Show Notes Everyone who has ever pondered homeschooling has doubted themselves at some point. Am I going to ruin my child? How can I teach them? I don't have a teaching degree. I don't want them to have a bunch of gaps in their education. These are all along the same...
We’ve made plenty of mistakes on our homeschooling journey. And whether it’s shoddy math that Maeve’s teaching at home, or pulling into the dirtiest, busiest Olive Garden on a 16-hour road trip, we don’t want you to repeat our mistakes.
Are you worried about staying consistent in your homeschool? Dying to find the perfect routine that you’ll stick to forever? It’s a struggle for me too! Let me let you in on my secrets. I promise they’re fun, and your children will not only thrive, but love doing them.
Stopping my eye-roll is a real struggle for this veteran homeschool mom when curious people ask, But, how will you socialize them?” They act like we lock our kids up in a cinder block cell through all the daylight hours every Monday-Friday. I’ve always had plenty of rebuttals for this question, but now that I’ve read what the catechism says about socialization, there will be no shutting me up!
Homeschool parents, we SELDOM get a break. Anxiety and feelings of being overwhelmed can constantly build if we don’t use strategies to manage that. Yes, couples massages and mani/pedis are great for self-care, but how often can we squeeze those into our schedule?
The strategies in this episode are essential in protecting our children from the sad statistics of depression, self-harm, and other stress-induced illnesses plaguing this generation. One Silicon Valley School reports as many as 80% of students suffer from moderate to severe depression!