Summer is over, and the school year has started. Now, how do I get motivated? Three veteran homeschooling moms share their secrets.

In Distance Education, success and satisfaction from the program is determined by engagement with your tutors and their feedback. Read on for six more tips.

To form good habits, give consideration to these key areas when making family resolutions. The secret is to focus on habits that we are motivated to keep.

Mary Kay Clark says the benefit of homeschooling is in the caring and loving of each family member for the sake of the others and the family as a whole.

How can we encourage our kids to read this summer? Form a family reading club! Jennifer Elia shares 5 easy tips to set up this fun and educational activity.

Have you thought about the many and varied hats a dad wears each day? Debbie Gaudino offers a Father’s Day tribute to her husband and other homeschool dads.

Sarah Rollins, a homeschool mom for 12 years, shares her pain over losing a child, and how homeschooling helped her - and her 9 children - rediscover joy.

by Mary Lou Warren | What can we do if we notice that our children are not motivated to learn? As parents and teachers, we want to inspire and encourage our children to learn and live a full and healthy life. What do we do if we start noticing a problem?

I recall once going to my aunt’s house to baby sit for her three daughters. While in the kitchen, I was amused to see that she had a picture of a swimsuit model on her refrigerator. Before pulling anything out of the refrigerator to eat, my aunt had to look at the picture. This was clearly meant to dissuade her from eating, in hopes of having a figure like the woman in the picture. While the idea was amusing to me, it made some sense. Although my aunt had a general intention to lose weight, the picture gave her direct motivation at the time it was most needed.

by Sarah Rose | Are your teens always completing their research reports at the last minute, or not completing them at all? Do your teens complain that their school work is pointless? Did you recently begin homeschooling and do your teens miss their old school and old friends? Are they rebellious and disrespectful?

We are frequently asked “How do I motivate my child? He is simply not interested in his studies or doing his schoolwork!” Most Catholic parents home school because we are ...