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Fathers are Wonderful People
Helen Steiner Rice
Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should ...
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills ...
And Father struggles daily
To live up to "HIS IMAGE"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...
And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion
That fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,
But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see,
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be ...
But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife ...
But fathers are just WONDERFUL
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolade of praise.
For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness ...
And like OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE.
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Convention 2009 - Advance Registration Deadline: Friday!
 Convention Advance Registration deadline is this Friday, June 19! It's your last chance to take advantage of pre-registration perks!
NEW for 2009! FREE Beginner Track Thursday Night!
New to home schooling? Know someone who is? Come Thursday night to the FREE beginner track! Hear from home schooling veterans Tim and Lyndsay Lambert, with the Texas Home School Coalition, and Mary James, president of Smoothing the Way. Gather information to get you started in your home schooling career!
 Meet Keynote Speaker John Erickson - aka Hank the Cowdog!
For many, no introduction is needed for our return keynote speaker John Erickson, better known as Hank the Cowdog! Your entire family will want to attend the evening sessions with Hank, Friday and Saturday, August 7-8!
John Erickson, a former cowboy and ranch manager, is gifted with a storyteller's knack for spinning a yarn. Through the eyes of Hank the Cowdog, the smelly, smart-aleck Head of Ranch Security, Erickson gives readers a glimpse of daily life on a ranch in the West Texas Panhandle.
 Special Fellowships
Feel like you are facing your home schooling battle alone? Come and be encouraged! Special Fellowships will again be hosted on Saturday afternoon! Be uplifted and ministered to as you hear how others have innovatively faced their situations. You'll be sure to gain ideas - and share what you've learned too!
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The Soft Bigotry of High Expectations
Rod Dreher of dallasnews.com debunks the notion that college is the natural destination for all high school graduates. To support his position, he reviews a new book by Matthew Crawford, Shop Class as Soul Craft. Crawford is a scholar who left academia to open a motorcycle shop. Read his article "The Case for Working with Your Hands."
Read Dreher's article....
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Make Quality Magazines Part of Your Home School
 Wouldn't you like your kids to read about nature from a Christian worldview? Or learn about current events from a conservative angle? When you join the Texas Home School Coalition Association, your benefits include discounted subscriptions to three quality magazines: World, Creation Illustrated, and Home School Digest. Each of these publications presents articles from a family-friendly viewpoint, with insightful articles that will inform and inspire your children and you.
Don't let another month pass without these quality periodicals in your home. Join THSC now! |
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Tour the Lone Star State
 Is it looking like your bank account won't support that world tour this summer? Who cares? We have everything we need right here at home. Texas is known as "The Land of Contrasts." Take some time this summer to find out for yourself all the hidden treasures in our great state.
Hint: You can even call them field trips and count them as school. Just don't tell the kids school is still in session!
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San Antonio CPS Workers Threaten Custodial Parent
After a couple was awarded custody of the man's son, they took him to a visit with his biological mother at the San Antonio CPS office. While they were there, a CPS worker told them they must immediately enroll the child in public school or lose custody of the child. When they appealed to the officer's supervisor, she supported the officer.
The family contacted THSC Association, and Tim Lambert wrote a letter to the San Antonio CPS office, informing them of their lack of jurisdiction in compulsory attendance laws. He enclosed the memo from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services that states that position and urged the two officials to leave the family alone or face legal action.
Read the letter.... |
Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, www.familymanweb.com
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A Father's First Role in Leadership
Doug Sims
Fatherhood is a journey that few men would have begun if they had bothered to read the fine print at the bottom of the contract before making the commitment. The physical responsibilities are sobering, but the frightening part of fatherhood is the spiritual, moral, and emotional demands it places on a man.
Early childhood is not too bad. Mom, frankly, carries most of the load. Dad learns to change diapers and to haul baby equipment, but there are almost no intellectual requirements. The young family appears to be on autopilot, and we begin to think fatherhood is not as perplexing as we have been led to believe.
One day, a small cloud appears on the horizon of our ignorant paradise. Junior discovers the joys of redecorating the house with applesauce and toilet paper. Or maybe your sweet daughter decides to give her brother a Mohawk, or tie a belt around his ankle and drag him through the back yard.
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Summer Events
June 26-27, Austin
CHEACT Convention and Book Fair
July 10-12, Arlington
July 18-19, Euless
August 6-8, The Woodlands
THSC State Convention & Family Conference
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