Raising a Large Family
Having a large family is no small endeavor in today’s world. Here’s why large families are important and how to make one work.
Homeschooling: Applying Essentialism to Educating Children
Several years ago when my wife and I were preparing for our oldest child to go to school, we handpicked a nice K-12 private school that provided a great learning environment where moral and religious values aligned with ours were instilled right alongside a solid secular education. So that we’d have better access to the…
Why I’m Teaching My Kids to Code
I really don’t want any of my children to be a coder for a living. But I’m teaching all of them to write code. Here’s why. My Own Software Development Experience There was a time in my life when I thought I would spend my next thirty or so years employed in a career, from…
Education Can (and Absolutely Should) Include Both Music and Sports
Recently at a music competition two of my kids were participating in, I was chatting with one of the organizers about my family’s busy Saturday going between sports activities (including two basketball games and a baseball practice for two of my boys) and music oriented items on our calendar, which involved a practice for an…
Benefits of Music Education for Child Development
Several years ago I had a conversation with a relative of mine who was considering a new hobby for his young son after the boy decided that he didn’t like wrestling. Having learned to play the piano in my early adult years, I volunteered to give the kid a few piano lessons and give him…
Why We Choose to Homeschool Our Kids
My wife and I currently homeschool three of our four school-aged kids. We plan to ultimately homeschool all of our children for at least some portion of their early education, possibly through high school. We often have had to defend our decision to homeschool over the past six years following our decision to take our…