www.timberdoodle.com
Timberdoodle began in 1985 as the Deffinbaughs set out on their own homeschooling journey. Timberdoodle now serves second-generation Timberdoodle customers!
Timberdoodle began in 1985 as the Deffinbaughs set out on their own homeschooling journey. Timberdoodle now serves second-generation Timberdoodle customers!
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- Location:
- Shelton, WA, 98584
- Phone:
- 800-478-0672
- Mon - Thurs:
- 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Fri:
- 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Timberdoodle Company
Have the winter rains arrived at your house yet? Here, we have experienced heavy deluges of rain on and off for the last week, we have even had some heavy hail...
Nelda Griffin
Thanks for your November newsletter. Our 24 year old daughter has lived at home, except during times of ministry (helping friends and family). She is getting ready to be married in December, and I know we both feel she's been more protected just being home. We've also been bombarded with well meaning friends and fa...mily who insist she should have a place of her own. I'm one Mom who's so glad we stuck to our principles.Read More
Holly Moore Isaac
I really appreciated your article in your November newsletter! We've told our girls they don't have to move out (our oldest is 18 and in college at the moment), but have had relatives tell them that it's not normal. So we've had many discussions regarding this with our girls. It's hard when we tell them one thing, then... have another family member disagree in such a way that they question what we've told them. I appreciate the validation your article gave and also reading others' positive comments as well.Read More
Have you heard of Upturn? This game is a favorite at our house, especially on Community Group nights. The youngsters who attend our Community Group, ask us repeatedly to play this game again and again with them...
Mary Jo Harvey Attention Washington State Homeschool Families: We'd love to work with you! Visit www.meridian.wednet.edu/mp3 to see how your child can qualify for $1600 in edcuational materials/tutoring/lessons a year. This is a public school program.
Jay Lauser
This article was rebelutionary, and I thank Timberdoodle for sharing it. I pray that it will be heard and hearkened to.
http://www.therebelution.com
Tamsyn Spackman
I lived at home until I was 23 and got married, and that is a huge part of why I was able to graduate from college debt free. Free room and board is a huge scholarship, eh? I had the responsibility of paying for my schooling, and like every other member of the family, I pulled my load with the chores. My mom had 2 h...omebirths while I was in college, and looking back I really don't think I was a burden to them. Free babysitting! So many people told me that I was missing out on campus life, but I never felt that way and I don't regret my choice to stay home. Amidst so many changes in my life, I was grateful for the consistency of home life, and the opportunity I had to be involved with my siblings. College is over, and now I'm a mom, and I cherish the closeness I have with my siblings, and in turn the affection that they have for my children. Family truly is what's most important. Now they're being homeschooled together: http://www.professional-mothering.com/fr
Karen Mack Davis
Great article!! We have four adults and two children in our home currently. It is a joy to share our space with our 19 and 21 year old adult children. It is an adjustment and learning how to let our relationships advance to a new level. The oldest went out on her own for 2 years and is VERY happy to be back and not hav...ing to worry about all the bills. Having her back now is like growing another right arm. I want to give each of my children equal opportunity to go or stay as they need depending on how their life unfolds. I try to strike a balance between expecting their help and not taking advantage of them. The most difficult relationship right now is between my 19 year old son and my husband, his father - they are in the throes of trying to move to an adult relationship and I have to say it does get a little hairy and loud at times but I believe that they will make that transition. Eventually. Hopefully before my nerves are shot. ;-)Read More
Bonnie Darden DeFelice "As we rub shoulders ...... we know we are blessed to have the opportunity to enjoy each other every day." and "those adults who choose to remain in the home will always have more than enough opportunities for sanctification." Those were my favorite statements. It's also an opportunity for further sanctification for parents as well!
Jean Beck Pocha I agree with kids at home, working along side and such. Just need a home business that suits everyone. How about that for a discussion topic ? We live in a very rural area and there are limited jobs for everyone. It has been on my heart for years to have some kind of small business that all ages could work at. But where to start ? How to find out what would work ? ideas ? Experience ? Suggestions ????
Lynisa Swope Robinson As much as we loved homeschooling (our now 20 year old) son, it did not prepare us for the unbelievable joy we feel now sharing our lives (and home) with him as an adult. Thanks for starting this discussion. All of your points are so valid and I will use them in future discussions with the questioning world.
Dear Friends, Moving out at eighteen is a fairly recent, definitely cultural idea, one which regardless of the spiritual implications makes no economic or ecological sense. Does every eighteen-year-old need his own stove and refrigerator...
