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5 Days of Fighting Your Fears

ddd Tracy

I’m so excited to be joining the blog cruise at the Homeschool Crew. All next week I’ll be blogging about the fears we face as homeschoolers, providing encouragement and answering some of those dreaded questions like “What if I fail?” and “What if I ruin my kid’s life?” From my own fears as a homeschool mom and my experience as a homeschool graduate, I’ll be sharing insights and reflections on these tough questions. It’s going to be a great week of getting vulnerable and gaining victory. Be sure to join me for a week of inspiration and motivation. Then, check out…

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Silencing Fears (& 4 Scriptures for battling a fear of man)

ddd Tracy

Sometimes, I have to go back and reread my own posts, take my own advice, relearn what I’ve already learned. The new year is definitely a time for that. Believe it or not, January through February is my time to doubt everything we are doing. Is our history as effective as it could be? Am I doing a good enough job with science or writing or math? Would the kids benefit from doing this or that differently? Maybe what we’re doing isn’t best. And while some self-evaluation is healthy, I often succumb to a lot of unhealthy fears, mostly an enormous “fear of…

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What Standardized Learning Isn’t (& A Homeschool Trajectory for Success)

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There is a fear that I think every homeschool parent faces—the fear of missing something, of forgetting to teach some vital element to our child’s education. And while standardized learning can sometimes help us set expectation and what could be covered, I think many times educational standards also play to our fears. We look at a list like Common Core or a book like What Your Kindergartener Ought to Know, and we panic. “My child doesn’t know this yet. I don’t think I even have that in my lesson plans this year. What else are we missing? I’m failing and ruining everything!”…

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What if I ruin my kid’s life? (part 2)

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I’m blogging all week about our fears and how to fight them. From my own fears as a homeschool mom and my experience as a homeschool graduate, I’ll be sharing insights and reflections on these tough questions. It’s going to be a great week of getting vulnerable and gaining victory.  What if I fail? What if I miss something? What if I get into legal trouble? What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 1) When my mom first began homeschooling some 24 years ago, she encountered a lot of challenges. For one, there was no internet as we know…

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What if I ruin my kid’s life? (part 1)

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I’m blogging all week about our fears and how to fight them. From my own fears as a homeschool mom and my experience as a homeschool graduate, I’ll be sharing insights and reflections on these tough questions. It’s going to be a great week of getting vulnerable and gaining victory.  What if I fail? What if I miss something? What if I get into legal trouble? What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 2) Homeschooling is a big decision that affects everyone in the family. It’s not to be taken lightly, and even after the decision is made with…

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What if I miss something?

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I’m blogging all week about our fears and how to fight them. From my own fears as a homeschool mom and my experience as a homeschool graduate, I’ll be sharing insights and reflections on these tough questions. It’s going to be a great week of getting vulnerable and gaining victory.  What if I fail? What if I get into legal trouble? What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 1) What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 2) I battle with this question constantly. Every time I feel we need to make a change, I face this haunting fear.…

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What if I fail?

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I’m blogging all week about our fears and how to fight them. From my own fears as a homeschool mom and my experience as a homeschool graduate, I’ll be sharing insights and reflections on these tough questions. It’s going to be a great week of getting vulnerable and gaining victory.  What if I miss something? What if I get into legal trouble? What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 1) What if I ruin my kid’s life? (Part 2) If we’re honest, that nagging little voice can be absolutely paralyzing—What if I can’t do this? What if I can’t…

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