Does Homeschooling Develop Resilience?
Yes, life can be hard. Yes, it will throw challenges at you. But many of the things we talk about as being hard when it comes to school don't transfer to navigating true, rewarding life challenges.
Issy Butson
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Is School Just The Childhood Rat Race?
‘Escaping the rat race’ is held up as the pinnacle of freedom for adults. No more strict daily schedules to set an alarm for, no more time spent on work that has no meaning to us, no more grinding ourselves into the dirt for hours on end every day, week,...
I Went To School And I Turned Out Fine
People tell us we’re overthinking life by choosing to home educate. That they have fond memories of their school years, and so do all their friends. They’ve turned out fine, and so will our children. We’re just complicating things. Of all the arguments against home education I...
Does Homeschooling Shelter Children?
They say that homeschooling shelters children. That it creates a view of the world that is narrow and insular. They say that homeschooling isolates children. That it takes away their opportunity to interact with other people and places. They say that a homeschooled child isn’t living in the real...
Feeling The Need To Prove Your Homeschool Success
Real talk: as a parent of home educated children, I still find myself hoping they’ll outperform their schooled peers academically.
Can We Really Trust Children?
Educationally, we seem to have decided that children are almost entirely incompetent. Are they?