Just Enough and Nothing More

We’ve all experienced it - that fear, in the middle of the night, that the decision to homeschool will ruin our kids. Here’s a trick to deal with homeschool fear and anxiety.

When parents find themselves in a position to decide whether to send kids to school or to homeschool, it’s pretty common that parents put “it’s a lot of hard work” on the con side of homeschooling.

Imagine showing a video of a homeschool conference and telling the audience it was a video of a group of public schooled kids. Would they be thinking “They are so well socialized?”

There are lots of websites, speakers, and writers in the homeschool world. Who should we listen to?

In my years of studying Zen, and attempting to practice it, it has influenced the way I see education. It never stops being a delight to experience how Buddhist concepts such as acceptance, mindfulness, non-attachment go together seamlessly with the experiences of educating children outside of school within the context of our modern world.

Are we killing our kids’ love of learning, and our own passion for life, by pushing aside our natural human drive to work hard for something we believe in?

I’m looking forward to getting away. I’m not looking forward getting away from the kids or the hubby per se, but to spend some time with myself and with other women without being distracted by making meals, cleaning, and driving around.

OMG! Time to panic! A judge orders homeschooled kids into school! Make sure you send this message to everyone you know so they can panic and be angry too!

Burping is rude, don’t call someone after 9pm, work hard to get ahead, you can’t go through life doing only things that make you happy, do what you’re supposed to do. Where do all these “rules” come from?

Homeschooling has been in the news quite a bit this month. It’s interesting to watch the trends of what the media finds interesting to say about different approaches to education, family, and life.