Anna Sofia Botkin's Blog, page 9

Radio Interview with Kevin Swanson

We were very honored to be guests on the Generations radio show again, this time on the subject of our new CD, "What our Father Taught us About Boys."

From the Generations website:

What our Daughters Need to Know About Young Men
Interview: Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin

In a Eros-filled society, people hardly know how to relate to each other, and the problem is particularly difficult for our unmarried young men and women. The Botkin sisters join us again on this edition of Generations to...

A Review of "Homeschool Dropouts"

A very kind review of our family's latest documentary:

For Christmas 2009, I asked for the new DVD Homeschool Dropouts: Why The Second Generation is now Headed for a Spiritual Wasteland. And I got it! I was so excited to receive this DVD and I watched it that day. I was shocked, convicted, humbled, pricked, challenged, filled with despair, brought to tears, filled with hope, and awakened to a growing movement: Homeschool dropouts.

Why write a review of this product?

First off, I want to say...

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Geoffrey Botkin's Saturday Morning Online Mentoring

Our father's first online mentoring session was a wonderful success, and men tuned in from at least five different countries to listen in. The subject of this session was "Defending the Faith by Loving Your Wife."

Dad doing one of the things he does best: answering questions from Scripture. Here he tackles, "How do you shepherd and lead your wife without being a tyrant?"

Behind the scenes: Handling the technical details.

By popular request...

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What Our Father Taught Us About Boys

How to Relate to Brothers in Christ: A Practical Guide

Our father started teaching us about boys when we were still in our highchairs. Understanding that girls are practically born with an awareness of boys, romance and marriage, our parents figured they couldn't start too early, teaching us the right perspectives before we eagerly absorbed all of the wrong ones. This message is a collection of the most helpful things our father ever taught us about romance, friendships, flirting, shyness...

How Twilight is Re-Vamping Romance

A Horror Story About a Horror Story

Once upon a dark and stormy year, tens of millions of women and girls, all ages, all nations, all religions, fell under the spell of one 17-year-old boy…

who was not even human…

and was not even real.

This imaginary man-god from the underworld became the new standard by which millions of real husbands, boyfriends and suitors were weighed in the balance and found wanting. To millions of women, reality began to pale in comparison to his dark and fantastical...

Movieguide Reviews Return of the Daughters

Movieguide has just posted their recent review of the DVD Return of the Daughters on their website. The DVD received ratings of +4 and 4 stars for content and quality, the highest possible. From the review:

Appealing yet controversial, this manifesto of Christian daughterhood is beautifully produced and sure to provoke families into examining the scriptural and cultural foundations of their ambitions for their daughters.

Read the full review here:

Announcing: Homeschool Dropouts

Our family is pleased to announce the release of our newest documentary, Homeschool Dropouts: Why the Second Generation is Now Headed for a Spiritual Wasteland.

Go here for more information.

Helping our Fathers by… Helping our Mothers

Our dear friend Jasmine Baucham just wrote an excellent, very practical answer to the question, "How can I help my father without stepping on the toes of my mother, his one true helpmeet?" (our paraphrase — read the entire question here)

There is a reason we usually emphasize fathers in our writings (actually, there are six reasons), but it's not because we think mothers are less important. (This is why one of the first articles we wrote up for Visionary Daughters was "What About Mom?", one...

Watch Our Father on AFA Channel Tonight

This evening our father, Geoffrey Botkin, will be a guest on the American Family Association's live two-and-a-half hour webcast "American Education – Do You Know What You're Paying For?" Listen here, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (CT).

From the press release:

AFA promotes a Christian's role in education

American Family Association (AFA) will be sponsoring a live webcast tonight providing a two-and-a-half hour look at the issues that challenge Christians regarding the education of their...