Consider This...Podcast

Consider This...Podcast episodes:

• 04.27.2024

  A response to Jonathan Haidt's new book The Anxious Generation

  Jonathan Haidt’s latest book The Anxious Generation has elicited a lot of attention and reaction. His conclusions are clear, and give hard data to what most parents are already experiencing with their children. Head of School, Howe Whitman, processes through Haidt’s claims...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Charlotte Mason Principles For Today

  Karen Glass, educator, author, and Charlotte Mason expert visited our campus last week. She spent time with our parents and faculty sharing both the philosophy and practical methodology of Charlotte Mason. Karen dives into the essential questions of “What is...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Anxiety in Kids & Teens

  Listen in as Julie Lowe shares stories and principles for addressing anxious children. She reminds us that healthy relationships are vital for anxiety; especially a relationship with YOU the parent. Ultimately God offers Himself to meet our children in their...

  
• 10.03.2023

  Education at Wilberforce has a higher purpose....

  Listen in as Ed MacQueen shares what makes school at Wilberforce unique and what this means for our children’s future. What is this higher purpose?

  
• 09.07.2023

  Howe's Thoughts On How To Be Prepared For The Year Ahead

  Listen to Head of School, Howe Whitman, as he shares with parents in just 8 minutes how to prepare for the year ahead with your children.

  
• 03.30.2023

  Justin Earley On Friendship

  Can friendships make or break your life? Justin Earley claims that friendship is literally a matter of life or death, both physically and spiritually. He also shares what this means for you and what the keys to practicing the art...

  
• 03.09.2023

  What Does William Wilberforce’s Life Mean For You?

  Listen to faculty member Ben Schellack as he shares with us who William Wilberfore was and how his life calls us to reflect on our own. In the words of Wilberforce “When we are summoned to give an account of...

  
• 02.11.2023

  Maturity In Hardship - Keith Grant

  It is hard to avoid challenges, disappointments, and struggles in life, but you can determine how you respond to them, and how they shape you. Join Keith Grant and Howe Whitman, as they discuss how parents can see challenges, difficulties,...

  
• 01.21.2023

  Parenting: Being The Loving Authority In Your Child's Life

  Join Dr. Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child’s Heart, and Head of School, Howe Whitman, as they address what it means to have a gospel-centered versus a child-centered home. Find out how you can be the loving and grace-filled...

  
• 12.03.2022

  Talking With Your Kids About Friendship, Love, Marriage, and Sex

  Listen in as Head of School, Howe Whitman, and Bible and Theology Department Chair, Danielle Sallade, discuss what happens in Middle School Bible class when the topics of love, marriage and sex come up in Scripture. Hear how our Bible...

  
• 10.26.2022

  Gospel Centered Parenting - Marty Machowski

  Author and pastor Marty Machowski shares from Psalm 103, and encourages parents to consider how God cares for His children. Marty reveals how God’s actions towards His children, being slow to anger, forgiving, and willing to teach-can be our first...

  
• 03.31.2022

  Katy Faust - How To Talk to Your Kids About Sex

  Listen in to hear Katy share with our parents tips for how to talk with your children about sex. Katy reminds parents about the “No Flinch Rule”.  Don’t freak when your child brings up a difficult topic. When it comes...

  
• 03.04.2022

  We Become Our Habits, and Our Children Become Us

  Listen in as Justin Whitmel Earley, author, speaker, and lawyer, shares about how we become our habits and our children become us. Justin’s new book Habits of the Household challenges us to think about how we are far more shaped...

  
• 02.17.2022

  Did you know most kids really want to talk with their parents about sex?

  For many parents when it comes to talking with your children about the “birds and the bees,” you long for better resources to equip you for these meaningful conversations. Listen in as we talk with April Readlinger, executive director of...

  
• 02.02.2022

  Lessons Learned from the Life of Betsey Stockton

  Listen in and discover lessons learned from the life of Betsey Stockton - America’s first, single woman foreign missionary. Born a slave in Princeton, Betsey Stockton became an educator and community activist whose impact we still experience today.

  
• 10.21.2021

  Shepherding a Child's Heart - Tedd Tripp

  Tedd has developed and teaches materials that encourage the people of God to understand gospel hope for the ways that human beings are pushed and pulled by the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Tedd is known around the world...

  
• 10.14.2021

  Why Study the Classics?

  In response to a thought provoking-article, The Post COVID Classical Education Boom and the webinar Why Study the Classics hosted by The James Madison Institute with Dr. Anika Prather (co-author of the article) - we asked a few Wilberforce parents...

  
• 04.23.2021

  Marty Machowski-Passing Down Gospel Truths

  What do locust have to do with sharing gospel truths with your children and grandchildren? Surprisingly, Marty Machowski explores the story in Exodus 10 of the plague of locusts in Egypt, to reveal God’s redemptive plan throughout history. His story...

  
• 04.13.2021

  Junior Projects - What They Teach Us

  The “Junior Project" is a marquee experience in the Wilberforce Upper School. Each junior chooses a project they are passionate about or a specific area of interest. Students are paired with a faculty advisor who work alongside the student as...

  
• 02.17.2021

  Get a Job

   "What did you do this summer?" is a universal question asked of most students by friends, teachers, and even college admissions officers. How should high school students be answering this question? Even with snow on the ground, the beginnings of...

  
• 12.04.2020

  Wilberforce Entrepreneurs

  A long-time goal for our school is to develop a program where student initiatives and entrepreneurial enterprises are developed, and shared. Listen to our latest podcast, as junior Annie Whitman describes the “Entrepreneurship Incubator” she is implementing here at Wilberforce....

  
• 10.23.2020

  Justin Earley Part 2

  Author, Justin Earley, spoke to our Middle and Upper School students last week about his story of enduring hardship and cultivating habits. What he shared requires time and community to process. Initially, you may feel conflicted about your habits and...

  
• 10.16.2020

  Justin Earley: Ordinary Habits Extraordinary Lives

  Justin Whitmel Earley, author of The Common Rule, shared with our school this week how habits are shaping our lives consciously or subconsciously. Justin challenged us to recognize how our habits reflect what we believe and worship. Listen in, and...

  
• 05.08.2020

  Summer Opportunities part II

  Even with a global pandemic summer is still a time for exploration, growth, learning, and deepening your faith.  Listen in as we have conversations with Megan Misiewicz, College Guidance Officer, as well as several Wilberforce students who share ideas, insights, and...

  
• 04.17.2020

  College Admissions

  Listen to Director of College Guidance, Julia Wilson, speak about what eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students should be thinking about and focusing on now, what impact is the Covid Crisis is having on their college admissions, and what is...

  
• 03.27.2020

  Changing Landscape of College Admissions

  How can we adapt to the shifting landscape of college admissions? The past weeks have announced incredible changes in the college admissions process.  Institutions, students, and families are all having to adapt to the vast and sudden changes to life as we...

  
• 02.20.2020

  What can YOU learn from an eighth grader?

  A tradition at Wilberforce is the Class Eight speeches given every winter during Lower School chapel.   Class Eight students share with the Lower School what they have learned during their Middle School years. Hear from our Middle School Deans and Class Eight students...

  
• 02.07.2020

  What did NFL player Caraun Reid have to say to our students?

  Former Princeton Tiger and NFL defensive lineman Caraun Reid spoke to our Middle & Upper School during our Wilberforce Day Chapel this year. In addition to worshiping with our students, he encouraged them to answer the questions "what is in...

  
• 01.31.2020

  Dr. Leonard Sax: Evidence-Based Parenting

  If you missed guest speaker and author, Dr. Leonard Sax, listen here as he speaks to our parents about his research in evidence-based parenting and the different challenges facing our children in the 21st century.

  
• 01.17.2020

  How can a summer change your life?

  Summer is a unique time, it is a time for quiet, a time for decision, and time for new experiences, friendships and challenges. Summer is unique especially in the lives of students. This podcast shares some insights, ideas, experiences for...

  
• 12.06.2019

  Who is Charlotte Mason?

  Who is Charlotte Mason and what does her influence look like at Wilberforce? Listen to Admissions Director, Kerry Wilson, share a little bit about the who, what, and why of Charlotte Mason. If you are looking to find out more...

  
• 10.25.2019

  How do we equip resilient Christians today?

  Attorney General Bill Barr’s recent address at Notre Dame, and the reactions that followed, highlight the importance of equipping our youth with a firm foundation in the biblical Truth.  How do we prepare students today to stand firm in their...

  
• 06.14.2019

  Head of School Charge to Graduates

  Head of School, Howe Whitman Jr., charges the graduating Class for 2019 with words of encouragement and wisdom to close out the Commencement Celebration. 

  
• 06.14.2019

  2019 Valedictory Address

  Clara Whitman delivers the 2019 Valedictory Address as one of the two recipients of the Cum Laude award. Clara reflects on her 14 years at Wilberforce and how it shaped her to go boldly out into the world. 

  
• 06.14.2019

  2019 Commencement Address

  Dr. John Rose, former Wilberforce faculty member, and Duke University professor, delivers the 2019 Commencement Address to graduating seniors. 

  
• 05.24.2019

  What does 16,000 hours of Wilberforce moments look like?

  What do 16,000 hours at The Wilberforce School look like? What impacts are made, what memories cherished, which teachers have changed? Listen in on four Wilberforce veterans preparing to graduate after having spent their entire academic career here at Wilberforce....

  
• 05.03.2019

  Stories of Foster Care & Adoption From Wilberforce Moms

  An inspiring hallmark of the Wilberforce community is the number of families that have chosen to pursue foster care and adoption. Hear Wilberforce moms share their stories, and celebrate this Mother’s Day how God brings families together in His own...

  
• 04.17.2019

  Train Up a Child

  We are probably quite incapable of measuring the religious receptivity of children. Nevertheless, their fitness to apprehend the deep things of God is a fact with which we are called to ‘deal prudently,’ and to deal reverently…Charlotte Mason, Home Education...

  
• 04.05.2019

  Dr. Keith McCurdy on "Raising Sturdy Kids"

  If you missed our guest speaker, Dr. Keith McCurdy, hear him share how we as parents and educators develop perseverance in our children so they become mature and complete. Keith McCurdy shares stories to illustrate how healthy struggle is the...

  
• 03.06.2019

  Would you hire your own kids?

  What are the essential skills needed to be successful in the modern workforce and are schools equipping students with these skills? Are our nations "best" schools in fact good enough for our children's future? Listen to what author Tony...

  
• 02.13.2019

  Interview with Alex Berenson

  Interview with award-winning author and former New York Times reporter, Alex Berenson after the release of his newest book, "Tell Your Children". Revealing links between teenage marijuana use, mental illness, and violence- this is something you don't want to miss!

  
• 01.18.2019

  What have we learned from the Harvard admissions lawsuit?

  Get the inside scoop on the college admissions process from Princeton Review's John Moscatiello. 

  
• 12.03.2018

  What way of life is being passed down at your school?

  Every school is a religious school. What is your school worshiping?

  
• 11.08.2018

  What are your students feeding on, bolus or bagel?

  Hear from Head of School, Howe Whitman, as he talks with student Collin Frisch about two different ways of teaching and absorbing a subject. What are your students feasting on at school? A bolus or a bagel?