Are there advantages to homeschooling over the summer months? Dr. Clark advises on that and shares ideas on motivating active children to read and what a parent should consider before having a child skip a grade.

Alexandra Key offers twelve practical, affordable, and easy-to-implement strategies to encourage the love of reading in your children. Foremost is to let them see you enjoying reading; simple, yes? But, read on for eleven more, common sense ways for you to get them off the electronics and into the written word.

Bob Wiesner challenges high school students to fully commit to academics, and use recreation as a reward for serious study. Stay balanced, and have fun!

This summer, I am not buying anyone anything. My children moaned and groaned, till they learned they can earn money (through chores) to spend however they choose.

by Lorraine Espenhain | Sometimes God allows us to go through seeming seasons of loss in our lives in order to move us into what I call 'greater gains'.