Today’s topic is going to be all about how friendships change between homeschool moms and public school moms. Once you’ve begun homeschooling many of us are so excited to start this journey and can’t wait to share it with your friends…. But, those friends who are NOT homeschooling, they aren’t that excited to hear about all the curriculum options out there. The weekly lunch dates you used to have aren’t happening as often now that your kids are home with you. Those midday phone calls and text chats aren’t quite the same when teaching interferes with your ability to answer…
I dealt with all of this when we first began homeschooling. I struggled with it a lot and wondered how in the world I could maintain my friendships with your public school friends while homeschooling?
Through the last, nearly a decade I have been homeschooling I have found there are three ways to maintain school choice and friendship, and all three require participation from BOTH parties, so if you have public school friends and this episode resonates with you, please share this with your public school friends as well.
The key to making friendships work when one family chooses a public school and another chooses homeschool lies in one word. CHOICE. You have to choose to respect a friend’s educational choice. You have to choose to make an effort to maintain a friendship. You have to choose to bite your tongue sometimes instead of making rude comments. You have to choose to remember that regardless of the educational choice you have one common bond and that is a deep love for your children. You have to choose to be a friend. In doing this you will be blessed to have a friendship that surpasses what some may expect.
Be sure to listen to the whole episode. This is just a small snippet of our conversation.
If you liked this episode be sure to leave a rating or review. These serve as a notice to iTunes that I'm not speaking to myself. It will also give you a chance to have your review read online and win a gift from me :) Not sure how to leave a review? Here are instructions for iTunes and Stitcher users.
Resources mentioned in this episode: Podcast Sponsor Apologia Blog Post related to this post Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook Subscribe for weekly encouragement emails AND a coupon to my store Joy in the Journey storeJH138: Finding Joy in Your Calling
JH137: Foster Care and Homeschooling with Arthur Woods
JH136: Second Generation Homeschooling with Amy Sloan
JH135: Answering Your Holiday Tradition Questions
JH134: Self Care and Homeschooling with Kim Santee
JH133: Lessons Learned from 2020
RePub: How to Be More Consistent in Homeschooling
JH132: Answering MORE of YOUR Homeschool Questions with Davonne Parks
JH131: Answering YOUR Homeschool Questions with Davonne Parks
JH130: Homeschooling High School with Davonne Parks
JH129: Homeschooling Different Personalities with Davonne Parks
JH128: Working While Homeschooling with Davonne Parks
JH127: Charlotte Mason Homeschooling with Amy Fischer
JH126: Classically Homeschooling with Dianna Kennedy
JH125: Literature-Based Homeschooling with Kay Chance
JH124: Relaxed and Digital Homeschooling with Charlene Hess
JH123: How to Use Unit Studies with Heather Haupt
JH122: Sharing My Favorite Homeschool Method
JH121: The Beauty of Time with Monica Swanson
JH120: How to Make Your Kids Hate Homeschooling
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Dr. Laura Call of the Day
Focus on the Family Broadcast
Calm Parenting Podcast
Anne of Green Gables
The Story of Mankind
Good Inside with Dr. Becky
Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali