What We're Reading and Our Homeschool Read Alouds ll January 2023

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 Sharing our reads from January including some educational reads, biographies, and more!

Join The Creative2xmom Family on their journey of being a family of 5! 💑21yrs led to 👱17 yrs, 👧14 yrs, and 👱 11 yrs. The Resolution for Women Review: http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-resolution-for-women-review.html Finding Our Way Forward Review: http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2023/01/finding-our-way-forward-review.html What We Read in December 2023: http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/12/what-were-reading-and-our-homeschool_29.html Winter Reading List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-UZaL838gg My Mom Notebooks ll Homeschool Tools for Mom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJXr... Five Books that Shaped Me as a Parent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P59Ud... 2022-23 Homeschool Read Alouds: http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/07/our-homeschool-read-aloud-list-ll-2022.html Contact us for business inquiries, reviews and collaborations: BethAnn_97@hotmail.com C O N N E C T subscribe at http://www.youtube.com/creative2xmom read at http://www.creative2xmom.blogspot.com like me on http://www.facebook.com/creative2xmom follow me on https://www.instagram.com/creative2xmom/ https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... Music Attribution: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod FTC Disclosure: This video is not sponsored. *This video is not intended for audiences under 13 years.

Five Non-Negotiables for Busy Homeschool Days

*This post was originally published on 4/20/22.  Enjoy!

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Some days are just busy... errands, appointments, field trips... when life encroaching, what do you do to help you feel successful? Join The Creative2xmom Family on their journey of being a family of 5! 💑20yrs led to 👱16 yrs, 👧14 yrs, and 👱 10 yrs. DIY Charlotte Mason Book of Centuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9mcel_Xwg Tips for a More Affordable Homeschool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_3sTqtakac&t=2s Continuing Education for Homeschool Parents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJW9sy6Wd8&t=3s Contact us for business inquiries, reviews and collaborations: BethAnn_97@hotmail.com C O N N E C T subscribe at http://www.youtube.com/creative2xmom read at http://www.creative2xmom.blogspot.com like me on http://www.facebook.com/creative2xmom follow me on https://www.instagram.com/creative2xmom/ https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/52903?ref=nav_mybooks Music Attribution: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod FTC Disclosure: This video is not sponsored. *This video is not intended for audiences under 13 years.

Weekend Links ll January 27, 2023

Homeschooling after the Holidays

Tuna Avocado Brown Rice Bowls

History of Groundhog Day Printables

This Week: 

What I'm Cooking:

My favorite meal this week was Fajita Salad... grilled chicken seasoned with cumin and lime juice, sauteed peppers and onions, and a HUGE bed of lettuce.  Amazing!  Easy, healthy, fresh... it's a family favorite and easy enough for mid-week.

What I'm Reading:

Wow!  I'm reading In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass and it's so good.  So good and so ... deep? I'm enjoying it, it's good, but... my poor brain feels old.  Think I might need to put this one down for awhile and pick up some fiction.

What I'm Doing:

What I'm Enjoying:

Buttered popcorn...

Afternoon bike rides...

Encouraging homeschool reads...

Date nights!!!

What are you up to?

Finding Our Way Forward {Review}

Parenting young adults at any time in history is a challenge.  They're growing into new thoughts and ways of living.  And as parents, we're readjusting our role and letting go of expectations.  This day and age has added an additional layer of challenge as parents are navigating a shifting world along with their shifting roles.  So how can we successfully launch our 18 year olds into adult life?  And how can we feel confident in the way forward?

Author Melanie Springer Mock brings her years of parenting, combined with her years of teaching experience together in her new book, Finding Our Way Forward, to talk about how we parent in the adult years.  Written post-pandemic, Mock addresses the shifting times we live in and how Gen Z is finding their way.  Mock also calls upon her readers to look to the new generation to lead the way in what she finds to be innovative ways of living and thinking.  She points out how the old ways of living and leading are no longer working, and how to observe these young adults for better ways of moving forward.

I found Mock's book to be extremely off putting and off base.  What she's calling for is a radical abdication of established norms in favor of untested principles.  Throughout the book, wherever old patterns find themselves at odds with newer ideas, the older ways of doing things are always discounted as out of date.  The new is what will work.  While I do believe our young adults are smart and innovative, to say that they're going to save us is shortsighted and dangerous.  Additionally, Mock is extremely biased and stereotypes large groups of people.  She repeatedly brings up the "white evangelical" church with a tone of distain and stereotypes "white cisgender men" multiple times throughout the book.  And these are just two examples.  Finding Our Way Forward is full of judgement on multiple groups of people.  Furthermore, she perpetuates political biases that have been discredited; still she repeats them as fact.

I had such high hopes for this book.  I really tried to come to Finding Our Way Forward with an open mind, ready to learn.  But I walked away from the book with such a distaste for Mock's work.  Other than a few ideas about how to encourage our young adults, there's nothing in this title that I would recommend.  Greatly disappointed in this one and would warn my readers to run far from it.

*Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for free.  All opinions are my own.

Top Fifteen Reads from 2022

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 Today my top fifteen reads from 2022... some parenting, Christian living, and of course, some fantastic fiction!!!

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BethAnn_97@hotmail.com My Top Ten Books of 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9RQh8rJ_8&t=12s

My Top Fifteen Books from 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_poX422Jc

Our Homeschool Resolutions for 2023 (and My Word of the Year):

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2023/01/our-homeschool-resolutions-for-2023.html

Raising Successful Teens Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2019/09/raising-successful-teens-review.html

Homeschool Bravely Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2019/03/homeschool-bravely-review.html

Giving Your Words Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/11/giving-your-words-review.html

Thursday's Child Review: 

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2021/10/thursdays-child-review.html

Far to Go Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/03/far-to-go-review.html

The Dragon and the Stone Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-dragon-and-stone-review_01769838682.html

The Prince and the Blight Review:

http://creative2xmom.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-prince-and-blight-review.html C O N N E C T subscribe at http://www.youtube.com/creative2xmom read at http://www.creative2xmom.blogspot.com like me on http://www.facebook.com/creative2xmom follow me on https://www.instagram.com/creative2xmom/ https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/52903?ref=nav_mybooks Music Attribution: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod FTC Disclosure: This video is not sponsored. *This video is not intended for audiences under 13 years.