Hey moms, welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm Dorenda Wilson,

and if you are new here, you might not know much about me. So I'll tell you real quick that I've

been married to Daryl for 32 years. We have eight kids, ages 17 to 30, five boys and three girls.

We also have eight grandkids, and we've been homeschooling for over 26 years. And I'm really

grateful that you're here today. If you are a regular listener,

welcome back. I am so grateful for all of you. The podcast is growing like crazy and

praise the Lord. I just am so grateful that I can be an encouragement to that many moms.

It's the wonder of technology, right?

Well, I am, like I said, very glad that all of you are here,

new listeners, old listeners, regular listeners.

And before I dive into the topic that I'm going to be discussing today,

I'm going to be talking about basically kind of cultivating an environment at home that helps grow our kids' character. So before I

dive into that and explain a little bit more about what I'm talking about, I wanted to let you know if you are interested in checking out a few books that I've written.

I'll just name them off real quickly.

It's the four-hour school day, how you and your kids can thrive in the homeschool life.

And this is based on our 26 years of homeschooling our kids,

our eight kids, and just me sharing my heart. And I think it'll be a real encouragement to you.

This is a great book, not just for new homeschoolers, but for homeschoolers who have been doing

this for a while. And, you know,

sometimes we just need a little boost of encouragement why we're doing what we're doing. And I think

I really bring out some points that are worth thinking about that maybe you haven't thought about

before. But overall, it is just just, just packed, actually, packed with encouragement. So check out the four-hour

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