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Valerie is a born and raised Southern California girl. She is married and a stay-at-home mother to three wonderful blessings. Before her calling to homeschool, she wrote for public television, taught kindergarten, and was a live-in Nanny. She is currently Moderator of an International Yahoo Group Just4homeschoolfamilies, The Heart Of The Matter online magazine; as well as Senior Editor of an monthly newsletter Words Of Encouragement.

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Mar. 11, 2008
Are You Insane?


Has anyone asked you lately how you do it all?  When do you take time for yourself?  Well, I'm not sure if it is because of all the media lately about homeschooling, but I have had a few questions float my way.  It got me thinking about my own kind of homeschooling.  Are my papers in order?  Am I doing a good job?  Then, I got to thinking that other people must judge our success at homeschooling by checking "the Mom's" sanity level.   Ok, maybe that is true, but is it the best way to measure?  After all, good things always get in the way of a mom's sanity. Let's face the facts here...  Real moms have only have so much time and energy to spread between all their responsibilities.

As Christians, our relationship with God is primary. If you stay up late every night grading the day's paperwork and are too exhausted to read God's Word, then maybe you need to use a correspondence program that will grade the work for you.


As wives, your husband is next in line, not the children. If you are pouring every ounce of your strength into homeschooling and feel too exhausted at night to spend any time with him, try a different approach.

 
Homeschooling moms often overwork themselves because they fear their kids will be missing something. Or they think they are failing to educate their children in just the "right" way. Here's the best way to solve that dilemma. Choose a homeschooling curriculum that you like, and make sure it's easy to use! It doesn't have to be perfect or the most popular. In my opinion,  "If it isn't easy, don't buy it." ~ Also, weaving smaller unit studies into the mix of learning also helps.  By eliminate textbook mumble jumble you can start to bring "fun" hands-on projects into the scene. 


Just remember, there is no perfect or right way to homeschool your children. I believe everyone needs to find what works best for their family (and yourself).  That will help you keep sane.



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