Homeschool Fiction

Three years ago, my family and I wanted to make a path around our land — something raked free of cholla and other cacti — where we could roam free in sandals without worry of stepping on something we didn’t really want to step on.  We spent several hours every evening for a couple of [...]

One hundred years from now when people are sitting around talking about you, what do you want them to be saying?  Do you want them to say, “He was a bit of a jerk from what I’ve been told and he knew how to drink a six pack of beer every day.” Or possibly, “He [...]

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been told doom-and-gloom predictive things like:

“Oh, just wait until she’s a teen, then you’ll be sorry.”

“If you let your kids sleep in your bed, you’ll never get them out of it.”

“You’ve got to force kids to learn to read, or they’ll never learn.”

“You’ve got to have time [...]

When I was pregnant with my oldest child, I spent a lot of time researching pregnancy, birth, and caring for a newborn.  We received a lot of pressure at that time to have a variety of prenatal tests done to me and to the unborn baby.
Unsure of what tests to do and what ones not [...]

What’s holding you back from fulfilling your dreams?
Think for a second.
Now think a little while longer.
Coming up with excuses?
Then, it’s probably you that is getting in your way.
For me, I often find my own procrastination, worry of failure, and worry of exposing myself (and being made fun of or ridiculed for my choices) are the [...]

Do you have a big goal or dream in your life that you’ve been thinking about in the back of your mind for years?  Have you always thought that you would be able to run a marathon, write a book, paint a masterpiece, start a business, or get your dream job if only you had [...]

If you want something in life, ask for it.  If you don’t ask, you’ll never get it.  If you do ask, the worst that can happen is that you’ll be turned down — no big deal!  Move on to the next thing you really want.
What’s holding you back? Look inside yourself for the answers to [...]

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This is similar to my “Top 10: Reasons Why I’m THANKFUL We Discovered Unschooling“, but different and current.  In no particular order:

SMILES; Happy children learn more than unhappy children.  When was the last time your child declared that something was “the best ever” or “I love my life” or “this is so cool” or similar?  [...]

The tail end of my daughter’s dance classes (when other parents arrive to pick up their kids) are always interesting for me from an Unschooling mother’s perspective.  Granted, I’m almost always the ONLY parent who stays at my daughter’s classes (unless my husband takes her, in which case he is the only parent there), so [...]