Hi friends, before we begin, I wanted to let you know that this season of the podcast is governed by your questions.

I'm ready for new ones so hit me up.

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Today's topic came from one of our listeners.

I heard from a mom who wanted to know how can I shed my fear that

my children won't be ready to enter the school system one day. She followed up with the idea that she wanted to be able to put those kids in school at any given moment.

Next semester, next year, maybe high school, definitely college. With many of you as COVID

schoolers, I know this is a question that is at the top of your mind. So we're

going to put that fear to rest today so that you can enter into homeschooling

wholeheartedly without fear, really taking advantage of whatever time you have with your kids.

Let's talk about the difference between being educated and schooled,

being a learner and being a student.

Stay with me.

I'm Julie Bogart, mother to five grownrown Kids, author of the publisher's weekly best-selling book, The Brave

Lear, Finding Everyday Magic for Home School Learning and Life. I've homeschooled all the grades, but a few of my kids

went to traditional public school as well. I created Brave Writer 20 years ago.

That's my company that teaches writing and language arts to families.

This year, the Brave Writer team and I launched a homeschool coaching membership community that allows parents to get the support, resources, and professional development they need to be effective educators, compassionate parents, and awesome adults.

The good news, it's free with a qualifying purchase of one of our programs,

so you can easily join in for life. Check out Bravewriter.com slash

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