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Bring Back Work Week: The Virtue of Selflessness
Awhile back, something changed my attitude toward our children and their spending habits - and we are all better off for it. We were out and about somewhere and one of the children said, "Mama, I'd like to buy the family dessert!" It almost happened right then. I could feel the words forming in my mind…
Book Review: Modest Speaks to Guys, Too
A Supreme Court justice, pressed to give a standard for “obscenity,” concluded, “I know it when I see it.” That’s part of the problem with the matter of immodesty – how to define it? Much of it is a reflection of the community we live in. Standards were very different where we lived in California…
Great News on Shyness & a Winner!
Great news! JoJo Tabares has announced they are doing an encore live presentation of 7 Ways to Help Your Child Overcome Shyness webinar next month for all those who couldn't get in this month! Congratulations to Vicki Barnes who won the Say What You Mean: Overcoming Social Anxiety!
Overcoming Shyness
This is Melanie. I am very shy. Okay, stop laughing! I'm serious! It's pretty hard to imagine, I'm sure, how someone who speaks every year to thousands of people, does radio interviews and web broadcasts and loves talking to people at our booth could possibly be shy, but it's true. I hate picking up the…
An Open Letter to Parents Considering Divorce
Here's a letter I posted in response to a homeschooling mother who told an email list that she was thinking of divorcing her husband because she didn't love him anymore and they were not getting along at all. I hope if you are thinking of divorcing your mate, that you will read this very carefully…
WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?
I see you there. Worried that Facebook failed during the most exciting evening of your year, that you've lost your mind, or that Smithfield, NC, has been eaten by a gigantic sinkhole. Never fear.... The party has moved over to the A Cry From Egypt Facebook page -- the home of our dear friend and new…
One Year Membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a members-only website by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. We have 17 Schoolhouse Teachers who offer lessons daily, weekly, or monthly for preschool through high school. Members also have access to the Schoolhouse Planners and past recorded Schoolhouse Expos. YOU COULD WIN A YEAR'S MEMBERSHIP TO SchoolhouseTeachers.com - a $64.26 value  
Win a Poem Written in Your Honor
Have you ever wanted a poem written in your honor? During the heights of the Renaissance, artists, poets, and composers were often supported by noblemen and royalty, in return for masterful works of art being completed in the patron's honor. Well.... tonight might just be your chance to play the role of one of those…
One Year Subscription to My Audio School
My Audio School is giving away one free year's subscription to their wonderful service! My Audio School provides children with excellent, educational, downloadable audio content on a variety of school subjects in a format that they can easily use all by themselves. Classic books, old-time radio theater, historic radio and television broadcasts, and more make…