Homeschooling

One of the first things people almost always say when they find out we homeschool is ” Oh- you must have a lot of patience! ” or ” I could never do that! ” I know that partly it comes fro having an image of sitting at home doing school work all day and me playing role of “teacher” which couldn’t be farther from the truth.

One of the key factors in our relatively calm lives is try and not get upset about tings that don’t matter. I think people who are minimalists have the same idea- the less stuff you have the less you have to worry about maintaining or fixing. We are similar to that in that the less rules you have the less you have to enforce/punish/oversee/get mad about.

If no one has to wake up early for school then there are no fights about bedtime because the idea of a bedtime makes no sense. If no bedtime no making sure kids are in bed, lights out, etc. Because their is no school usually no grouchy kids in the morning because you have to wake them up. They get up when they wake up and want to wake up. No lunches to pack or books to find and no homework that gets lost or worry about not being done.
I don’t have to make sure anyone catches a bus or is dressed properly either. Who has the harder time? I wouldn’t trade it for aything!