Homeschooling IV

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG032.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:40 — 24.5MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 032. This is the final episode in the homeschooling series.  Whether or not you are a homeschooling parent, I hope that it provides you with some encouragement.  You can engage your children and help them to learn and to […]

Homeschooling III

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG031.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:49 — 24.6MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 031. Our homeschooling series continues as we answer more homeschooling questions such as “How do I homeschool boys?” and “What about curriculum?” There are many different ways to homeschool.  This series gives you an idea of not only how […]

Homeschooling II

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG030.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:57 — 34.8MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 030. Homeschooling at the Jonas house takes place all the time.  Somebody is always learning something and the older children often help the younger children. This is part two in our homeschooling series.  Jim and I finish our initial […]

Homeschooling I

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG029.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:57 — 28.4MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 029. The Jonas children have been homeschooled their entire lives.  We start homeschooling them when they are babies because we consider all of life to be a part of their homeschool education. Jim and I sat down and talked […]

How To Organize A Control Journal

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG028.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:52 — 24.7MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Episode 028 Keeping a family of ten and Goat Milk Stuff running smoothly requires a lot of organization.  One of the things that I rely upon to help keep me organized is my Central Notebook or Control Journal.  It contains everything […]

Family Vacation

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG027.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:56 — 17.4MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 027. Taking a family vacation with eight children may not be the easiest thing to do, but it is worth every minute of effort and all the expense.  We believe getting away from home and your normal routine really […]

Train Your Children Then Trust Them

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG026.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:39 — 35.5MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 026. A few weeks ago we drove Brett and Colter to North Carolina so they could go on a two week Outward Bound excursion in the mountains of North Carolina.  It was the first time either of them were […]

Be Protective, But Not Over-Protective

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:14 — 25.9MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 025. We are protective of our children while they are still young and need us to protect them.  As they mature they are given the opportunity to test themselves and their beliefs while still under the protection of our […]

No Such Thing As a Typical Day

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG024.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:05 — 26.7MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 024. Do you finish your “typical” day feeling like you accomplished nothing?  Or do you typically go to sleep feeling tired, but believing you had a good day?  For me, I enjoy wrapping up the day knowing that I […]

How Important Is Privacy

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG023.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:22 — 23.3MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 023. Several months ago, Brett got her own room.  Since then we’ve been talking a lot about the subject of privacy because I don’t want her to over-value privacy at the expense of relationships.  After all, if she gets […]

Learning Leadership

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG022.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:50 — 27.4MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 022. Have you ever heard the expression, “He is a born leader?”  While I do think there are people who are natural leaders, I also believe that leadership skills can be taught.  I focus a lot on teaching my […]

Spending Time

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:10 — 21.3MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 021. Our children desperately desire our attention.  We can choose to give it to them proactively on our terms.  Or we can wait until they misbehave and give them attention then in the form of discipline. Children are smart. […]

Discipline Yourself and Your Children

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:43 — 27.3MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 020. How peaceful our homes are hinges on how effectively we discipline our children.  There are a lot of things you can do as a mom to improve the way you discipline and help your children to respond better. […]

Restore Margin To Your Life

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:42 — 41.9MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 019. One of my all-time favorite books is Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives* by Richard Swenson.   This is a concept that is really important to a well-balanced life and it is a book […]

The Importance of Chores

http://traffic.libsyn.com/goatmilkstuff/BMSG018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:18 — 45.2MB)Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 018. I want to raise children that have a strong work ethic.  I think laziness is so destructive to our personal success, especially when it comes to our careers and our relationships.  It takes hard work to succeed in […]