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Homeschool Community: You Had One Job

When you become a homeschooling family, one of the things you immediately look for is a supportive, helpful, encouraging homeschool community. Because that’s the purpose of a community. One could say that encouragement and support is a homeschool community’s job. Homeschool community, you had one job. And sometimes, homeschool community? You’re failing at that job. …

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"They'll learn it when they need it" is used by some homeschool families to delay teaching certain things. Does this work? And what happens when it doesn't?

“They’ll Learn it When They Need It” Doesn’t Always Work

It’s common in the homeschooling community to hear parents say they are choosing to delay teaching their kids some educational element because they are of the belief their kids will learn it when they need it. And sometimes that works out just fine. But I wanna have a little chat with you before you haul …

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