Turn Your Kids’ New Year’s Resolutions into Successful Goals

As this year comes to a close, the promise of a new one encourages many of us to create New Year’s Resolutions.  Let’s show our kids how to make this tradition more than just a fleeting wish or dream!   When it comes to goal setting, the most common and widely known...

Change Your Oww to Wow!

This week I was listening to an interview one of my mentors, Todd Herman, a peak performance coach, had with Marie Forleo.  (It was a great interview!  Google it.)  He was discussing a concept that dealt with having an Oww brain mindset or a Wow brain mindset.  As I...

Looking for Homeschoolers to Feature in our Blog

We Want to Hear From You! One of the best ways to grow and learn, as well as to get amazing new ideas is to look to someone who has already accomplished something you would like to do or know more about. Here at Homeschool with Confidence, we are constantly talking...

How High School and College Teachers See Incoming Homeschoolers

Recently I have run across several articles discussing how prepared, and not prepared, homeschool kids are to enter the high school or college learning scene.  This got me curious, so I talked to a few teachers as well as homeschool students who have made the...

Gratitude is the special sauce in life

Happy, successful people consistently have one thing in common.  They are grateful.  They actively search for silver linings and their glasses are always half full.  Getting in the habit of being grateful is easily one of the most important practices you can teach...