This isnt just for homeschooling parents—this is plain and simple PARENTING. But if I step back and let her life happen on her terms, I realize that she reaches out when she needs me. …She just knows her own needs, her own passions, her own moods. Where does this leave me? Slightly uncomfortable. Unable to hide from my own life, unable to ignore my own passions. Realizing that the only way I can cultivate her love of learning is to model my own. Having no excuse. Unable to subsume my needs into hers. How many parents give up on their dreams? Trade them away for homework and recitals and multiplication drills? Its a convenient way to let go of your dreams - to convince yourself that your child needs so much from you, requires so much of your time and attention, that you have no time for your own self, your own needs. It makes lots of sense in the early years, but less and less as time goes on. But its more comfortable that way. I believe our whole society is more comfortable that way. Its make-work for kids, and make-work for parents. … What would it look like if we just let go? I LOVE THIS POST, from beginning to end—I have learned this truth big-time this past year, as both a working parent and a homeschooling parent (and please, if you dont homeschool, dont let that deter you from reading this): writeflowlove.weebly/blog/the-great-and-terrible-burden-of-homeschooling
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:24:53 +0000
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