Empowering Our Entrepreneurial Kids: Harnessing the Power of the Internet
Introduction: A game changer for entrepreneurs Few things fuel my passion more than talking about entrepreneurial pursuits especially as homeschooling mom whose kids have so much opportunity to find what they love. I’ve been entrepreneurially minded as long as I can remember but what I’m most excited about for our kids is that the internet […]
5 EASY Ways to Make Money Doing What You Already Do (& a Bonus Idea You Won’t Believe)
Simple Ways to Make Money Doing What You Already Do Prices are rising but incomes are not. That’s a reality for just about everyone I know. So if you’re like us, you need some creative ideas to stretch your dollar if you are trying to maintain some semblance of life as you’ve always known it. […]
Feminine Glory is Fruitful: Documentary Inspiring Women to Build Fruitful Homes & Lives
As Christian women look across a cultural landscape fraught with anger, confusion and evil, we can become really discouraged; we can also feel at a loss when it comes to fortifying our children against the ideologies that wage war with Scripture. A new documentary “Eve in Exile” powerfully and simply addresses how Christian women can […]
10 Ways Economic Hardship Can Benefit a Family
Prosperity equals advantage. Do you believe that? I am fascinated with the irony of this mentality most Americans hold dear. Maybe even more so since I hear often, as a mother of nine, about “affording all those children.” All of us believe, somewhere deep within, that to prosper financially puts us at an advantage. And […]
How We Keep Our Children From Becoming Their Best (Without Even Realizing It)
We Devastate Children with “The Box” The Box I believe one of the most horrific, detrimental things we have done to children, which they carry into adulthood as it shapes their very destiny, is our creation of “the box” in which we regard everyone in it normal and everyone outside of it not normal. My […]
Easy, Cheap, Homemade Gift/Product Idea for Your Entrepreneurs (Canvas Pillows)
When my daughter got married, we used two large, canvas curtains for decoration. The cheapest solution was a painter’s drop cloth. (Harbor Freight (on line) was the cheapest place I found them, and right now, they’re on sale for $16.49 for a 9 x 12 piece.) Also, I googled for a coupon code and found this one for […]
Raising Entrepreneurs: Kids Starting Businesses
There are several reasons we encourage an entrepreneurial mindset in our family. Briefly, because there is freedom and variety in it, and unlimited opportunity, allowing a person to do what he or she is good at and loves. And, entrepreneurs turn the machine–they are leaders. And it even goes beyond that: even if our children […]
How to Make Soap: A Homeschool Lesson
Our skin product business was born out of adversity (you can read our story here), as are a lot of other business ideas. Learn more at How to Make Soap. About two years into making and selling our products online, we simply got too busy and decided to outsource our work to a wonderful, sweet […]
I Was a Brain-Washed School Teacher (Raising Entrepreneurs)
This might be one of the most encouraging things you’ve ever watched, especially if you have a child who struggles with school, doesn’t “fit the mold”, or hates math. Understanding the fact that different kids have different bents has escaped mainstream thought. I think one of the most harmful things the conventional classroom does (by […]
Overview of Family Enterprise
An excellent overview of the family economy and the way the Industrial Revolution changed families: “In early American history (and indeed much of world history), most business enterprises were family businesses with fathers working together with wives and children, where the fathers and mothers not only passed along skills, but also shepherded their children while […]