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Helpful Links:
- Journey more with Kara via her website, on Instagram, and via her podcast, The Homeschool Sisters
- Check out Kara’s beautiful book, More Than Enough (afflink)
- How to create a transcript as a relaxed homeschooler (from Kara)
- Homeschooling 101 (from Jamie – also includes transcript info)
- How much should you push your sensitive homeschooler? (from Kara)
- Find all of Kara’s posts on Simple Homeschool here (FYI: there are 54 of them!)
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Video Highlights:
2:10- Do you feel mature enough to have a homeschool graduate…because I know I don’t?!!!
3:06- Can you tell us about your family, how you got into homeschooling, and where that journey has taken you?
5:37- How would you describe the homeschool approach you’ve used and how have you seen that shift over the years?
9:39- When it is okay to push through a child’s resistance to learning and when is it better to let go?
16:46- Is there anything that comes to mind that you think, “If I could go back, I would do this differently,”?
19:36- How do we stay positive in the face of our children being negative about a special lesson or project that we’ve spent time organizing for them?
25:44- What measures have you put into place as an introverted homeschool parent to guard your physical and mental health?
32:37- What is your ideal naptime length?!
34:40- How do you deal with doubts and worries about your kids’ futures?
42:17- Keeping the long-view in mind, what encouragement do you think moms most need to hear?
45:48- What are you working on now and where can we find you?