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The Challenge of Ever Feeling Fully Confident

February 19, 2025 / 01:14

This episode discusses homeschooling approaches, curriculum choices, and personal learning styles. The guest shares her experiences with adapting educational methods for her children.

The guest reflects on her lack of confidence in sticking to one curriculum type, contrasting her experience with families who follow a consistent educational path. She mentions her cousin and other homeschool moms who prefer a structured approach.

She expresses her preference for changing educational methods based on her children's needs, highlighting her personality traits that influence her teaching style. The guest also mentions her youngest child's observation about her possibly having ADHD.

Hands-on learning is emphasized as a preferred method, showcasing how it aligns with her children's learning preferences.

TLDR

The episode covers homeschooling flexibility, curriculum choices, and hands-on learning experiences.

Episode

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I never felt super confident I mean I I would I would be so puzzled by families that would pick one thing like one
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curriculum type and stick with it all the way through I had a cousin who did that there were several homeschool moms
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that were like oh yeah we've stayed with such and such a curriculum we get the
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box of books every year and all the things and I was like I can't imagine that I just can't imagine not changing
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it up a lot because as as my kids needs change to change it up or we didn't like
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that particular thing so let's try something else so I and maybe that's a
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little bit about my personality I don't know I think I like to be able to count
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on something I I love a certain amount of structure but other like other structure I hate I just chafe under it
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so my my youngest has told me recently that she thinks I have ADHD so I would have never thought that but I wasn't the
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best student um I did like like Hands-On learning and so I did kind of do that more with my kids

Episode Highlights

  • Homeschooling Flexibility
    The speaker discusses their approach to homeschooling, emphasizing the need for adaptability.
    “I can’t imagine not changing it up a lot.”
    @ 00m 27s
    February 19, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • My youngest has told me recently that she thinks I have ADHD.
    The Challenge of Ever Feeling Fully Confident

Key Moments

  • Homeschooling Approach00:27
  • Self-Reflection00:59