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Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Can't quite get a handle on those personal finances? So many of us think we learned all we needed to know about money in school but the truth is we were simply taught how to be good consumers. Were you told to get good grades so you could get a good job once you graduated? Has anyone asked for your report card since then? Do you know what a financial statement is? Well, a financial statement is your report card in the real world. Looking back I cringe to think of all the time and money I wasted before learning the facts about money. Not until I began teaching personal finance to our own children did I learn the truth about money. After countless hours of reading and research I am able to narrow my recommended reading list of financial books to the following three: Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Increase Your Financial IQ by Robert Kiyosaki and The Laws of Success in 16 Lessons by Napoleon Hill.  Kiyosaki will teach you the difference between poor p...

Unschooling Unexpected Benefits and Challenges {Friday Five} Sometimes the only way to understand this unschooling thing is to experience it first hand. I love it when a parent shares their own experience and can make heads or tails of it...eventually. Keep exploring moms and dads and keep sharing your home-based education discoveries. Connect with Guerrilla Homeschooling on Facebook!

Want a Healthier Family? 12 Health Benefits of Homeschooling Yet another great article by the brilliant Linda Dobson. As a parent of grown homeschoolers she and many others like her could have just walked away after raising their children. With our collective experience and passion for homeschooling I'm happy to see so many of us still helping other parents learn about this natural and historic way to educate children. Thank you, Linda! Connect with Guerrilla Homeschooling on Facebook!

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The following DOs and DON'Ts for a successful homeschool experience are being presented in a series to allow for digestion and discussion. After homeschooling/unschooling my own children for over 22 years I've discovered what worked and what didn't work for us was universal. Feel free to add your comments and concerns or ask questions. #16 DO look for ways to finance your homeschooling journey . Often homeschool families will decide there should be at least one stay-at-home parent while the other works a full-time job. Being a stay-at-home mom or dad doesn't mean giving up an income. Read 10 Ways To Pay For Your Homeschooling to learn how to finance your homeschool. Our present economy is rather rickety at the moment. It's best to start now preparing for a sustainable way to finance your homeschool before being forced to make hasty decisions later on. #16 DON'T feel pressured to send your child to college. College attendance is highly overr...

The following DOs and DON'Ts for a successful homeschool experience are being presented in a series to allow for digestion and discussion. After homeschooling/unschooling my own children for over 22 years I've discovered what worked and what didn't work for us was universal. Feel free to add your comments and concerns or ask questions. #15 DO teach personal finance in your homeschool . These are precarious times as far as the global economy is concerned. How is your economy? By teaching personal finance to your children you will finally receive the education concerning money, investing, debt, economics, business, liabilities, assets, barter, budgets, unions, and cash flow that you were denied in public school. Public schools teach consumer finance NOT investment finance. You need to know both and the difference between them. Learn to invest! Start sharing this information with your children by getting them a piggy bank. Better yet, get them several ba...

The following DOs and DON'Ts for a successful homeschool experience are being presented in a series to allow for digestion and discussion. After homeschooling/unschooling my own children for over 22 years I've discovered what worked and what didn't work for us was universal. Feel free to add your comments and concerns or ask questions. #14 DO find some quiet space to call your own and use downtime for reflection, problem solving and planning . To let you in on a little secret, my favorite place for this was in my van while waiting for our children when they attended piano lessons. I would have a solid hour and a half all to myself to read, pay bills or simply enjoy the solitude. When the children are young take advantage of nap-time to do this. I promise you the dirty laundry and dishes in the sink will still be there but the rejuvenation and clarity you experience from that down-time will make housekeeping far more enjoyable. As your children grow olde...

The following DOs and DON'Ts for a successful homeschool experience are being presented in a series to allow for digestion and discussion. After homeschooling/unschooling my own children for over 22 years I've discovered what worked and what didn't work for us was universal. Feel free to add your comments and concerns or ask questions. #13 DO include your children in your life...warts and all . This can be done without depriving your children of a happy and memorable childhood. By 'warts and all'   I'm talking about explaining your frustrations with minor things such as household bills, relationships, unruly relatives you'd rather not spend time with, politics, money and your own lack of knowledge. Life and children don't come with handbooks. We as parents don't have all the answers and many of us are still finding our way in this world. Children have the uncanny ability to teach us about life, love and letting go of our hang-up...

Ron Paul may have lost the 2012 New Hampshire primary but his message is resonating across America. I'm tired of hawk politicians and all the presidents in my life time have been war mongers. It's time for some peace. Let me ask you, do you support this: How can we teach our children to be peaceful when the powerful around us continue to inflict their policies and military might against us all on this earth. Many of us naively believed we left this deliberate destruction behind us after Viet Nam. We were duped then and we are being duped now. Some of us have awakened from our stupor but many have not. I do believe the 2012 presidential election is truly for the soul of this country. We cannot learn in freedom if there is no truth and no liberty in which to teach our own. The public schools in this country have kept the masses stupid long enough. Get the children out. Get them out and teach them the truth. How much more truth than a baby's cry do you need? Connect with Guerr...