Steve and Teri Maxwell have been married for over 40 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 25 years, and we’ve combined many of their early newsletters so they’re easy for you to read: Just Around the Corner Volumes. 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
- Where Is It?
- The Curse of Summer
- Just How Committed?
- Buddy, Got a Penny?
- Glory Bubble Anyone?
- Daily Bible Time Foundational for Families
- Who’s Greater?
- The Secret Sauce
- Clear Guidance
- If Only
- What Brings You Joy?
- Sweeten Your Marriage?
- Ya Like Salt?
- How Would You Rate?
- Guaranteed Cure for Too Busy
- Will You be Next?
- Two Schools of Thought
- A Lesson From Arnold
- Full Circle
- Craftsmen
Recent Mom's Corners
- The Well Planned, Well-Executed Homeschooler’s Summer
- The Homeschool Chore Team
- How to Schedule Your Homeschool Day
- What to Do?
- Power in Discipling Children
- Christmas Joy or Christmas Failure?
- 3 Key Steps to DeStressing Life with Children
- Simplified Meal Strategies
- The Modern Curse
- The Power of Time
- More Mature Than Your Children?
- Deborah Claims Her Summer
- Mother’s Day Thoughts
- Making God Real to Our Children
- Would Your Boss Fire You?
- Short and Sweet
- Bossy, Controlling Daughters
- Joy in Giving
- Where’s the Respect?
- I Can
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
- 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
- Can a Scheduled Mom be Spirit-Led? – Part 1
- Scheduling for Priorities and Flexibility
- The Scheduling Key
- Benefits of Summer Scheduling
- A Voice for Homeschool Christian Textbooks
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