I was recently visiting with a close mom friend who has been homeschooling for 4 years. She is tempted to walk away from her box curriculum because it’s exhausting and overwhelming her…but she is so scared to do it. “But what about learning gaps, Lauren? If I piece a curriculum together, how do I know…
I know you are expecting me to say that the biggest reason to homeschool in 2022 is something like… Transgender politics The Critical Race Theory debate Sex Education for kindergarteners Whitewashed history Common Core Math Out of control bullying The lack of prayer or God in schools Or some other lightning rod topic that many…
So your relatives are coming to visit. You’re excited for the holidays, but slightly less excited for your judgy family members to put your homeschool on trial…again. You never know how to handle it because you don’t want to come across as defensive…or as a doormat. Up front, I have a very supportive family who…
I’ve been asked a number of times why I dropped the box curriculum I first started homeschooling with. I used it for three years and apparently people want to know why we broke up. Did I find out something about the box curriculum? (Yikes!) Were my kids not getting a solid education from it?? (Every…