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Whether you're a first-year homeschooler, or you've been at it for years, finding that daily rhythm is so important. Listen in as Dawn shares some valuable tips to finding that perfect balance of school and family life to make your days with your children the best they can be!

Do you believe any lies about motherhood? In this episode, Dawn touches on 7 specific lies she has heard over and over, some of which she has even believed at some point.  Lie #1- I am responsible for how my kids turn out. Lie #2- I am not responsible for how my kids turn out. Is your interest piqued yet? Tune in to hear the other 5 lies Dawn addresses and the Scriptural truths that can set your mind free. 

Is this your first year of homeschooling? Do you have a houseful of littles? Maybe you're starting with Kindergarten and you've got a toddler or two and a baby tagging along. Or maybe you pulled your kids out of school and you have several children in multiple grades.  Perhaps you got thrown into "crisis schooling" last year and decided you enjoyed the time with your children and are now moving into homeschooling. Whatever your situation, this episode will give you the help and encouragement you need to make it your best first year of teaching your children at home! 

If you have ever walked through a crisis, you know that it is one of the hardest things in this life.   As a faithful mom, you need to know how to not only get yourself through trauma, but you have to help your children as well. And through it all, you must teach them to depend on the Lord to see them through. In this episode, Dawn shares how her husband being shot twice, a death in their immediate family, and multiple other crises have been handled over the past year.  Listen in to hear practical tips on walking your children through crisis, keeping yourself healthy while you help your children, and why it is absolutely essential to praise God through it all. 

In this brief update,  Dawn shares a bit about her husband's traumatic accident and the impact on their family. 

Are you tired of having your children use fill-in-the-blank Bible curriculum?  As Christian moms, we want to see more than our children filling in the blanks after reading what a textbook has to say about the Bible. We have a desire to see them study the Bible for itself. After all, the Bible says about itself, "For the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword..." When we rely on a textbook to digest the Scriptures for us and then deliver us the interpretation, we never experience the living Word of God "piercing our joints and marrow." In today's episode of the One Faithful Mom podcast, I am talking to Abby Banks of 4 One More about how to get started using the inductive method of Bible study with your children. For all the links that Abby and I discuss, head over to the show notes: onefaithfulmom.com/20 And be sure to listen to my episode with Abby on her podcast, Homeschool with Moxie! Look for episode #84 where we discuss all things relational mothering. Abby offered a coupon code for my listeners to get a FREE inductive Bible study that she has created to use with your own children! Just use the code TRYPSALM1 when you follow any of the links below.  Abby encourages you to go ahead and grab a study for both age groups if you have kids in both! Super generous, right? Psalm 1 Little Fishes Bible Study (grades K-4) https://www.4onemore.com/product/psalm-1-little-fishes-bible-study-grades-k-4/ Psalm 1 Inductive Bible Study: Self Study Workbook (grades 5-12) https://www.4onemore.com/product/psalm-1-inductive-bible-study-self-study-workbook-grades-5-12/ Psalm 1 Inductive Bible Study Video Lesson + Self Study Workbook (grades 5-12) https://www.4onemore.com/product/psalm-1-inductive-bible-study-video-lesson-self-study-workbook/ Psalm 1 Family Bundle (includes Little Fishes, Self Study Workbook & Video Lesson) https://www.4onemore.com/product/psalm-1-inductive-bible-study-family-bundle-video-lesson-self-study-workbook-little-fishes/

I hear it all the time, "How can you stand to be with your kids all day every day?" Almost like being with the children we made a decision to bear is some kind of awful punishment. Why would anyone ever choose to spend their day with their children? And if we do stay with them all day, well, surely we deserve some kind of medal. And surely we shouldn't still have feelings of love when bedtime rolls around, right? In this episode, I am giving you some real tips on how to be with your kids all.day.long. and still really love them when the day is over. Be sure to head over to onefaithfulmom.com/019 and leave a comment on this episode! Also, I included all the book links there so you can grab a book or two to help yourself love your children well. 

Homeschooling isn't just for the children. It's for you, too, Mama.  I have learned some pretty huge lessons in 25 years of teaching my children at home and in this episode, I am sharing 25 of those lessons with you. I even added a bonus lesson in there! If you think you know what learning at home is all about, listen in. I think you might be surprised by some of these lessons. God uses our children to teach us some pretty deep lessons.  For a list of the 25 lessons, head over to: onefaithfulmom.com/018 

Do you pray with your children? If so, fantastic! If not, why not? If you've never been a praying family, it's not too late to start! No matter how old your children are, or if they even still live at home, you can start being praying family today.  In this episode, Dawn shares how her family began to pray together daily and how it has evolved over the years. She also shares 4 easy ways to get started if you've not been a praying family before.  She closes out with tips on how to teach your children to pray for others, and how to get prayer requests from people you know so that your family can begin to invest in praying for others on a regular basis.  For show notes and links, head over to: onefailthfulmom.com/017 

In today's episode, Dawn chats with blogger, business coach, and mother of 8, Lisa Yvonne, about how a busy mom can find time to get into God's Word. Lisa shares some practical tips on how to spend time with the Lord even if you're surrounded by kids...or if you only have one or two. You'll be encouraged as you hear Lisa and Dawn talk about why God's Word must be a priority in your life and how to actually make it happen. Be sure to grab Lisa's FREE Grace-Filled Guide to Finding Quiet Time Every Day! For shownotes, head over to: onefaithfulmom.com/016

It's a fairly common piece of advice given to moms. it's thrown out by your friends, older moms, at homeschool meetings, Mom nights out, baby showers, etc. Moms are told that it's their job to work themselves right out of a job. And it's not true. The Bible is very clear that we are all created to work.  It is certainly true that our children of both sexes must learn how to manage a home; the cleaning, the cooking, the shopping, the finances. But it is definitely not true that our children should be running our home.  In this episode, I give you the Biblical perspective on working at home, why your children should not be in charge of running your home, and a very personal story on how I got way tangled up in some wrong thinking in this area.  For show notes, go to: onefaithfulmom.com/015