Family

This Thanksgiving, Let’s Set a Place for Gladness 2
- Culture, Family
- November 23, 2022
About 18 months ago, I was reading for review Rachel Hollis’s self-help book Didn’t See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart. At one point, Hollis is talking to her friend Greg and apologizes for sounding “a bit like Pollyanna.” Greg asks if she’s read Pollyanna. When Hollis says no, Greg
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Screen Zombies: Is There One Living in Your House?2
- Family
- November 8, 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released the scores for this year’s reading and math evaluations. And it’s not flattering. The Nation’s Report Card revealed that math scores for fourth-graders fell five points since 2019, while those for eighth-graders tumbled eight points. This is the steepest decline since testing began over 30 years
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The School of Friendship 2
- Culture, Family
- November 7, 2022
Two Saturdays ago, I had a magical experience. I returned to my late mother’s hometown for a memorial service for one of her best friends—one of three she had known from the time she was five—and exchanged stories at graveside and then at a nearby restaurant with the two survivors about the group’s eight decades
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Parents are 100 Percent Qualified to Homeschool Their Children 6
- Education, Family
- October 31, 2022
For seven years, I slogged through the public school system before my parents made the decision to homeschool. At the time, I couldn’t understand why they were so concerned about making the switch. Frankly, I wasn’t learning anything in public school, so from my perspective, it couldn’t get any worse. Only later, when I asked
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Forget the hysteria about ‘forced pregnancies.’ What about forced abortions?2
- Science, Family
- October 31, 2022
Blonde is a controversial recent film about Marilyn Monroe. It’s a dark and queasy film about sexual exploitation – the story of how a stunningly beautiful woman was chewed up and spat out by Hollywood. Even the positive reviews – and there aren’t many of them – say that the graphic sex in Blonde makes it hard to
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Beware Mama Bears 5
- Politics, Education, Family
- October 27, 2022
The Presbyterian church where I once taught homeschoolers was located in a suburban neighborhood of Asheville filled with medium-sized houses and well-tended yards. And with its broad lawn and surrounding woods, the church was a place of tranquility. Except when the bears decided to pay a visit. Black bears roam much of western North Carolina,
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