I saw a teenage boy for a school physical the other day. He was playing a game on his phone when I came into the room, while his mom scrolled through emails on her phone. Mom put her phone away when I came in, and we chatted briefly. She said she had no concerns about…
Family, Not Preschool, Is the Secret to a Good Education
“I was so worried my son wouldn’t pass his kindergarten entrance exam,” one of my friends recently told me, noting that his child hadn’t attended preschool. “That’s my pet peeve!” another friend sputtered at the mention of preschool. She noticed that many schools today want to make sure kids know their letters before entering kindergarten,…
5 Ways to Help Your Children in School and Life
Off we go again! For students and parents, this is a time for “Back to School Specials,” hunting down composition books, pens and pencils, lunch boxes, clothes or uniforms, backpacks, and other necessities for the classroom. And now is also the perfect time for parents or guardians to pause and ask themselves: What do I…
Bringing the Fun Home: 5 Family Outings for Tight Budgets
In 1987, a beaming New York Giants quarterback was the first person publicly asked what soon became a well-known question: “Phil Simms, you’ve just won the Super Bowl! What are you doing next?” “I’m gonna go to Disney World!” Simms said. Many average Americans couldn’t give Simms’s answer today. The reason isn’t Disney’s “woke” policies,…
Help Big Brother Understand Baby’s Limits
By John Rosemond From Tribune News Service Q: Our soon-to-be 5-year-old son enjoys playing with his 14-month-old brother, but there have been three times recently when the baby has started crying and when I check, big brother has a guilty look on his face. So far, the baby has suffered a scratch under one eye,…
Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: True Courage
August 6, 2022
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This is the 14th installment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…
6 Things I’ve Learned From the Amish
August 4, 2022
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My first novel about the Amish was published in 2010. Since then, I’ve published 28 additional books about the Plain people. I’ve also visited communities in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wisconsin. I began my own journey with minimalism two years ago when I took a Joshua Becker course. I’ve noticed many similarities between the…
Self-Reliance Is the Heart of Liberty
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook…
Proverbs to Cherish: ‘A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss’
How to interpret the proverb “A rolling stone gathers no moss” is, intriguingly, not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Over the generations, it has come to take on an entirely different meaning. When you look at this saying, and it’s one most of us have heard of, do you think it’s recommending we be the rolling stone…
4 Simple Ways to Feel Prepared for the New Homeschool Year
Whether you’re a veteran homeschool parent or about to begin your very first year of homeschooling, the beginning of a new year tends to engender mixed emotions. On the one hand, there’s excitement and joyful anticipation of a fresh start with unlimited potential. On the other, there’s likely some anxiety over the weight of the…
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