Hal & Melanie Young
Hal & Melanie Young are the homeschooling parents of eight and the authors of several books, including Raising Real Men, My Beloved and My Friend, and the Amazon bestseller Love, Honor, and Virtue. They host the podcast “Making Biblical Family Life Practical” and are popular conference speakers throughout North America, known for a focus on Christ, grace, and stories about practical application of the Bible day-to-day. They have six sons and two daughters, with four grown and four still sharing noisy, messy happiness in eastern North Carolina.
Workshops
Wednesday, June 9
Relax Your High School for Academic Success
Is it possible to have well-educated kids without drowning in a sea of drudgery? All five of Hal & Melanie’s homeschool graduates were offered academic scholarships to great colleges, even though they’ve been very relaxed homeschoolers–at least, once Melanie got her feet under her. Learn the difference between learning and schooling and hear what’s important that you get done — and what’s not! This workshop will lift your burdens and free you up to enjoy these years with your children AND prepare them for their future.
Homeschooling is Not Enough
It makes no sense to pour our lives into homeschooling only to stumble at the finish line. We’ve got to pass the baton of Christian adulthood to our children, and it can’t happen overnight. Hal and Melanie talk about this critical time in our children’s lives and how to transition from the benevolent dictator our 11-year-olds need to the trusted advisor of our adult children. Let’s all finish well and prepare our sons and daughters to be servants of the Most High–even when we can’t make them any more!
Thursday, June 10
Parenting Without Losing Heart (Yours or Theirs)
You don’t hear much about the relationship with your children unless somehow you’ve lost it, but relationship is one of the most important parts of being a parent. Learn how to parent your child’s heart, how to build a healthy, unbroken relationship with them, and how to regain trust if you’ve already seen that distance in their eyes. Award-winning parenting authors Hal & Melanie Young have raised six of their eight children to adulthood so far and their adult kids are their best friends.