One of the perks of homeschooling your high school students is the freedom to give them a high school experience like no other; you can be creative and design personalized electives based on their interests and future career paths. Landscape gardening, dog training, ornithology, library science, home maintenance and repair, crop science, early childhood development,…
Dear Next Generation: Treasured Christmas Letters From Grandpa
When our first granddaughter was born, it was an exciting time for my husband and me, as it is for most first-time grandparents. My husband had never known any of his grandparents. They were all deceased by the time of his birth, so when we married, he experienced the closeness I had with my grandparents…
Giving the Gift of Community
Almost all of us have a person on our Christmas gift-giving list who’s perennially difficult to buy for. This isn’t because they are picky, but because of the simple fact that they already have everything. Unfortunately, the number of people on such lists may be growing, and may even include ourselves—a fact I discovered recently…
Progressive Values, ‘White’ Guilt Stop Teachers From ‘Doing the Right Thing’: Britain’s Strictest Headmistress
A famous British headmistress known for her use of rigorous application of school rules said that progressive teaching is failing students as it misinterprets compassion as letting a child off easy while enforcing “white” guilt on teachers. Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been called “Britain’s meanest headmistress,” said in a speech at the Centre for Independent Studies…
Comfort Comes From Overcoming Obstacles
Nate, a bright, articulate 20-year-old I recently interviewed, surprised me with this observation, which I’ve paraphrased here: “When I was in high school, I was bored and played a lot of video games, and I tried to think of ways I could make a lot of money and have a comfortable life. “But one day,…
Be Nice on the Ice: Skating Etiquette
Spending time on an ice rink or frozen lake can be remarkably invigorating, but it also requires a big helping of courtesy and good manners. Ice Rules One of the most important unwritten rules of skating says that more-seasoned, experienced skaters are expected to do whatever it takes to avoid collisions. When coming up on slower…
High-Flying Adventure: Aircraft Museum Roadtrip
December 8, 2022
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Aviation has come a long way since Orville Wright’s flight in 1903, making air and space collections a must-see on many bucket lists. With so many incredible museums spread across the United States, this list focuses on those on the East Coast—we promise to cover the others in subsequent issues. Visitors enjoying a close-up look…
Faith, Family, and Freedom: Why Norman Rockwell’s World War II Masterpiece Still Matters Today
December 7, 2022
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In the winter and spring of 1942, America and her allies were taking some hard punches. The Germans had renewed their offenses in North Africa and the Soviet Union, and their submarine warfare in the North Atlantic inflicted catastrophic losses on convoys sailing from the United States to Europe and Russia. On the other side…
A Child’s Remembrances of Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy and the Years of War
On Dec. 7, 1941, in the early morning hours on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu, Dorinda Makanaonalani was eating breakfast with her family when they heard the sounds of low-flying planes; then, almost immediately, loud explosions, followed by more planes passing directly over their house. Her father remarked that it was “unusual” for the…
Lessons From a Lost Library Book
The other night, my family gathered around and pulled out one of my childhood favorites for a read-aloud night: Sydney Taylor’s “All-of-a-Kind Family.” Set in the early 20th century, each chapter of “All-of-a-Kind Family” tells of the simple yet entertaining life of five little Jewish girls living with their parents in New York. “I am…
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