A love of learning!! Isn’t that what every home-educating family is hoping they’re able to instill in their children? Absolutely!! 

Yet, many find that the act of doing school is actually hurting their relationships while having the opposite impact on their children. On this episode, David and Leslie will talk about what often hinders that love of learning and how we can overcome it in a way that will actually strengthen the relationships you care most about.

In Leslie’s new book, Heart School: How Amazing Parents Become Excellent Home Educators, she talks a little bit about how many are afraid that homeschooling will actually hurt their relationships with their children. In chapter 8 of that book, she encourages families, especially ones that are coming out of a different educational environment, that they may want to employ a deschooling strategy for a time.

Deschooling is a term that Ivan Illich coined. He wrote a book in 1971 called Deschooling Society, where he was very critical of the institutional approach to education, which gives children a very narrow understanding of things and doesn’t give details of both sides to consider. He noted that for many, “the right or appreciation of learning is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.”

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Have you ever been to a Teach Them Diligently event? If not, it’s hard to even encapsulate what you’re missing out on! Fellowship, fun, encouragement, equipping, laughter, growth, education, and so much more await you there.

What really sets Teach Them Diligently apart is a laser focus on lifting up Christ and the Kingdom importance of our work in our homes every single day. It’s amazing what happens when a great variety of people come together with one goal– to glorify Jesus within their homes and to teach their children diligently to love God and people and to prepare them to walk boldly through whatever door God opens for them in the days ahead.

Featuring some of the best speakers in the homeschool arena along with thousands of resources to flip through, Teach Them Diligently events are the perfect cap of your homeschool year to encourage your heart, help you refocus on what’s truly important, and then to get you ready for the year ahead.

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