This episode is not just for grandparents! 

The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is an important one, not just practically speaking, but biblically speaking. There can be many reasons our kids don't have a more ideal relationship with their grandparents, but listen in to hear more about why it's important and ways to nurture this whether you are a parent or a grandparent!

If you purchase my new book, Raising Boys to Men, you will receive a printable list of movies to watch with your boys that portray boys and men as heroes!

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CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

College Alternative: Excel College Podcast Episode

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

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Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Places I am speaking in 2024

The Role of Grandparents (my podcast episode)

Gentle Encouragement for Mothers-in-Law (my podcast episode)

Josh Mulvihill Website

Discipling Your Grandchildren, Biblical Grandparenting, Equipping Grandparents (Books)

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My new book, Raising Boys to Men, becomes available the day after this episode releases!

This is also our 500TH episode and we just hit 3 million downloads. THANK YOU to all of you for being here. You are the reason this podcast exists.

In honor of ALL these things, I am handing this episode off to Dr. Kathy Koch who will be asking me probing questions about what it looks like to grow strong, stable, healthy, masculine men!

I hope you will join us for an encouraging conversation that will help inspire you to see your sons in a fresh and hopeful way, so you can raise the next generation of boys to be courageous men of faith and action.

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

GET RAISING BOYS TO MEN HERE!!!!

If you purchase Raising Boys to Men March 5th or 6th you receive free access to The Unhurried Homeschooler Audiobook! Use this link: durendawilson.com/redeem

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

College Alternative: Excel College Podcast Episode

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Places I am speaking in 2024

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Often when I’m struggling with or praying over what to talk about on the podcast, God reminds me to go back to the basics. There are SO many parenting topics out there that we can listen to or read about that make it easy to forget the basics of biblical parenting. 

So today I want to go back to the basics of the importance of requiring  obedience from our kids.

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

durendawilson.com/redeem (Use this link on March 5th or 6th to redeem your free audiobook of The Unhurried Homeschooler when you purchase Raising Boys to Men)

Reactive Parenting Vs. Responsive Parenting

Article on biblical obedience

Eph. 6:1-4

Phil. 2:8

Matt. 16:24

John 14:15

Luke 6:46

Hebrews 12:5-11

Deut. 8:5

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Today we are going to be talking about masculinity and our special needs boys. This is a topic I touch on in my new book, Raising Boys to Men because we want our special needs boys to experience manhood, but what might that look like and how do we encourage it?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Called Beyond Adventures (Aby's family's non-profit that helps get special needs kids outdoors)

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I often hear moms complaining that their boys are being destructive and I have to wonder if they understand that it's actually our job to keep them busy certain degree.  So today we are going to talk about why and how to keep our little boys busy. 

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

Interview with Excel College

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word.

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Events where I am speaking in 2024

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Fun activities to do with your kids

Consumer Vs Producer Mindset

Age-Appropriate Chore Chart

Scriptures:

Proverbs 14:23

Proverbs 6:6-8

Titus 3:14

Galatians 6:9

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Proverbs 16:2-3

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I often mention how important it is to get our kids outside, and boys especially have a strong need for this, but sometimes it can be challenging to figure out ways to do that. 

Today Mark, from Trail Life USA, is here to talk about this and bring loads of encouragement for boy moms!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

TrailLife USA

Free book at Trail Life (Raising Godly Boys)

Too Much Tubular (Book)

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

(Please check out my latest book, The Four Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life on Amazon, durendawilson.com, or your favorite bookseller!)

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Raising Amazing Book

Ways to connect with Monica 

Raising Amazing Kids Book

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Our homeschool days can sometimes feel chaotic and if you're anything like me, you don't enjoy it! Today we are going to talk about ways to bring order when chaos erupts!

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book, Raising Boys to Men!

Subscribe to Homeschooling Today Magazine Here!

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In the process of writing my book, a mom suggested that I should address the topic of peer pressure. I have a section in my book on that and thought it would be a great topic for today's podcast!

CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Feeling Inadequate

Thoughts on Feeling Inadequate

Foundation Worldview

College Alternatives: Excel College

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CTC Math

Heritage Defense

Our CPS Story

The Excel Camp 

The Unhurried Homeschooler

Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart

The Four-Hour School Day

Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word

Information on my new book: Raising Boys to Men!

Search Bar on the Podcast page of my website

Podcast episodes mentioned:

When Life Feels Overwhelming 

How Should Believers Handle Suffering?

Anxiety Episodes (#7,8,9, 36,67,72, 76,138, 185,192, 250, 285, 343)

Finding Rest in the Lord Physically

Finding Rest in the Lord Mentally

Finding Rest in the Lord Emotionally

Finding Rest in the Lord Spiritually 

Trials and Afflictions

Simple, Unhurried Word of God Episodes:

The Sovereignty of God

God's Goodness

Complaining and Thankfulness

God's Steadfast Lovingkindness

The Good Shepherd

Scriptures mentioned: 

Proverbs 3:5-8

Lamentations 3:22-23

Other resources:

Dutch Test with review (consultation)

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