I was asked a question recently that I think rings true for many of us, so I want to share it - and then break it down - here today: "How can I reassure myself that I won't regret this lifestyle, that my young kids won'...
I was sent an email recently that I want to talk about here. It was based around the kinds of questions this parent gets from her mother: "How will your child cope in life if they aren't made to do things they don't want? If...
It's the question almost every home educating parent has faced (and probably will, again and again). From well-meaning family members, from total strangers, and - often - from our own voice inside our heads. It hits right where our schooling experiences have conditioned us to be most vulnerable...
I want to talk about that quiet, nagging voice that so often shows up in the quiet moments. When you're lying in bed at night thinking. When you see posts about other families doing seemingly amazing educational things. When someone asks how you'll handle high school...
