Shameless transcript thieves and other homeschool saboteurs put a poor light on all homeschoolers in the public eye. Many parents are working tirelessly to present their students’ scholarship in a respectable competitive document, and these bozos go and stick a clown nose on us all! Personal responsibility and integrity are a must,
Homeschool parents’ careless comments have the power to foster or foil their child’s confidence. The words we use matter. And here are a few we shouldn’t utter.
Homeschooling is full-time parenting and it is hard because parenting is hard. It requires us to give more of ourselves than is convenient. Anxious parents, more than ever before, are seeing homeschooling as a good option, but many continue to cling to old excuses to hide from the calling.
Homeschooling can grow sturdy kids and ripen parents to excellence… The risk of leaving things to the “professionals” who instruct kids via government mandates and cultural fads far outweighs the risks of taking on all of parenting… Break the ease of indifference, the comfort of distraction, and deny the insinuation of incompetence without professional oversight. Learn and grow alongside your kids and for your kids.
Homeschool planners are a great tool to help parents stay organized and inspire self-driven learning in older kids. Here’s how to get started, and some common pitfalls to avoid.
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