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When the female leopard with two teenagers in tow becomes pregnant she has a difficult duty ahead of her. With just a brief window of three months gestation she has to eradicate her older cubs from the household to make way for the newborns. Like most teenagers, they are stubborn ...

If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy and sick.    JOHN STEINBECK, letter to Adlai Stevenson, Nov. 5, 1959 It’s hard to believe that a child’s stuffed toy can point one towards simplicity and ...

Homeschooling can be fun for even just one!  Getting started takes some effort and thought, but it is worth it in the end for the majority of families.  Remember, it’s like eating brussel sprouts–you’ve heard how nasty those little cabbages taste, but when you finally try them, you find they ...

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). I had the privilege of homeschooling my wonderful daughter for ten years–from four-year-old kindergarten (even though she was only three) through eighth grade.  As an elementary teacher, ...

As mothers, we are given a great responsibility in raising up the next generation and we are only given a short amount of time to make an impact in their lives. Four of my favorite moms in the Bible are Jochebed, Hannah, Eunice and Louis. Jochebed, the mother of Moses, ...