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Why Do Some Women Have 5+ Kids?
My interview with Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, author of "Hannah's Children."
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Writing, Communion, & Pain: Some Reflections
Is writing for strangers worth it? Is reading strangers' words dangerous?
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What to Give Grads This Year
A last-minute gift guide for all types & ages of grads!
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There's No Better Way to Spend Mother's Day
On her last Mother's Day, I gave my mother a Poirot mystery. She gave me something far better.
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E19 | The History and Future of Homeschooling with Dixie Dillon Lane
Tune in here, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Quick Book Notes

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Book Recommendations from Real-Life Teens
Quick Book Notes #8: Three young people each recommend a book for tween and young teen girls
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Brightest of Flames: Six Outstanding Girl Protagonists
Quick Book Notes #7
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Seekers of Fortune: Six Outstanding Boy Protagonists
Quick Book Notes #6
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Recommendations
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Haley Stewart's Newsletter
Haley Stewart's Newsletter
Haley Stewart
Cultivating Clarity
Cultivating Clarity
Kerri Christopher
The Commonplace
The Commonplace
Tsh Oxenreider
Over the Field
Over the Field
Hadden Turner
Cultural Christians in the Early Church
Cultural Christians in the Early Church
Nadya Williams

Homeschooling

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Yankee, Rebel, Enslaved, Free
Starting a conversation about the Civil War with your children
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Better than Textbooks: Letting Visual Encyclopedias Work for You
Quick Book Notes #5
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The Reading Wars & Learning to Read in 2023
Method matters. And that's not all.
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The Washington Post and Homeschooling
"The Post’s attention is justified. Its conclusions are flawed."
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Technology

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Tech Resistance for Introverts
And other people who would rather die than host a phone-free barn dance.
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What About Grammarly?
Let's not beat around the bush.
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The Happy Failures of Unplugging
Forging onward with Weekends Without Wifi
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Instead of Scrolling, Teach Your Child to Bake
And one day, he'll bake for you!
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History

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Should I (or My Kid) Go to Graduate School in the Humanities?
Discernment and realism
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Yankee, Rebel, Enslaved, Free
Starting a conversation about the Civil War with your children
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Seekers of Fortune: Six Outstanding Boy Protagonists
Quick Book Notes #6
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Better than Textbooks: Letting Visual Encyclopedias Work for You
Quick Book Notes #5
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Hearth & Field

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Spontaneous Music
Music as expression, not performance
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Instead of Scrolling, Teach Your Child to Bake
And one day, he'll bake for you!
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Hearth & Field Adds Print Subscriptions!
And so much more! Come find out!
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An Outdoor Lessons & Carols for Advent
Putting a family twist on a meaningful tradition.
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Current

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What to Give Grads This Year
A last-minute gift guide for all types & ages of grads!
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Permanence, Memory, & Memoir
A review of Natasha's Trethewey's "The House of Being"
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Should I (or My Kid) Go to Graduate School in the Humanities?
Discernment and realism
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Why Aren't Americans Having Kids?
A review of Timothy Carney's "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be"
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