YOU ARE ENOUGH: HOMESCHOOL FROM A PLACE OF CONTENTMENT

Are you experiencing feelings of inadequacy when it comes to your homeschooling? Come hear how you are enough! Listen as author and blogger Kara Anderson, from KaraAnderson.com and The Homeschool Sisters Podcast addresses common issues felt by homeschooling parents. • dealing with the fear of not doing enough as a homeschooler • keeping expectations in check • the key to homeschool contentment is resisting the urge to do every cool activity • how comparison distracts you from the unique beauty of your own family • how fear drives so many of our bad homeschool and parenting decisions Want to see this episode? You can watch it here. ★★★ LISTENER COUPON CODE Request your coupon code to use on any purchase at bookshark.com. QUOTABLES Kara: " I always say the sweet spot of homeschooling is when you like what you're doing and your kids like what you're doing. But I mean it's like an eclipse. How often does that happen? But you look for those things." Kara: "...we don't really know exactly what we're preparing our kids for anyway. So the things that I think are so important are, a lot of times, not the academic parts. It's, like you said, the dinner around the table. It's modeling for them, trying something brave like your daughter did. Then she knows that she has the support either way. It's like being that safe place for our kids for them to be themselves and for them to say, 'I want to try this.'" Kara: "... what a gift it is...when we can just let people be 100% themselves, our kids and us too, as much as we can without getting nervous about it." Kara: "I'm their mom. I'm not their computer programmer. They're not little robots. They're just kids that need a hug and a snack." Thanks to show sponsor BookShark. Request a homeschool curriculum catalog or download samples at bookshark.com. TIMESTAMPS 02:08 Kara's introduction.  03:39 What inspired Kara to write her book More Than Enough: Grow Your Confidence, Banish Burn-Out and Love Your Homeschool Life. Read a sample chapter here. 06:51 Love is the answer to all the questions and insecurities. 08:18 Setting expectations for yourself and your homeschool. Making trade-offs and avoiding comparisons. 12:12 Unrealistic expectations on steroids!  14:57 Kara's BPPP: big picture planning page. 17:52 Cheerful nonchalance: strewing with zero expectations. Read more on Kara's blog. 22:05 Finding overlap between what you and your kids all like. 23:39 Appreciating the lovely quirks of your own unique family. 29:00 Dealing with outside pressures for parenting and homeschooling like sports participation. 33:49 The fear of making irredeemable mistakes. 37:19 The sad angry song of fear that plays in the background.