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Archive for May, 2012
Training Your Children for the Future – @home e-vents
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HSLDA’s @home e-vents presents: Training Your Children for the Future Upcoming E-vents: Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity—Hal and Melanie Young On-Demand E-vents: What Every Girl Needs from Her Dad—HSLDA Chairman Michael Farris Top Five Threats Christian Homeschool Parents Face in Raising Godly Kids: And What to Do about Them—Dr. Jeff Myers Christlike Character Development—Rodger Erdvig, M.Ed. Thursday, December 1, @ 8:00 p.m. (ET)—“Shining Armor: Your Son’s Battle for Purity” Hal and Melanie Young What can you do to help your son overcome the temptations on the internet and TV? When does this battle start, and how can you...
Everything’s on Sale Up to 50%, Plus Free Shipping!
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From Doug Phillips of Vision Forum: December is almost here! And to help you with your shopping needs, Vision Forum is running an incredible December kick-off sale across our entire website. This week only, save up to 50% off list price on everything we sell — EVERYTHING! Plus, use coupon NOSHIPPING and receive free shipping on every order of $25 or more!* The sale ends this Friday at midnight (CST), so now is the time to stock up on great gifts for your entire family — toys, books, DVDs, CDs, and much more! Shop 40-50% off select gift items now....
Who Makes the Really Tough Decisions: Parents? Or Doctors?
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From HSLDA: A troubling case involving a boy with cancer shows why we need laws that protect parents’ rights to make difficult decisions for their children. Jacob’s parents did extensive study of the side effects of the five different chemotherapy drugs that the doctor wanted to administer. And they believed that the risk of the drugs was far greater than the risk of recurrent cancer, since Jacob had a clean PET scan. They said no to the doctors. No more chemotherapy treatment for now. But the doctors would not take no for an answer. They called child protective services in...
Movie ‘Overruled’ Exposes Government Invasion of American Families
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The online docudrama Overruled: Government Invasion of Your Parental Rights has just been released.  As one viewer commented, “This is very possibly the most important 35 minutes you will spend in front of your computer this year, and maybe in your life!” “American parents just assume that their traditional right to make sound decisions for their children is fully protected in our legal system,” said Michael Farris, President of ParentalRights.org. He added, “Overruled reveals how precarious our rights are in today’s legal climate—and the movie makes it clear that we can and must fix the problem before it is too...
Jamaican Prime Minister Homeschools
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Coming from the position of minister of education, Prime Minister Holness withdraws his children from public school and starts homeschooling them. PURCELLVILLE, Va.—Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his wife, Juliet, recently decided to homeschool their children but have faced public criticism. Homeschooling has been a growing movement in the last three decades, but there are some who still look down on the approximately 2 million children whose parents have joined the movement. Before becoming prime minister, Andrew Holness was Jamaica’s education minister for four years, and he continues to hold that position concurrently with the office of prime minister....
Another Kind of Book Club
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AUBURN, NY – Shannon Maggio, a mother who has been home-schooling her children for several years, launched a new curriculum-swapping resource for other home-school parents. Read full article   (Thanks HSLDA for the heads up on this story)...
Homeschooling Artists Featured in Oprah’s Favorite Things Magazine
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Monday November 28, 2011 BROOKLINE, VT — The work of local artists Noelle and Eric VanHendrick was recently honored by Oprah Winfrey, who gave it a coveted place in Oprah’s Favorite Things magazine just in time for the holidays. Oprah’s people approached the VanHendricks at the New York International Gift Fair, and said they admired the Brookline couple’s pottery bowls and cups and asked if they would like to be in Oprah’s Favorite Things magazine. There are only 73 items chosen, and their’s was the only hand-made one, according to Noelle VanHendrick. Read full article   (Thanks HSLDA for the...
Moezart Productions Presents ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ in Glendale, N. Phoenix
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MOEZART PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS “THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER” In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids — probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem — and the fun — when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!  You may even walk away understanding the real meaning of the Christmas season! Sharon Rodriguez, moezartproductions AT hotmail DOT com   GLENDALE LOCATION: WHEN:  December 1, 2 & 3 (all shows at 7 PM, additional matinee on December 3rd at 2 PM)...
Farmville: Duggar Style
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Have you heard of Farmville? There is a similar game, called MakaziVille, that has recently launched on the Duggars’ website. Listen to Josiah Duggar explain how it works in the video below. Makaziville Pre Registration from John Andersen on Vimeo.To preregister for MakaziVille, follow this link.  Read full article...
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
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By Becky Ogden Ohmygosh, need I say more?  Let’s just put it this way, the only thing I didn’t like about the Boyce Thompson Arboretum was the drive out there.  From Peoria, it was 79 miles or something like that.  Nonetheless, it’s been on my list of places to go for a few years and now that my littlest doesn’t scream for the entire duration of every single car ride she goes on, I was ready for the trip. The view when we got there…. Just inside the Arboretum, heading down the Main Trail… First stop was a sign that gives...
Michelle on a Healthy Pregnancy
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What is Michelle doing to take care of herself, now that she is pregnant with her 20th child? She and Jim Bob understand that having 19 children is not for everyone. “But we are open to receive whatever gifts God wants us to have,” she tells People in a recent article. “And we are so excited and thrilled about this pregnancy.” Michelle is past the morning sickness stage and is feeling good. She has sought advice from experts and is consuming plenty of protein and greens. The mom of 19 is also working out on the elliptical for one-hour intervals,...
Jamaican Prime Minister Criticized for Homeschooling
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November 28, 2011: Jamaica’s prime minister and his wife say they are standing by their decision to homeschool their sons. Read full story...
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