother. Everyday I pray for the ability to balance raising responsible men who are also full of love and grace for others.
Kim Ringle
kimringle@gmail.com
The hardest part of
The hardest part of homeschooling for me is maintaing the same level of patience with my own children as I would have with other people's children.
Contest: Most Difficult part of homeschooling
The most difficult part of homeschooling is keeping our priorities in check with what is important to the Lord as we balance the teaching of the Word and God’s character, and the love of Christ to our kids along with important subjects for service in this world. When we keep the Lord’s teaching first, it brings alive the rest of the subjects that we need to teach for their future on earth. Continuing to develop a Godly worldview in our kids is vital to how they see the rest of what is learned and so the days where we just want to get through the main subjects of reading, math, history, or science and allow God’s principles to be sidelined serve are the days filled with difficulties and attitude issues in our home.
Allison Birks
Most Difficult Part of Homeschooling
I am a mother of four and for me the most difficult part of homeschooling is discerning which children need more of me on which days. I always strive to give them each my best but, as we all know, some days one child just needs more attention. I am so thankful that God has sufficient grace.
Melissa Langford
mksd2006@yahoo.com
For me, the hardest part of
For me, the hardest part of home-schooling is watching other Christian families send their children to public school.
I have seen the hearts of many children pulled away from God and into a place of doubting scripture and doubting their parents. These children have been deceived by the public school system and it saddens me deeply.
Home education has been such a tremendous blessing in my life and in the lives of my children! I wish that blessing on each and every child; and on each and every parent. I would love to see parents embrace God and the role He has called them to.
Yes, it is work. It calls for patience and strength and energy that I do not always have. But it is so worth it! I am so grateful for the gift my Lord has given me in allowing me to spend my days training, educating, and nurturing my children. Thank you Lord!
Anne Hurst
hursta@prodigy.net
The Hardest Part of Homeschooling
The hardest part for me is my own sanctification. Through God's grace becoming more Christ-like in my example.
Jane Parks
jalpaca@aeroinc.net
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