Every podcast episode appearing on the HomeschoolingiRL podcast radio show.
In this second installment of our most popular episodes from 2015, Fletch and Kendra respond to a listener's email asking, "What if your child is the homeschool group black sheep, the one the other kids are not allowed to play with?"
It's a tender topic and one many of you felt hit close to home. Let's listen again and hear how we might pour grace over our "black sheep" kids.
Read MorePrompted by a listener's email, this week's episode is all about teens, social media, guidelines, and freedom. How much social media involvement is too much? Which platforms should a teen be allowed to be on? And what age is appropriate for social media platforms in general?
We've asked the current teens in our home to join us for the conversation, and we're talking about what the rules are here, how much they are involved in social media, and how to use their time online as an asset rather than a trap.
Read MoreIs courtship better than dating? Are families who practice courtship instead of dating out of touch, or have they found a method of creating solid marriages?
Thomas Umstattd, Jr. joins us once again to discuss how courtship became a component of Christian homeschooling in it's early decades, why parents were compelled to try something other than our cultural dating norms, and how it, too, can fall short of its intended purpose. Whether you are in favor of courtship, dating, or a combination of the two, we think you'll enjoy this episode and conversation and hope it spurs on good things in your own home.
Read MoreThe girls are back! We're talking hormones, those tricky 10-14-year-olds, and preparing our girls for the future. If you're navigating the world of raising the girls in your home, you'll want to join us for this fun and fast-paced episode!
Read MoreBoys! Are you ready to talk about all the wild and wonderful things that come with raising and homeschooling boys? You know, we've tackled this topic once before but you keep asking for another episode, so here it is, in all its manly goodness. We hope you enjoy!
Read MoreRecently a listener wrote in and asked if we would expound upon the idea of giving our high schoolers more freedom in their senior year in order to help them launch better into adult life. We're talking about curfews and chores, girlfriends and youth events, and how we help our high school seniors learn to juggle all of the opportunities that lay before them.
Read MoreHow difficult is it to be transparent with your kids? Do you struggle to tell them the truth when they ask questions about your past, your mistakes, or your sin issues?
On this episode of HomeschoolingIRL, we've invited marriage and family counselor Chris Oneth into the studio to talk about being parents who are open and honest with our kids. Chris gives sound Biblical wisdom and practical steps for talking to our kids in a gospel-centered way that opens the door to deeper relationships.
Read MoreRelationships. Is this the hardest part about having our kids at home all day long? Probably, because people aren't perfect and we're seeing our kids' - and our own - sin laid bare before us each and every day.
But relationships are the means by which God grows us in so many directions, too. As crazy and terrible and fabulous and infuriating and delightful as living in relationship can be, this is the reason homeschooling is a marvelous tool. It's in relationship with our kids that we can see our need for a savior and point each other to the only One who saves our souls.
Join us for a poignant discussion with author Karen Campbell.
Read MoreWe live in an internet age and most of us have at least one portal to the World Wide Web in our homes. We can all agree that the 'net is a great tool in our homeschools, but how do we keep our kids from making the wrong turn as they navigate the web?
Join us as we talk with The Wired Homeschool podcaster John Wilkerson and discover ways to help our kids learn to use the Internet safely.
Read MoreOf course they can!
On this episode of HomeschoolingIRL, we sit down with several university admissions counselors and get their take on homeschoolers: How well-prepared do homeschooled applicants tend to be? How do they fare in a college setting? Are they typically super nerdy and unprepared for college life, or do they adjust to the social setting in the same manner as their traditionally schooled peers?
Read MoreCourtship or dating? It's a hot button issue for many homeschooling or conservative Christian families. On the one hand, we see promiscuity and casual relationships embitter lives; on the other hand, we see "uncourted" women remaining single well past the age they expected to be married and young men hiding real issues beneath the surface as they strive to impress a father rather than a daughter.
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Do you have kids who are dreaming of going to college? How do you know if they're really prepared?
We dropped our second son off at college a state away from where we live this summer. Eleven hours in the car meant that we had ample time to talk through whatever we felt hadn't been said, but it also meant there was as lot of time for reflection on the past 19 years of his life.
What are the most important things to impart? What are the big life questions that need to be broached before a kid is launched from our home and onto a college campus?
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