I've noticed that my attitudes get passed along to my children with pretty much zero effort on my part. When I am happy, things mostly flow along happily. When I worry, their worry amps up. When I am frantic, so are they. When I am calm … well, there's always an exception to prove the rule.

Listen or read more at https://pambarnhill.com/how-to-homeschool-with-confidence/

Today we welcome Christopher and Christine Perrin to the podcast to chat about prayer in your homeschool, Morning Time, and personal time. It is a fascinating conversation. Join us as we discuss:

• How prayer can be both a personal discipline and a corporate practice
• What are the best ways to teach and model practice of prayer.
• Tips for modeling something when we are just learning it ourselves.D
• Different types of prayer and the value of each.
• Tips for praying the Scriptures.
• And recommendations of prayers and more to read for moms.

This was a helpful and fascinating conversation I think you will enjoy!

We've all been there. You're tired. The kids are bickering. Again. If only they would just stop fighting. If only they could just quit all the arguing. If you had a magic word, you'd say it, right?

(Hey, magic words might be better than the other kids of words you're tempted to say when the children are fighting!)

Listen or read more at https://hswotrainingwheels.com/children-stop-fighting/

Today we are joined on the podcast by Heather Woodie of Blog She Wrote, mom of four young adults. Heather has been practicing Morning Time in her family for a number of years, and has seen a shift in the practice as she has graduated two kids and is now left home with two more teens to go. In this episode of the podcast we chat about:

1. how Heather's Morning Time changed has changed over the years.
2. why is Morning Time still a valuable practice in the teen years.
3. what kind of adjustments and challenges a teen-only Morning Time brings.
4. how Heather's role at Morning Time changed as the kids have gotten older.
5. and how Heather has been able to use topics from Morning Time as coursework and credits for the purposes of high school transcripts
6. plus so much more.

Sit back and enjoy as we dive into Morning Time with the teen set. Find the show notes at https://pambarnhill.com/hs142

Welcome to the NEW Homeschool Solutions Show. In this episode of the podcast I chat about the changes to the show. Instead of just being an audio blog, the show will now alternate between audio blog and interview formats. I am super-excited about the changes and hope you are too.

You can find the webpage for the podcast at pambarnhill.com/solutions.

I wrote last week about how your quiet time could be sabotaging your homeschool morning. This is so true for moms in particular seasons of life — especially when you are still waking multiple times each night or you have small children still.

But what about the mom whose kids are pretty much school age. Why might moms of older kids still be struggling with getting mornings off to a good start? I have a few theories that might explain what is standing in your way.

Listen or read more at https://pambarnhill.com/enemy-of-best-morning/

It was dark and rainy outside. I slowly peeled back the covers and eased away from the warm little body bedside me and into the cold. If I woke him, all bets were off.

I fumbled around in the dark for my glasses and slippers as I eased quietly from the room to make a cup of coffee. I was lucky. I had groggily slapped the alarm right as it began to beep and my early-morning visitor snoozed on unaware today.

Listen or read more at https://pambarnhill.com/how-your-morning-quiet-time-is-sabotaging-your-day/

I saw a photo the other day of a worn out, exhausted mother collapsed onto a chair, hand to forehead. The caption under the picture read "I put my symptoms into Web MD and it turns out I just have kids."

I couldn't help but giggle.

I knew exactly how she felt.

Listen or read the rest here: https://rinellafamilyoutdoors.com/2017/07/17/symptoms-of-a-homeschool-mom/

Everyone wants a perfect holiday. The candlelit dinner with the gorgeous turkey and delicious pumpkin pie dessert; the immaculately wrapped presents with bows that were made by a bowdabra; the family memories of adorably dressed children with matching holiday outfits; they are all part of the Norman Rockwell painting version of Christmas you aspire to create each year.

Christmas is the holiday of holidays. Between the presents, the food, the crazy relatives – it can be super stressful to try to make Christmas perfect. How do you manage your visiting family and enjoy the most stressful holiday of the year?

Listen or read more at https://www.hidethechocolate.com/perfect-christmas-with-visiting-family/

I am often asked a lot of things when out and about with my family. Are all those kids yours? Do you know what causes that? You Homeschool, Aren't you tired all the time? Not only are they all mine and yes we are very aware of how it happens, we like having a big family and I love being at home and educating them.

Choosing to homeschool for my husband and I, was one of the easiest decisions we have made for our children. Both of our parents started out with similar foundations and choose homeschooling in a time where it was not as common or idealistic as it is today.

Listen or read more at http://ourhalfdozenadventures.com/2018/05/12/my-reflections-as-a-homeschooled-daughter/