Steve and Teri Maxwell have been married for over 46 years and are 30 year homeschooler veterans. They are parents to 8 grown children and grandparents to many.
Steve and Teri have written articles for parents for over 30 years, and we’ve combined many of their early newsletters so they’re easy for you to read: Just Around the Corner, Volumes 1 and 2. For only $10, you’ll receive nearly 800 pages of encouragement. The set would make a perfect gift for any parent!
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Recent Seriously Dads
- An Obit
- GIGO
- Weeds
- History Repeating
- Loving Spring
- How Long Can You Hang?
- Surprises Aren’t Always Good
- Contagious
- Laughter be Turned to Mourning
- Not That
- It Is a Serious Matter
- Powerful 8 Year Old
- Fine For Weather
- The Mission
- Hopefully Not You or Yours
- Close the Door dad
- Is The Season
- Junk or Jesus
- Dark Over Light
- Straddling The Fence
Recent Mom's Corners
- Expedient and Edifying
- Trying to Cool a Hot Topic
- Soul Nutrition
- Joy in Christ-Centered Christmas Traditions
- Simple but Strategic Ways to TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF CHRISTMAS
- What to Do When Siblings Squabble?
- Try Harder?
- Schedules and Chores
- Learn of God
- The Productive Summer Schedule for Homeschoolers
- Children’s Summer Chores
- Busy Moms Can Read the Bible
- How to Overcome DIscouragement for the Homeschool Mom
- Prioritizing Relationships That Matter
- In the Word: The Right Priority
- Quality Reading Books for Children
- The Importance of Gratefulness
- Family Time Doesn’t Just Happen
- Victim or Victor?
- Grandma’s Lessons: Back to the Basics, Part Four
Homeschool
- Three Crucial Steps to Fruitfully Start the Homeschool Year
- Sorting Out Decisions
- Seven Important Reasons Why Homeschoolers Should Give Report Cards
- A Homeschool Secret
- Homeschooling with Textbooks
- Scripture Memory and Bible Copying – Part 4
- Scheduling for Priorities and Flexibility
- A Voice for Homeschool Christian Textbooks
- School Year Preparations
- Our Desire for a Meek and Quiet Spirit
- Quietness, Confidence, and Strength
- First Day of School
- I Just Want To Be a Mommy
- Homeschool Textbook Curricula
- What Has Homeschooling Done for Us?
- Seventeen Down – Thirteen to Go
- A Mother’s Influence
- Decisions for the New School Year
- How to Homeschool a Dawdler
- School Year Planning
Dad's Leadership
- Time
- Trade Ya
- Don’t Be a Squirrel
- Grounded in Christ, Your Children – Part 1
- A Godly Legacy – Part 7
- A Godly Legacy – Part 6
- Dictator or Servant-Leader? – Part 1
- An Exercise of the Will – Part 2
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 6
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 5
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 4
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 3
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 2
- Protecting Against Deception – Part 1
- Don’t Let Balaam Seduce You
- Leading in Which Direction?
- Are You on a Collision Course?
- Can Dads Influence Their Children’s Spiritual Outcome? – Part 9
- Can Dads Influence Their Children’s Spiritual Outcome? – Part 5
- What’s Your Excuse?
Dad's Anger
Emotional Stress
Husband and Wife Communication-For Dads
Chores
Scheduling
- Schedules and Chores
- The Productive Summer Schedule for Homeschoolers
- Prioritizing Relationships That Matter
- Grandma’s Lessons: Back to the Basics, Part Two
- The Power of a Schedule
- Simplified Meal Strategies
- The Power of Time
- Three Crucial Steps to Fruitfully Start the Homeschool Year
- Three Top Pieces of Advice for Young Moms Starting Homeschooling, Part 1
- Sorting Out Decisions
- A Schedule Can Help with Depression
- Stress Busters – Part 1
- Time to Schedule!
- From Lazy to Self-Disciplined – Part 6
- From Lazy to Self-Disciplined – Part 5
- From Lazy to Self-Disciplined – Part 4
- Summer Schedules and Chores
- Time Management for Homeschool Moms through Scheduling Perseverance
- Second-Generation Scheduling
- Can a Scheduled Mom be Spirit-Led? – Part 2
A Dad's Vocation: Employed or Self-Employed?
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 6
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 5
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 4
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 3
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 2
- Making a Christ-Like Living in a Dog-Eat-Dog World – Part 1
Raising Godly Children
Family Bible Time
Child Training
- What to Do?
- Power in Discipling Children
- 3 Key Steps to DeStressing Life with Children
- Short and Sweet
- To or Not To?
- Do They Do It?
- The Difficult Child – Part 1
- Where Is the Fruit of Child Training?
- The Retraining Parade
- Expect Children to Be Children
- Training Children for Church
- How Long Does Character Growth Take?
- Pleasant Words Promote Instruction
- What Is a Mother to Do?
- Offensive Child Training
- Child Training
- Pleasant Disciplining