China | This Sunday marks the 31st anniversary of China's one-child policy.
Created for the purpose of improving social, economic, and
environmental problems in the country, it was supposed to end in
2010. Instead, believing…
Family |
We've been in our new house in Oklahoma City three months now. A
few weeks ago we decided it would be fun to host a neighborhood
block party. But it's been…
Education |
As Brittany Smith reported earlier this week, the state of Missouri
has passed a law prohibiting teachers from using Facebook and other
social media to…
Family |
Shortly (or so it seemed) after we had one daughter, the next thing
we knew we had four of them. Four girls means four times the
opportunities to bring…
Movies |
With the exception of, say,
Julie and Julia
, books are generally better than the movies based on them, right?
It's almost impossible to capture the entire…
Music |
Do you remember the first major concert you attended? I do. It was
in the 1980s and I was around 9 or 10 years old. I don't remember a
single song sung, but…
Marriage |
My oldest daughter, who is 12, was checking her email the other
day. Before she logged in to her account, she saw the headlines on
Google News and took notice…
Family |
Two months ago,
The Telegraph
of London announced the results of a survey that claimed the key
to a happy home life is having precisely two daughters, with…
Family |
Sorting socks is not a task I enjoy very much and the
pile-o-mismatched socks that sits in the corner of my room proves
it. Yesterday was the big match day…
Sports |
Our time in St. Louis is quickly coming to a close, but we've
barely had time to think about it in the midst of everything that
comes with the normal…
Education |
Once upon a time (21 months ago to be exact) I wrote about all the
reasons why we decided to have our kids participate in standardized
testing every year. For…
Faith & Inspiration |
A few weeks ago at the weekly homeschool group I direct, one of the
families shared a creative way they make prayer "real" for their
little kids. They take a…
