The Homegrown Variety
Something that can make homeschoolers feel bad is comparing home education to traditional school.
The chronic feeling of overwhelm, guilt, and pressure to perform often comes from the “ghost of public school past.”
Why do we let public school expectations dictate how we feel about our homeschools? We literally opted out of that method and system!
We create an emotionally draining environment when we continually measure our experience of education against the one we chose not to use.
It’s like measuring your homegrown strawberries against the perfectly sized flawless-looking berries in a supermarket display.
You literally grew your own strawberries for specific reasons that are meaningful to you. The way they grow strawberries for supermarkets is a completely different method and a process that you have chosen not to do in your own backyard because you prefer the homegrown variety! BRAVO!!
REPEAT AFTER ME: It’s emotionally draining to hold my homeschool to a school standard.
Keep growing wild strawberries…please!
Love you.
