Juggling Working and Homeschooling

Homeschooling is a full time job. However, it doesn’t pay the bills so often homeschooling parents both have to work. Living on one income was a sacrifice many homeschoolers made in the name of educating their children at home. It was the “price” of homeschooling. However, in today’s economy living on one income with the cost of homeschooling is becoming increasingly more difficult. In many homes the parent responsible for homeschooling is getting a job or starting a business. Adding a job or business to homeschooling a family can be overwhelming and throw things off track. How do you cope? … Continue reading

Ask a Baby Blogger: Working at Home with a Baby

Question: I know you have twins, can you tell me how it is to work at home with a baby? Is it easier or harder than going to work? I’m kind of chuckling as I’m writing this. Do you want to hear about the time that I had just finished a grant writing project and my baby puked all over it? The countless days when the twins cried and fussed and took turns needing to be held where I got nothing done? Or the number of days where I got to the computer to write and I was so tired … Continue reading

Teaching Business by Being a Business

As I go through my day I am teaching my children about daily life. They learn about paying bills, dealing with siblings, parenting, how to handle frustration, making dinner, doing laundry and all the homemaking chores required to run a home. These are important skills to teach both boys and girls. These are skills best learned on the job and not conducted in a classroom setting or at the dining room table. My children learn how to make dinner by making dinner. My son learned how to become the best pancake maker in the house by doing every step from … Continue reading