One of the great things about the Heroes In Parenting program is highlighting heroes, and I’m super proud of today’s nominee: Sherry Martz. (She has no idea that I’m putting her up for this. Heh, heh, heh.) I met Sherry a couple of years ago at a conference and we recently went to the BlissDom [...]

Last year I asked the question: Am I a Failure at Homeschooling? At the time, things got so frustrating with the boys hating school and me being incapacitated with the knee injury that Hubby and I told the boys that there was nothing left to do but enroll in public school. Cooler heads and some [...]

(Editor’s note: Today’s guest post is courtesy of Lloyd Burrell, who has suggestions for office space for children. Thanks, Lloyd!) In essence a home school office is a well-designed, but simple, workspace for the kids. This area can be small or large, but it has to be functional. That means even if its a room [...]

Celina Jacobson from Mastersinhealthcare.com put out a list of 40 Fascinating Blogs about Childhood Development and was kind enough to include me. How cool is that? Carrie Oakley wrote to share her post entitled 50 Fabulous Budget Birthday Parties for Every Kind of Kid She has them organized by category. What a helpful list! Shameless [...]

Heroes, I’ve re-learned an important lesson today. Naps are a good thing. After an exhausting week I indulged in a wonderful nap today. Blissful. Fantastic. And only interrupted about 17 times. But we don’t need to focus on that part. Just getting some much needed rest was wonderful and refreshing. This week’s edition is a [...]

Welcome to March, Heroes! Today begins a very exciting giveaway here on Earnest Parenting: the Hallmark recordable storybook titled All the Ways I Love You. Have you seen the books? I first noticed them before Christmas and thought they were a great idea. Well. I had no clue how wonderful they really are. I dare [...]