The Home Schooling Father [Paperback]

Michael P. Farris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2002

Home school fathers face special challenges. No one knows this better than home schooling father Mike Farris, president of Home School Legal Defense Association and father of 10. Mike offers insight and guidance from years of experience. This book is a "must have" for your growing home school section.

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About the Author

A leading pro-family activists on Capital Hill, Michael Farris is a constitutional lawyer, author, ordained minister and father of ten. He was an honors graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law. Founder and president of the Home School Legal Defense Association with 60,000 member homeschool families and a staff of sixty, Mike also finds the time for other interests. He is the President of Patrick Henry College, opening in the fall of 2000. He also hosts a daily radio show Home School Heartbeat broadcasting on ove 900 stations. He is the Chairman of the Madison Project, a grassroots Political Action Committee which has given over $1,000,000 to pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution candidates for Congress. Most importantly, together with Vickie, his wife of 27 years, Mike has ten home-schooled children ranging in age from 23 years to 2 years. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 117 pages
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080542587X
• ISBN-13: 978-0805425871
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #567,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Parenting & Families > Parenting > School-Age Children

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Homeschooling Father, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Home Schooling Father (Paperback)

Great to see something targeted at the Fathers role for Homeschoolers. My husband felt a little left out of the Homeschool process as we began as well as a little uncertain of how everything would work. A good support material and reinforcement. So necessary to have a strong male role especially when raising 3 boys.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We all need a kick in the pants!, July 29, 2002

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Erik1988 "beingawriter dot wordpress dot com" (Folsom, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Home Schooling Father (Paperback)

1) Book is short because it is straight to the point. Unlike many books I read they are about 50% fully of examples. Examples and stories that prove the point are many times necessary and usefull but I really liked that he simply stated his point and moved on. Thus I read this book in about an hour and a half.
2) He hits on the major things we as Christian men should be doing. I believe if we are fulling our responsibilities then everything else will fall into place.
3) Don't mistake this book being short as not having value. Even though I read it in less than two hours I have about 2 months of planning of how to incorporate the ideas shared into my life or how I need to work at some new habits (or old habits that have been forgotten) in order to set the example for my kids.
4) Many times I'll read a book and not agree with certain parts of it...which is ok, since the key is that we learn and grow from some portion of what we read. In this book, every chapter presented I had no argument against and thus was left with a sense of responsibility that I could no longer avoid in certain areas of my life.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real encouragement, June 29, 2007

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Ed Groover "pastorgroover" (Dighton, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Home Schooling Father (Paperback)

Farris provides great, specific encouragement for fathers of homeschooling families. Even if your situation will not allow you to homeschool your children, this is powerful for all fathers.