Homeschooling in Public Straddling the Fault Line Between Homeschool and the Public-Schooled Community
The community may welcome us (and our money) to join in the activities we are just as entitled to, but it doesn’t always agree with our choice to homeschool. Is it worth it? Absolutely. But it isn’t always easy. How we dealt with an adult homeschool bully.
Homeschooling a Hardheaded Child The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Stuff No One Talks About
Why won’t he just do his work? He spends more time complaining about doing it than it takes to just do it. There is no magic pill or method of coaxing your child into quiet obedience. My advice for homeschooling a hardheaded child:
Do Not Let Anyone Push You Into Homeschooling You Have to Jump On Your Own!
I believe there are a handful of people who contact me every summer in hopes that I will talk them into homeschooling. They are stricken with indecision and the approaching end of summer break is like that lifeguard’s whistle signaling time is almost up. Either jump off the homeschool high dive or climb back down to the status quo.
Here is a list of reasons why I will not push you into homeschooling…
Even Homeschool Moms Form Cliques And Other Things I Have Learned While Homeschooling
Turns out, I have also accumulated a few trinkets of homeschool wisdom along the way…#13 Just go to the movies. CPS is not camped out behind the neighbors begonias. If public schools can take all day field trips to six flags and call it educational, you can go see the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid and call it journalism.
Hi! I’m Jennifer…
…writer & speaker of homeschool truth, humor and inspiration. Laugh along as I keep things ‘real’ about life as homeschool family. Turns out…you don’t have to raise goats or wear denim jumpers after all!
