by Kirk Martin | April 16, 2019 | Spring 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2019 / by Kirk Martin Sit. Down. Now. No, this isn't about commanding your children to do something. This is for you! Sit. Down. Now. Sit down the next time you feel like stomping through the living room while yelling at your children. Sit down next the time you feel compelled to lecture or hover above your child. Sit down and color the next time your child is upset. There is something magical that happens when you sit. Sitting changes your posture. It forces you to breathe in and relax. It's more difficult to scream when...

by Sam Sorbo | April 2, 2019 | Spring 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2019 / by Sam Sorbo (Excerpted from They’re YOUR Kids) The year I had my oldest, Braeden, in fourth grade and my middle child, Shane, in second, things were going quite smoothly. The boys were progressing well in their academics: grammar, math, geography, history, French, Bible, spelling, reading, and piano. But I had high anxiety—something probably common to homeschooling parents everywhere. Were my children learning enough? Was I adequate to the task at hand? A homeschool friend of mine had enrolled her children at a...

by Sonya Shafer | March 26, 2019 | Spring 2019, GREENHOUSE | 0 Comments

Spring 2019 / by Sonya Shafer When we lived near Chicago, my husband, John, rode his bike for long treks in all kinds of weather. He liked to take the roads that led out of our suburb and into a relatively undeveloped country because they were less traveled. The upside of those roads was they had less traffic. The downside was that they had a narrow shoulder. He could count on only about twelve inches of blacktop between the outside paint line and the edge of the road where the asphalt dropped off to a ditch. Now, most of the time...