{"id":286,"date":"2021-02-26T23:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5772.temp.domains\/~thehopu7\/?p=286"},"modified":"2022-01-13T19:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T19:26:26","slug":"those-arent-real-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehomeschoolninja.com\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"Those Aren’t Real Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Those aren\u2019t real rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the transition to homeschooling (whether by choice or by requirement due to external circumstances) can seem so overwhelming. Over the years of talking to new homeschoolers, most of the overwhelmingness comes from believing a bunch of \u201crules\u201d that we all learned to equate with school..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t get my kids to all be up and ready for school at 8:00.\u201d Why do you have to start at 8? Who says? Further, why do they all have to start at the same time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy 5 year old isn\u2019t interested in reading.\u201d Okay, why does he have to read at 5? Why not wait until he\u2019s 6 and shows interest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t be my child\u2019s sole teacher for everything.\u201d Who said you have to do it all? Why can\u2019t they take classes or co ops for some of their subjects\/interests?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow will I be able to teach them everything they need to know?\u201d You won\u2019t. Public schools can\u2019t either, though. Teach them HOW to learn, and the missing pieces won\u2019t matter so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow will they socialize?\u201d Like regular humans\u2026who go to the store, and the park, and the library, and the bank, and the post office, and activities, and restaurants, and play groups, and sports\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe finish our school day too quickly.\u201d Who says school is limited to your textbooks? Go explore. Go play. Go investigate. That\u2019s \u201cschool\u201d too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list goes on and on. They are invisible rules, that we have learned and adopted into our own perception of what school is all about, and they are often damaging to parents trying to navigate homeschooling their children. My homeschool won\u2019t look like yours, and that\u2019s okay too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beauty of homeschooling is that it gets to be individually created and designed for your child. Just. For. Them. The way they learn. The things they like. The things they struggle with. The things they want to explore. Their personality.  Don\u2019t let \u201cfake rules\u201d you\u2019ve held in your head hold you back from educating your child the way you want to. You can do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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