Millions of families will homeschool their children this year. The effort they’ll put forth will be great. They’ll seek out resources, plot out schedules, sign up for activities, research options, coordinate with other homeschooling families, gather supplies, ready their home, and put the education of their children at the top of their priority list. The effort will be physically demanding, mentally taxing, and spiritually refining.
While parents naturally do all they can to prepare, arrange, and provide the best possible for their children, they often forget one essential element of the homeschooling endeavor: themselves. This is a giant oversight, since the homeschooling parent is going to have an enormous impact on not only their children’s education but also their home environment and their family’s overall development and well-being. Homeschooling calls for loving, clear-headed, prepared, and spiritually grounded parents at the helm.
