make joy normal: cozy homeschooling
In the context of promoting joy, fun and an environment of love, Bonnie welcomes you! Bonnie is a homeschool mom of seven kids, 32 years in - writer, speaker and cheerleader. Meet her cohosts who bring your questions and theirs to the table: Elizabeth, mom of six, in the thick of glorious family life, and Christina, just starting the homeschool journey with three littles. Join us for some honest discussion about how to make home education cozy. Just like you imagined.
make joy normal: cozy homeschooling
winter blues
In today’s podcast we talk about the ways that this time of year can get us down, and kick around some ideas on what we can do about it. We discuss value of community and our longing for it, especially in this COVID environment.
4:55 - How do you avoid the woe-is-me attitude?
6:01 - Missing community and planning outings
10:52 - Covid blues
15:18 - We always feel that we're being judged
20:24 - Experiencing mom guilt for taking care of your needs
25:02 - Guilt about not doing enough for your kids educationally
27:33 - Plan a phone call/facetime chat
30:37 - More on woe-is-me and attributes of resilience
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