Category Archives: Homeschooling

Changing Public Opinion About Homeschooling

5 October 2012

Updated 9/27/2022 Rude comments from the inlaws. Strange looks in the grocery store. A raised eyebrow at the doctor’s office. A front page news story that perpetuates a homeschooling myth. A soccer friend who tells your kid they will never get to college because they are homeschooled. We know homeschooling works, but we’re often surrounded […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Worries and Obstacles |

Distractible, Messy, Disorganized, and Fill-In-the-Blank Kids Often Thrive at Home Without Drugs!

17 September 2012

It’s devastating when school authorities gang up on you and tell you that your child is such a problem that drugs are the only answer. Unfortunately, it happens all too often, and many parents assume the “experts” have to be correct. When a parent contacts me because the school is slapping labels on their child, […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Encouragement, Worries and Obstacles |

What You Need to Know if You are Struggling with Teaching

6 September 2012

Updated 9/27/2022 If you’re thinking that homeschooling is harder than you expected, it could be that you have fallen into the “school pressure” trap. Concerned friends and family may be telling you what the other kids are learning in school, and before you know it, you’ll be very stressed that you’re not replicating the same […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Encouragement, Worries and Obstacles |

Looking Beyond Toys

26 June 2012

Photo by Sizemore The library bookstore where I volunteer recently received a donation of very old shorthand books. A question was asked about keeping them or not, since few people learn shorthand these days. While a collector might grab them, I had another reason for wanting them put out for sale. I would have purchased […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Learning Ideas |

Famous Homeschooler List – Because Sometimes it’s Nice to Know About Others

12 May 2012

I wrote this famous homeschooler list over a decade ago. I was reminded of it recently while talking to a young homeschooler about General Patton. Patton was homeschooled and his father read military history to him until he was ready to read at age 12. I’ve always thought that was an inspirational story for all the […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Encouragement |