The Great Shalom Podcast : Overcoming Learning Problems

More tips today, this time on how to choose a church nursery. Very much the same as choosing a childcare placement. Go in to the classroom and look around. Are there enough toys? Space? lesson plans? competent adults? Emergency plans? More hair raising stories. For moms and dads. For pastors too. And PS, besides background checks, you also want to have First Aid Training. Great tip: have extra plans and extra supplies for "just in case."

Today, let's consider again inculcating respect between the sexes. Obviously, this is a great need today. Besides having a great deal to do with success in life, since marriage and human relations are a foundation of that, respect between the sexes also contributes to learning. When youth, let alone children, are distracted by sex, learning goes down. When they are traumatized by bad relations with other humans, learning can go to zilch. Please consider. Btw, sex is biological, gender is social

Today I will give you tips on how to choose childcare. I start with a hair-raising story from when I was 16 and started working in a nursery. The point was that parents never walked through the school to see what was happening. Do that. Today, there are regulations and a website with any violations. Check that. Check their policies on vaccines and accidents. Then go see it. Look for space, toys, books, cleanliness. Check out my stories. They will give you some clue. Think about whether you need

Yes, God wants to heal us. Including our children. Including that which has to do with learning and academics. Isaiah 53 talks about healing. Matthew 8:16 talks about Jesus healing. It is cleer Jesus cared about children, not just adults. And then Peter, direct disciple and respected apostle also talks about healing in 2Pet 2:24. Don't doubt. Just go after it. The biggest problem for healing of children is that so few adults think to ask about it. This episode is part of a multi-part series on w

Okay, yes, academic success is not the highest goal ever. That is not what life is about. But it is helpful. And no point denying that. And God cares. Every child in our society should be able to learn, to read, to calculate. It is harder than ever. It is harder than ever to find good instruction. And children have more problems than ever. Well, God cares. God IS interested in Academic success. Here is a little talk about that. After that, I encourage you to have a chat with God about it. God ha

Can I legally homeschool in my state? The people who can help you in any state is the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. Several years ago a representative attorney and founder of HSLDA called into the radio studio and told how he and others started HSLDA precisely because they realized that they needed to homeschool their children because of "learning disabilities." These lawyers wanted good education for their children. They realized they could not get it from the government schools. They d