Category: Teen Empowerment
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The Essential Homeschool Curriculum
I often hear parents asking, “What is the essential homeschool curriculum to give my child?” Homeschoolers question the traditional curriculum and busywork of a mainstream school – public, private, and even Waldorf – and ask, what is really necessary here? It’s a fair question. After all, when I was a middle schooler playing drum set and…
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How to Homeschool Middle Schoolers
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Can you homeschool middle schoolers? Yes, but not without understanding adolescent needs and how to meet them. That will be the topic of this post. Ah, adolescent rebellion, that unavoidable thorn of parenting. Even the sweetest, most wonderfully raised children can give us a run for our money once puberty hits, hormones rage, and developmental…
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Holistic Education: The Human Embedded in the 4 Kingdoms of Nature
Last week, we introduced the concept of a regenerative education for children and youth. In this post, we are going to elaborate some details about that. A regenerative education is by nature a holistic education since regeneration comes from a recognition of the wholeness we are striving to regenerate. Such an approach cannot be more…
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Freewill and the Education of Our Youth
Do we have freewill? And, what does this question have to do with how we raise our youth? Many, especially in the West, assert that we have freewill, absolutely. Indeed, this is for what so many battles have been fought starting with the American Revolution. Others, especially in the East, would perhaps deny freewill, saying…
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What Do We Talk About in Teen Empowerment?
A few years ago, we began a weekly Teen Empowerment Class here at Enkindle Academy to address the meaning crisis emerging in our precious youth. In this post, we will elaborate what we talk about in this class and why it matters so much. First, let’s explore what it means to empower teens. Fundamentally, it…
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Creating the Optimal Homeschool Learning Environment
In this post, we discuss creating the optimal homeschool learning environment. When you homeschool, your home is the classroom and you and/or your spouse are the teachers. That might sound obvious, but if you’ve never taught in a classroom, it might not be clear what exactly that means. Even if you have, certain things bear…
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The Spiritual Guidance of Youth
Today’s youth are getting wrong messages about what it means to be free. These erroneous ideas spread on social media faster than a brush fire in Colorado. They convey ideas like, “Freedom is having unlimited choices and experiences… Happiness comes from getting everything you want… Change your appearance, change your life,” etc. These messages lead…
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The Relationship Between Love and Learning
What’s love got to do with it? In a previous post, we explored how to cultivate a love of learning in children. In this post, we will take it a step further in exploring the relationship between love and learning by looking at techniques and outcomes of how we educate our children. First, we have…
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The Separation of School and State
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We’ve all heard the term, “The separation of church and state.” This principle is a fundamental tenet of American democracy. Its function is to prevent any one religion from dominating American political life. Understood differently, it also prevents the realm of culture from dominating that of legal rights. However, this boundary should go both ways.…
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The 250th Fourth of July
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The Fourth of July celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This year marks the 250th anniversary of that event which founded a new nation in rebellion against tyranny. This was to be a nation with limited government powers, such that We, The People, would be free to become ourselves with as minimal interference…