Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #206331 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 244 pages

Customer Reviews

Wonderful: genuine, practical, and detailed oriented
As a potential home-educator, I'm finding some of the best parenting books are written by home-educators. I'm not Christian, but I found her use of scripture to be balanced, uplifting, and un-preachy--in other words you don't half to weed through pre-texted rants to obtain the information you need. I also enjoyed reading the personal narrative aspect of this book; I really appreciated how she illustrates through examples, daily life with a challenging child or two. Wonderful, detailed oriented suggestions, and plans. She offers resources that she has personal experience with, and is not advertising products. Something else I greatly appreciated about this book was the balance. You won't find "everybody is out to get me because I home school" or "reactionary conspiracy theories" if you need to use public school resources. This is a great parenting book period.
Worth your time, and money, IMO.

Christian Perspective Pervasive Throughout
I would not have bought this book if I knew that Christine Field is so incredibly religious. I specifically looked around the internet to find out if the book was written from a Christian perspective, couldn't find a word mentioning God or Christianity, and I thought I was buying a book written objectively. Boy am I sorry I'm stuck trudging through the God this and God that sections to get to anything worth reading. This might be a great book for someone who leans on God for inspiration. It's not the book for me, and I probably won't have the stomach to finish it.

Tips for managing a successful home education program
Former trial lawyer turned homeschool mother Christine M. Field presents Homeschooling the Challenging Child: A Practical Guide, written especially for parents who turn to homeschooling because their children cannot thrive in a traditional educational environment due to special, physical, or emotional needs. Chapters address how to deal with issues stemming from various learning disabilities, attention disorders, personality clashes, learning styles, discipline problems, managing stress and discouragement, how to plan a program, the importance of keeping in mind the tenets of God's love and forgiveness, and much more. Hands-on tips for managing a successful home education program, as well as how to obtain professional help from support groups and other such resources round out this superb guide for home schoolers or would-be home-schoolers of all persuasions - not just those whose child faces special obstacles.