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The Happy Homeschool
by Laura Blodgett
Creative home school inspiration rooted in relationships for the non-conformist, dedicated parent.
Episodes
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Winnowing Your Children's Friendships
Parents guide their children in matters of physical health. How much more important things that affect their character and use of time and energy, such as friendship. https://thehappyhomeschool.com/
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The Biggest Barrier to Good Parenting
Most parents will take on some level of responsibility for their children, but too often it is merely based on societal norms. These norms make it seem acceptable for bad parenting choices, which in reality are piling up like horse manure. https://thehappyhomeschool.com/
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The Falsely Patient Parent
Sometimes other parents or so-called child experts manipulate definitions to make themselves feel better about their choices and make you feel guilty about yours. Learn how to see through their claims and use this knowledge to make your own parenting more effective. Learn to see the issue behind...
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Confessions of the Color Pink: The Birth of the Transgender Ideology in the 1960's
If you want to strengthen your children against warped worldly ideologies about their identity, you need to give them a solid basis for understanding who they are and why that is good. The lies of this world are often presented to children in fun ways, ways that appeal to their fears and desires....
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Making Math Matter
Why has it become the norm to teach math via a textbook or curriculum? What are the pros and cons of this? How can you motivate your child to study math? Links mentioned are at: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/making-math-matter/
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The Deceptive Allure of Learning Styles
Personality testing has pretty much become a religion in our culture. Testing for Learning Styles is a subset of this and it is all highly suspect. Listen in to learn why they can't be trusted. Links mentioned are at: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-deceptive-allure-of-learning-styles/
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The Rare Find of an Excellent Children’s Fantasy
If you are looking for a book for your children that is an adventure based on solid truths, you will want to hear about this chapter book. For links mentioned in the podcast, go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-rare-find-of-an-excellent-childrens-fantasy/
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The Art of Giving Your Children Feedback
Every parent faces the tension between encouraging and correcting his or her children. If you err to one extreme or the other then you greatly reduce the useful impact of both. [This is Week 44 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]
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Evaluating Why You are Frustrated with Your Child
A (homeschool) parent should do two things with frustration. [Week 42 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Read the transcript at https://thehappyhomeschool.com/evaluating-why-you-are-frustrated-with-your-child/
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Teaching Your Child About Having a Conversation
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/teaching-your-child-about-having-a-conversation/
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Dilemmas in Discipline
transcript pending - to find out how to subscribe to The Happy Homeschool Heartbeat (and see the written transcript of the episode when it gets done) go to https://thehappyhomeschool.com/dilemmas-in-discipline/
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Preparing Your Child for Passion
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/preparing-your-child-for-passion/
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How Parents Should Think About Rebellion
You can read the transcript and find links mentioned at https://thehappyhomeschool.com/how-parents-should-think-about-rebellion/
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The Truth About Children and Peer Pressure
To read the full transcript, go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-truth-about-children-and-peer-pressure/
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Helping Children Learn How to Evaluate Adults
To read the transcript go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/helping-children-learn-how-to-evaluate-adults/
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The Siren Call of Extra Activities
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-siren-call-of-extra-activities/
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Interview: Meet the Author of Collar Cases Mysteries for Children and Book Giveaway
Amanda Trumpower writes for Jesus lovers who dig dragons, detectives, and droids. Writing ever since she could hold a crayon, she’s happy to have upgraded to a keyboard. She’s a twin mom, second-generation homeschooler, D&D enthusiast, and board game fanatic. She has a masters degree in Library &...
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Helping Children Grow into Independence
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/helping-children-grow-into-independence/
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Telling Your Children the Truth about Drugs and Alcohol
Before beginning such a conversation with a child, an adult needs to examine his or her own substance choices and assumptions made about them. If a substance affects our mental state, does that make it inherently bad? If you answer yes to that, then you have to examine anything else you do…
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What Liberty Minecraft Can Teach You About Life - an Interview with Nathan Dempsey
To find the links mentioned, go to: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/what-liberty-minecraft-can-teach-you-about-life-an-interview-with-nathan-dempsey/
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The Uncertainty of Knowledge and The Pride of Man
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-uncertainty-of-knowledge-and-the-pride-of-man/
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Helping Your Child Learn How to Handle a Schedule
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/helping-your-child-learn-how-to-handle-a-schedule/
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The Key to Conquering All Your Teaching Challenges
To sign up for the THH Dangerously Helpful Homeschool Dispatch, click on the following link: https://thehappyhomeschool.com/the-key-to-conquering-all-your-teaching-challenges/
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How Your Attitude About Gender Affects Your Relationship with Your Child
https://thehappyhomeschool.com/how-your-attitude-about-gender-affects-your-relationship-with-your-child/
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How to Read a Book Relationally with Your Child
To read the full transcript, go to https://thehappyhomeschool.com/how-to-read-a-book-relationally-with-your-child/
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The Most Important Thing to Teach Your Children - Who God Is
view links mentioned at The Most Important Thing to Teach Your Children - Who God Is
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How to Protect Your Children from Propaganda Induced Outrage
When children start to become aware of current events in the world, it can be overwhelming. A lot depends on how the influential adults in their lives respond to such things. [Week 32 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]
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Guidelines for When Your Child Asks Why
To read the transcript and see links to other subjects mentioned, please go to Guidelines for When Your Child Asks Why
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Does Technology Destroy Children's Creativity ?
To see the transcription of this podcast, including links referred to, please go to Does Technology Destroy Children's Creativity ?
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The Dilemma of Letting Children Have Pets
To read the transcript and find the links mentioned, go to: The Dilemma of Letting Children Have Pets
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Simplifying Food for Children and Parents
Sooner or later, every parent is faced with how to fulfill the parental responsibility in feeding a child no matter what a child’s preferences in eating. [Week 28 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]
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Helicopter Parenting versus Supervision
To read the transcript, go to Helicopter Parenting versus Supervision
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How to Embrace Your Role as Parent
To read the transcript, go to: How to Embrace Your Role as Parent
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How to Help a Child Who Feels Rejected by Friends
To read the content, please to to How to Help a Child Who Feels Rejected by Friends
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Helping Children Set Good Personal Goals
What are your goals for your child? To help our children set good personal goals, it helps to figure out what our goals as parents are. [Week 24 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child]
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Guidelines for Children's Privacy in the Family
To read more, go to: Guidelines for Children's Privacy in the Family
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Interview: Light Bulb Moments and Healthy Skepticism
Here is an interview with Rebecca of Dissident Mama. She and her husband have taught their three sons at home for many years. In the interview she describes her learning process as a homeschool mom and why she thinks anyone can teach their own children.
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Help Your Child Get a Grip on Teasing
Teasing is not something unique to the world of children. In fact, my husband teases me a lot. When trying to understand teasing, we really need to look at each instance and each relationship. All teasing is not equal. Here are some reasons people tease each other:... To read more, go to: Help…
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How to Fine Tune Your Child's Sense of Fairness
A child typically means all or one of the three following things when they claim something is not fair: I want it, too. (Or don’t want it, too) I don’t understand. Do you love me? To read more, go to: How to Fine Tune Your Child's Sense of Fairness
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How to Get Your Children to Do Chores Cheerfully
My children have good memories of chore time. In fact, so do I. I believe there are two main reasons why. I approached chore time with a cheerful attitude and I came up with a system that combined learning, encouragement, and reality. To read more, go to: How to Get Your Children to Do Chores...
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Interview: Grade Levels versus Real Life
Rachael and her husband were both taught at home as children and are homeschooling their own children. They consider themselves life-style homeschoolers. She talks about how children learn, how she views grade levels and testing, what she has learned along the way, how she has developed great...
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5 Distortions About Sharing That Parents Need to Understand
Here are 5 common distortions of sharing: If you are nice, you will share You need to share if asked Everything should be shared There can be rules about sharing Sharing leads to great friendships Let’s look at these prevalent claims one at a time, keeping in mind that there will be some overlap....
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How to Make Music a Great Part of Your Parent-Child Relationship
Harnessing music for family relationships You can avoid the stereotypical musical clash between generations. This is important because music is an important mode of expression and an integral part of social interaction. Here are basic strategies: Start enjoying music with your children when they...
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How to be Your Child's Preferred Friendship Coach
If you think it is normal for children to disregard parental concerns about friendships, I have some good news for you. A whole lot depends on the groundwork of trust you have built, combined with some strategies for keeping the subject of friends open. If you take the time to interact in a way...
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A Guide to Fashion for Parents Who Want to Impress Their Children
When I first wrote this post, my two youngest daughters (who are 33 and 36 years younger than me) were in college and they would borrow my clothes - frequently. They don't borrow them so much any more because they live in their own homes now. But they often wear the clothes that I have purchased…
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Interview: Developing Priorities and Avoiding Misconceptions of Genius
(transcript pending at thehappyhomeschool.com on the post of the same title. Interview: Developing Priorities and Misconceptions of Genius)
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How to Make Education a Positive Part of Your Relationship With Your Child
Where do you get your ideas of education from? Have you given much thought to the government dictates and cultural expectations? You need to consider just how much these ideas and approaches impact not only your relationship with your child, but also your child’s ability to think for himself.…
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Teaching Your Children to Respect Your Need for Sleep
This title is kind of tongue-in-cheek, but kind of not. We can make choices that affect our children’s sleeping habits. We can also, after a certain age, expect them to begin to respect limits. But it is a well known fact that young children are associated with parental sleep deprivation. How…
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Guidelines for Children’s Property Rights in the Home
Can you explain why your body is yours? Almost everyone agrees we all own our own bodies. At least everyone thinks they own their own body, whether or not they want to argue about someone else’s bodily rights. No one else can use their brain to tell your mouth to speak or your legs to walk. They...
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Helping Your Child Understand Death
[Week 12 of 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship With Your Child] Do we need to teach children about death? At what point should we teach our children about death? And how should we go about it? These are questions that cannot be avoided. From the time a child is old enough to squish a bug or hug a...
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Creative home school inspiration rooted in relationships for the non-conformist, dedicated parent.
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The Happy Homeschool is created and hosted by Laura Blodgett.
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