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.

When we are all doing our best art, it make the world a better place.

What is the one thing that will make you extraordinary today?

Barnes and Noble is having their educator appreciation week during the second week of April.

Challenges, not resolutions, can mean real change in 2010.

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

“This is absolutely ridiculous. This is not the type of behavior I would expect from adults who homeschool their children. Perhaps if you didn’t spend so much of your time at home you wouldn’t be searching the Internet for blogs about homeschooling.”

Don’t let the fact that you have the control and time (and perhaps expectation) to be an educational micromanager lead you to believe that you are supposed to be.

Q: We are new home schooling parents of one bright young man in the 1st grade. How do we know if we are pushing him too hard or not enough? It seems Mom and Dad have a difference of opinion on this. Signed, Dad.