Oh boy, I'm seeing a lot of things I'm passionate about on your list. I'm sort of an accidental homeschooler and am now trying to help my two adult kids figure out what's next for them, school-wise, after taking a totally conventional path myself. I also have PMDD and am finally seeing a naturopath to see if I can regain some quality of …
Oh boy, I'm seeing a lot of things I'm passionate about on your list. I'm sort of an accidental homeschooler and am now trying to help my two adult kids figure out what's next for them, school-wise, after taking a totally conventional path myself. I also have PMDD and am finally seeing a naturopath to see if I can regain some quality of life for myself--finally trying to know my own cycle has helped a lot.
I know exactly what you mean! My journey started quite a few years ago after my first child was in public school for two years. I did not want to homeschool, and in fact that homeschooling was extremely weird, but I started really considering it, praying about it, and trying to understand it, and have ended up being passionate about it.
At the same time, I’m not a “good“ homeschooler. I’m a little scattered and at times lazy. But there’s something very beautiful about watching my kids have more say about what they want to learn.
Our journey began in 2020 and was supposed to be for just that 20/21 school year "until things got back to normal."
We'd had such a sweet beginning to our schooling years in public, and I had no considerations for anything else outside of that. My three were pre-k, k, and 2nd when school as we know it turned upside down. I MOURNED the loss of what we had while finding myself surprised at every turn by what we were gaining.
Every year, particularly about this time of year, I hold my hands open and ask a lot of questions. I pray. I seek clarity and wisdom. Our oldest two may begin private school this fall, but even that I'm still unsure about. Our youngest is the only one whose path, at least for the next two years, I feel peace about.
It’s an every year question for us too. I homeschooled my oldest boy K-8, and he is now thriving at our local high school now (I think he’s getting the challenges he needs). But my middle daughter had a miserable experience at the same high school for a year, and is now getting her equivalency at a community college.
Oh boy, I'm seeing a lot of things I'm passionate about on your list. I'm sort of an accidental homeschooler and am now trying to help my two adult kids figure out what's next for them, school-wise, after taking a totally conventional path myself. I also have PMDD and am finally seeing a naturopath to see if I can regain some quality of life for myself--finally trying to know my own cycle has helped a lot.
Accidental homeschooler here, too! Not sure for how long but... it's really disoriented all my notions of -- everything!
I know exactly what you mean! My journey started quite a few years ago after my first child was in public school for two years. I did not want to homeschool, and in fact that homeschooling was extremely weird, but I started really considering it, praying about it, and trying to understand it, and have ended up being passionate about it.
At the same time, I’m not a “good“ homeschooler. I’m a little scattered and at times lazy. But there’s something very beautiful about watching my kids have more say about what they want to learn.
Our journey began in 2020 and was supposed to be for just that 20/21 school year "until things got back to normal."
We'd had such a sweet beginning to our schooling years in public, and I had no considerations for anything else outside of that. My three were pre-k, k, and 2nd when school as we know it turned upside down. I MOURNED the loss of what we had while finding myself surprised at every turn by what we were gaining.
Every year, particularly about this time of year, I hold my hands open and ask a lot of questions. I pray. I seek clarity and wisdom. Our oldest two may begin private school this fall, but even that I'm still unsure about. Our youngest is the only one whose path, at least for the next two years, I feel peace about.
What a ride!
It’s an every year question for us too. I homeschooled my oldest boy K-8, and he is now thriving at our local high school now (I think he’s getting the challenges he needs). But my middle daughter had a miserable experience at the same high school for a year, and is now getting her equivalency at a community college.