Home Educating Your Children is Empowering

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least expensive self-improvement program I’ve ever not purchased.Along the way, I’ve learned self-management, confidence, social skills, friendship-making, and keeping skills. I’ve learned how to organize meet-ups and excursions. I’ve learned to speak up when necessary, to make hard decisions, and how to follow through on those decisions.I’ve become more self-empowered and self-aware, more diplomatic, and know when enough is enough.I’ve learned not to rely on others to meet my and my daughter’s needs, but that interdependence is valuable too. I’m more likely to ask forgiveness than permission.Going to school, fitting in, being a “good” student (define “good” in whatever way is meaningful to you), and going with the flow all served me when I was in the mainstream, but stepping out of it is so freeing. My autonomy, independence, confidence, and curiosity are all restored.

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If you are considering home education for your child, do it! If not for your child’s benefit, then for your own.Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed reading this article and want to support my writing, <a href="https://colleenmillsteed.medium.com/membership">consider signing up to become a Medium member.</a> With just $5 a month, you get access to unlimited stories on Medium. If you sign up using my link, I’ll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.Previous article: <a href="https://readmedium.com/there-are-so-many-mainstreamers-registering-for-home-education-6cb74b1c48b0?sk=8cb843133212d1563a54d182c197d76f">There are So Many Mainstreamers Registering for Home Education</a>Next article: <a href="https://readmedium.com/australian-homeschooling-summit-2022-f45a018cf0b9?sk=a4c353f2a841feb57738087e10432475">Australian Homeschooling Summit 2022</a></article></body>

To you, the parents.

Which path will you take on this journey? Photo by Ann Leach

Somewhere along the way, many of us lost our sense of empowerment, the internal belief that we can do it. (It being anything we put our minds to.) We lost our autonomy, that knowing that we are in charge of our lives. And so we turn to “authority figures” when we have questions rather than looking the answers up ourselves. We look to others to solve problems we can actually solve ourselves. It is past time for us to take back what was ours, to begin with. And choosing to home educate our children can be the tools we use.

I’ve said it many times that my daughter’s home education journey is the most effective, least expensive self-improvement program I’ve ever not purchased.

Along the way, I’ve learned self-management, confidence, social skills, friendship-making, and keeping skills. I’ve learned how to organize meet-ups and excursions. I’ve learned to speak up when necessary, to make hard decisions, and how to follow through on those decisions.

I’ve become more self-empowered and self-aware, more diplomatic, and know when enough is enough.

I’ve learned not to rely on others to meet my and my daughter’s needs, but that interdependence is valuable too. I’m more likely to ask forgiveness than permission.

Going to school, fitting in, being a “good” student (define “good” in whatever way is meaningful to you), and going with the flow all served me when I was in the mainstream, but stepping out of it is so freeing. My autonomy, independence, confidence, and curiosity are all restored.

If you are considering home education for your child, do it! If not for your child’s benefit, then for your own.

Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed reading this article and want to support my writing, consider signing up to become a Medium member. With just $5 a month, you get access to unlimited stories on Medium. If you sign up using my link, I’ll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.