Raising children puts us face-to-face with our memories of what we did or didn’t get as children, ourselves. Parenting your children is a chance to re-parent yourself, too.
Give yourself the same…
- kindness
- patience
- support
- enthusiasm
- and faith
…that you offer your children.
If You Need Help
One of the goals of Brave Writer (and our membership community, Brave Learner Home) is to help you heal your own uncomfortable relationship with your education. If you were the kind of person who struggled with grades or boredom at school or have memories of homeschool that were not positive, our work is dedicated to helping you reimagine your role in learning with your kids.
Also, my book, Help! My Kid Hates Writing, is my manifesto. Bad writing instruction causes lingering damage—yet everywhere I turn, the same tired, harmful practices are being adopted by many parents and teachers. There’s an entire chapter in my book called “Healing the Damaged Writer in You.” It will help.
My other books support the atmosphere and power of learning and critical thinking. I promise you. Your homeschool will feel completely different when you stop thinking in terms of schedule planning and curriculum and instead focus on the deeper experience of learning.
