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Podcast Solutions for the homeschool community.

Podcast Solutions for the homeschool community.

We have some new theme music for the show! It’s by my friends, Trent and Siobhan. You can find them at rvworshipleader.com. Along with the new music, I want to tweak the show a little. It’s still about homeschooling, but it occurs to me that this is about so much more than homeschooling. It’s about purposely […]

Perhaps like you, I’m dreading the election. By the time you read/listen to this, we may already know the results. For what it’s worth, I think we’re pretty well sunk as a nation no matter who wins. Don’t get me wrong. I believe the results should be markedly better one way, but I believe the […]

Are you just starting out on this homeschooling journey? Here are 10 things I wish I’d known when I was a new homeschooling dad: We can do this. Our kids will be different – and that’s good! It’s not about getting them into Harvard. My wife is going to need cheerleading. And lots of help. […]

This week, in the words of Dean Martin, “I’m just trying to have a little fun, folks.” Enjoy.

We took an awesome field trip with our son last week. It was a bit more than a normal field trip, at least the way I remember them from my school days. Those usually involved a bus ride downtown to the art museum or the zoo or something like that. Not this field trip! We […]

How much authority does a local superintendent have over your homeschool? Well, that depends on how much they think they have and how much you’ll let them take. We’ll talk a little about that today and about the upcoming election as it relates to homeschooling. In addition, I have a question for you. Are you […]

On today’s episode, a listener asks: I just listened to your latest “Unsocialized” podcast where you discussed how difficult homeschooling is. You also referenced an article about things homeschooling will not necessarily prevent.  I agree with you completely.  However, your kids seem to be fully on board with homeschooling, making your difficulties bearable. What about kids […]

It’s been a long summer. I honestly wasn’t sure if I’d return, but here we are. The kids are back at co-op and I’m back behind the microphone. There are lots of changes this year for my homeschool. My oldest is a senior! From top to bottom, we now have a senior, an 8th grader, […]

“No one said it would be easy, but no one said it’d be this hard.” – Sheryl Crow Don’t get me wrong. I expect it to be hard. There are just some days, some months, heck even some years, when I feel like I’m in a battle — and I’m losing. Between the bills piling […]

As a parent, I want my kids to follow the rules. But, should I? Would you rather have Mary or Martha as your daughter? (Luke 10:38-42) Would you rather have the elder son or the prodigal son? (Luke 15) Worshipping the rules leads to missing God. Living from your heart may lead you to some […]

You read that right. The government wants to randomly audit homeschoolers (Random Audits For Homeschoolers?). They’re also very concerned about homeschoolers who decide not to take government money (Take Government Money Or Else!). But, don’t worry. Once your kid gets to college, he or she (or it, etc.) will never have to be offended again […]

It’s summertime! Well, almost… Our homeschool co-op finished up their school year, so that’s good enough for me! Let’s have some fun! If we’re sneaky, we might even get our kids to learn some things during the summer, too. 😉 So, to kick off summer right, here’s my recommendation for a summer ‘To-Do’ list: Throw […]

Why would I expect my child, who I chose to keep out of the government-run factories called public schools because I didn’t want her to be a government-trained cog in a machine — why would I expect her to fit neatly into society’s mold after high school graduation? Universities can’t solve our skills gap problem, […]

In a nutshell, Target is committing retail suicide. Those of us protesting Target are not doing so to be mean to transgender people. This is about public safety — specifically, the safety of my daughters to use the bathrooms and dressing rooms without unnecessary fear of fat, hairy, disgusting perverts trying to watch them because […]

I actually recorded this episode a couple weeks ago. It’s been a hectic time. So, here you go. Not everyone has this time with their kids. We have worked hard to engineer our families so that we can be at home with our kids. Let’s not waste it! On today’s episode, I talk about an […]

In this episode, we talk about the challenge of raising boys to be manly men. No, I don’t mean the Charlie Sheen ‘Two and a Half Men’ version of a manly man. I mean a man of character, honor, and integrity — the kind of man written about by Theodore Roosevelt in “The American Boy”. […]

In this episode, we talk about some lessons learned by a veteran homeschool mom and some surprising benefits of homeschooling. Sometimes expectations can be wrong, and sometimes that’s good. My 17-year-old daughter and I discovered a hidden benefit of homeschooling when we watched a movie recently. The movie included a scene of some public school […]

By now, you’ve probably heard the term “microaggression”. If not, my heartiest apologies for dragging you into this brave new world, but apparently, microaggressions are here to stay, at least until the next generation finds new and more microscopic ways to be offended. microaggression: a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or […]