Helps for Your Unmotivated Teen at LifeInTheNerddom.com

Helps for Your Unmotivated Teen

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, Julie Polanco (who blogs at Julie Naturally) shares some tips and encouragement for dealing with unmotivated teens. Does this picture of an unmotivated teen sound familiar? He sleeps until noon and then raids the refrigerator. When you ask him about his algebra, he avoids looking at you. […]

Am I Qualified to Homeschool a Child with Dyslexia?

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, Dr. Kristin Moon (who blogs at Kristin Moon Science) shares her amazing story about homeschooling a child with dyslexia. I didn’t expect homeschooling my son to be so hard. I gleefully made the decision to homeschool my children, attending homeschool conventions and curriculum fairs before my sons […]

Living with Allergies & Asthma at LifeInTheNerddom.com

Living with Allergies & Asthma: What Parents Need You to Know

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, we hear from Cindy Wetzel (who blogs at Homeschool Mom Extravaganza) about allergies and asthma, what parents need you to know but struggle to tell you. We don’t often talk about allergies and asthma in our homeschool circles, but we should. Having this conversation can help families […]

Super Simple Homeschool Record Keeping

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, we hear from Kristina Peterson (who blogs at Book Bound Boys) about ways to keep your homeschool record keeping super simple! Everyone wants a super simple homeschool record keeping system.  The system that I am going to share has worked for me throughout the years and has […]

I Want to Homeschool But I Don't Want to Teach at LifeInTheNerddom.com

I Want to Homeschool, But I Don’t Want to Teach

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, I’m sharing my own struggle with wanting to homeschool my kids, but not wanting to teach. You really can homeschool without teaching! We are finishing up our eleventh year homeschooling. At year ten, I was done. I was no longer interested in teaching my children, and I […]

Wanting Time Away From the Kids

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, we hear from Marla Szwast (who blogs at Jump Into Genius) about wanting time away for the kids! It can be such a guilt-laden desire, but it doesn’t have to be! Are you racked with guilt because you don’t want to be around your kids every moment […]

3 Simple Steps to Discipline in Your Homeschool

Welcome to the “What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?” guest post series. Today, we hear from Kristina Peterson (who blogs at Book Bound Boys) about discipline in your homeschool. Do you dream of starting your homeschool day without arguing, procrastination, tears?  Do you remember when they were little, and they joyfully participated in whatever you had planned without complaint? Okay, well, […]

What’s Your Secret Struggle Homeschool Mom?

Let’s get real for a minute, shall we? Homeschooling is hard. We homeschool moms (and dads) struggle with things like loneliness, or comparing ourselves with others, or wondering if we’re doing enough, or…or…or… Any homeschooling mom that tells you they don’t think about those things is either hiding something or they know some great secret that I haven’t figured out […]

All 9 Seasons of Little House on the Prairie Streaming on Amazon Prime!

Y’all!! I am so excited to let you know that Amazon Prime just added all 9 seasons of Little House on the Prairie to their streaming service. That’s right…the whole series FREE with Amazon Prime. Don’t have Prime? You can try it for 30 days for free. Hey…you can watch a lot of Little House in 30 days! This post […]

Family Movies that Encourage Kindness

If you have a visual learner, movies are a wonderful way to teach them about kindness and compassion. There are some really great movies out there, but it can be difficult to find them amongst all the…well, not so great ones. My kids love to watch movies, and we’ve discovered some real gems. This post may contain some affiliate links […]