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Raise Them UP!Is Overuse of Profanity Harming Our Society?How second nature profanity has become in our society & even in Congress.
The way that we speak reflects the way that we feel.
Swearing is “lazy language.”
Cursing is an excuse for thinking.
Judy Gruen talks about being a religious Jew and they avoid being around anyone who uses profanity including comedians.
The sinful nature of cursing
Fred gives biblical examples-quotes Scripture verses.
Parents are the first teachers and it’s best not to curse in front of your your children.
Judy then gives...2025-04-1745 min
Raise Them UP!Fred Pry, VP of Administration at CEFIntroduction-Sponsorship mention: Wicks Family Grace Foundation
Fred Pry: describes what is Child Evangelism Fellowship Ministry.
Announces that he is no longer “Acting VP of Administration, but the Vice President of CEF
Fred talks about how CEF was founded & how long it has been around and who they serve worldwide.
I reference the article what brought Fred Pry into the studio about Undertanding the 6-Vital Keys to Spiritual Growth for Kids after they accept Christ.
Prayer, but not rote prayer, but encourage children to have a conversation with God.
...2025-03-2536 minRaise Them UP!Katy McKinney- Founder & Headmaster of Academy de LafayetteOn this episode of Raise Them Up! host Fred Zielonko talks to Katy McKinney, founder and headmaster of the Academy de Lafayette, whose student body was ranked by the classic learning tests as having one of the highest test scores in the nation for the 2023-24 academic year.
How Katy came to name the school she founded and is the headmaster back in 2017.
Katy started out as a teacher in California, sold investments, and then decided she did not want to be a public education teacher
Moved to St. Louis and learned about homeschooling and...2025-02-2151 min
Raise Them UP!Natalie Mack: Home School Consultant for Military FamiliesNatalie is a homeschool mother of five. Four of the five children have graduated college. Still homeschooling one. Has been homeschooling for over 23-years.
Why she became a homeschool mom… When her military chaplain husband got transferred to California, she gave up her therapy license in Maryland and decided then to homeschool mom.
Not anti-public school but favors homeschooling.
She is now a public speaker and author. She talks about how God opened doors for you, but no need to walk through them at one time.
Please put in an amazon li...2025-01-0935 min
Raise Them UP!Raise Them UP! Episode 6Sikkenga, a political professor works at the Ashbrook Center in Ashland Ohio
He’s co-author of “It’s a Republic if We Can Teach It”
We discuss the book & the hunger for a deep civics’ education-but young people are not getting it- less time devoted to civics. Time is being devoted elsewhere.
Schools don’t teach civics along with U.S. History. Causing a crisis because it’s difficult to keep a republic when young people don’t know what a republic is.
Ashland University is educating teachers on how to teach civics cen...2024-12-0430 minRaise Them UP!Child's PlayHost: Fred Zielonko
Guest: Dr. Peter Gray-Evolutionary Research Psychologist -Boston College & Expert on Child’s Play-His primary book is “Free to Learn.”
Fred sets up a scenario for Dr. Gray to analyze his own 1960’s upbringing.
Dr. Gray said Fred’s childhood mirrors his childhood in the 1950’s growing up in Minnesota.
Dr. Gray expounds about how, due to changes in the world, we have limited child’s play that in turn has limited child development. We are not allowing children to become independent via the use of play.
Dr. Gray explains how he became inte...2024-10-2251 minRaise Them UP!Christian Worldview Speaker & Author Israel WayneIsrael explains how his mother helped originate the modern homeschool movement in 1983 & subsequently published a homeschool magazine
11- years ago he started Family Renewal along with his wife. And, he speaks at 30- to-50 events per year.
How he followed in his mother’s business & how he and his sister proofread his mother’s magazine.
How difficult it was initially to reach teenagers. Dr. George Barna’s research said that a child’s worldview is locked in by age 12. So, that is why it is important for parents to reach children or disciple them as...2024-09-091h 00
Raise Them UP!Steve Noble founder of Noble U online homeschool resourceSteve talks about being an old friend-he’s 58
How God maneuvered him into what he is doing now – talked about what he did in his previous life as a non-believer.
How he got into teaching civics to high school homeschoolers in 2012.
Steve talked about adding Christian ethics, what he has his degree in, to his civics foundational course. Curriculum comes from BJU Press-Bob Jones University. He then altered that material to make it applicable to current events.
He calls it “Teaching in Real Time.”
Why Civics? Why did he start wi...2024-07-2339 min
Raise Them UP!2: The History of the Homeschool HubFred interviews Dr. Angela Watson on the history of the Homeschool Hub and why she created it.
The Homeschool Hub helps parents find the policies and regulations all in one place and how researchers, media and state policymakers can search the resource state-to-state. How California, for example, varies from other states.
Tune in to hear how the Homeschool Hub works, how parents access it and special interest pages…such as black & brown homeschooling & special needs homeschooling.2024-06-1833 min
Raise Them UP!1: What Do You Do When Homeschooling Is Hard?Homeschooling is a blessing, but it can also be chaotic and incredibly challenging. Things don’t always go the way you plan. Emotions can run high and there’s a lot to navigate: Learning styles, teaching styles, curriculum, extra-curriculars, scheduling, legal requirements, co-ops... and so much more! It’s enough to leave any homeschooling parent feeling overwhelmed and discouraged.
If you’ve been homeschooling for a while and things just aren’t going the way you hoped, what do you do? Is homeschooling just not working for you? Or is there something you can do to make homeschool...2024-05-1535 min