Let’s face it. Parenting is hard enough, but then you decide to homeschool. Knowing which hat to wear, the teacher hat or parent hat seems more like a juggling act than educating a child.
By the way, this blog hop is organized by The Jenny Evolution, where bloggers have connected to share their top parenting tips of the year. Be sure to click the image above to visit all the other articles shared on each blog.
Look at these top 5 tips for homeschooling parents that I rounded up from 2015 that I hope will help to smooth the homeschool path for you.
My article, 3 Wrong Ways to Homeschool a Hotheaded Child really resonated with you. Avoid my same parenting mistake.
Here is my excerpt from my article that you need to scoot by and read:
When I started homeschooling my first son, Mr. Senior 2013, he was the perfect child to school or least I thought so. Along came Mr. Awesome and I was humbled because all of the sudden I had a hotheaded and stubborn child on my hands or least I thought so.
Then this next article goes directly to the decision you have to make to homeschool your children as the homeschooling parent.
You’d be surprised at how homeschooling parents feel with this article, But the Little Dear Doesn’t Want to Homeschool.
Fake It Til You Make It
Here is my excerpt from my article that you need to scoot by and read:
“In my workshop, I hear the statement often “but the little dear doesn’t want to homeschool”. Okay, maybe not quite like that, but you get the idea. And it’s not from just parents of preteens and teens, but from parents who have very young children, as young as 5 years old.”
What is the alarming truth behind who makes the decision to homeschool? It goes directly to parenting!
Then, I received a lot of emails and feedback about this next article, which is Treasure the Moments of Homeschooling Testosterone Armed Teen Boys.
It’s tough to homeschool boys, who can think completely different than I do much less parent them.
They learn differently, handle their emotions differently than girls and you have to be ready to teach and parent outside the box.
Real Life Parenting Tips
Here is my excerpt from my article that you need to scoot by and read:
“I don’t want to sound cliché, but I treasure the moments of homeschooling testosterone armed teen boys. Thinking back when all the boys were real young, my sis came over to my house one day with her girls, which are about the same age as my boys to discuss how we could join forces to homeschool our kids together.
When we looked up, my boys were outside in the yard with tree branches fighting and her girls were inside coloring pages, inside the lines no doubt.”
Then many things are required of us as homeschooling parents, but Patience, Confidence, Knowing ALL the Right Answers is NOT Required to Homeschool.
Here is my excerpt from my article that you need to scoot by and read:
“If somebody had told me that prior to starting homeschooling I needed patience, confidence and all the answers to every subject, I would not have plunged into homeschooling.”
Then, this next post, 3 Homeschooling Myths Debunked, you loved because it goes directly to facing head on some of the critics of homeschooling because we do spend a lot of time together as a family.
“Taking time to debunk popular homeschooling myths helps to avoid mommy guilt. Confronting head-on homeschooling myths that I have both encountered and that I hear from homeschoolers that I’ve helped through my New Bee program also deepens my dedication to homeschooling. It gives me a chance to ponder, because I know there is always room for improvement in both my parenting and homeschooling skills.”
Also, don’t forget to go through our New Bee Homeschool Program for more great homeschooling parent tips!
Hugs and love ya,
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Jennifer @ The Jenny Evolution says
I really appreciate your post about three homeschooling myths debunked. I think a lot of parents are afraid to try homeschooling because they just don’t understand what it can mean for their kids or their family. With my kiddo, we knew it wasn’t a right fit. But that doesn’t mean homeschooling isn’t a wonderful choice.
Thanks for participating with the Top Parenting Tips series on The Jenny Evolution and for being a part of our online parenting community 🙂
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Tina Robertson says
Hi Jennifer,
First, thank you for hosting that wonderful linkup. And I hear ya about homeschooling.
It certainly is hard and I feel you have to have the circumstance to homeschool for sure.
Thanks again for scooting by…