Home of the Brave

Every American holiday carries a story worth telling. Most families just aren't telling it.

Home of the Brave: Raising Patriots One Holiday at a Time gives parents the tools to change that. Organized by holiday from New Year's Day through Christmas, each chapter delivers the history behind the celebration, the American civic values it embodies, the Christian faith it honors, and the practical traditions families can start using this week.

Jana Spruce is not your typical parenting author. A former aerospace engineer who led the team that won NASA's $1.7B next-generation spacesuit contract and led the team that built and flew Blue Ghost Mission 1, the first fully successful commercial moon lander, she is also a mother of five who has spent decades figuring out how to raise children who know what they stand for. She writes the way she talks: warm, direct, and with zero patience for vague advice.

This is not a book about celebrating more. It's about celebrating intentionally. Spruce shows families how to use the calendar they already keep as a year-round curriculum in character, history, and faith. Each chapter includes age-differentiated activities for children ages 3 through 18, discussion questions for the dinner table and the car ride home, food traditions, and a family prayer. Parents don't need a new plan. They need a better use of the one they're already living.

Home of the Brave fills a gap that has been wide open in the parenting market: a book for families who love both God and country and want practical, structured ways to pass both on. For the growing number of parents who feel the culture working against their values at every turn, this book is the counterweight they've been looking for.