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The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Age Of Opportunity: Homeschooling Middle and High Schoolers (Podcast 29)

The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family:parenting, Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0861 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

"Just you wait until they're teenagers!".  I heard this a lot when we had several little ones.  I hated it. My friend used to call these people the "just you waits."  I couldn't help but think that God had something better for our kids and our relationships with them.  The teen years hold challenges, but I was right, these years can be both productive and enjoyable! As homeschooling moms, it's easy to freak out as we prepare our kids for high school and question whether or not we can actually pull of homeschooling all the way through high school.  Today I talk with my friend, Cheryl Bastian, also a mom of eight (ages 2-29) who worked in education before she had children and has been homeschooling for well over two decades. You're going to be both encouraged and equipped through this conversation as we talk about how important perspective is in navigating these very precious years with our kids! (For more, go to my website: durendawilson.com)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. This is Dorenda Wilson. Welcome to this week's podcast. If you don't know me already, I'm married to Daryl. We've been married for 28 years. We have eight kids ages 13 to 27. Actually, our oldest is just having her birthday

0:23.0

today. And we've had, we have four grandkids and we've also been homeschooling for

0:30.1

over 22 years. So I'm just, I'm thrilled to be here today. In just a minute, I'm going to

0:35.9

introduce our guest. But right now I just want to remind you that. In just a minute, I'm going to introduce our guest.

0:42.6

But right now, I just want to remind you that you can connect with me on Facebook and Instagram,

0:47.2

Dorenda Wilson, and also on my blog, Duranda Wilson.com.

0:51.4

If you haven't checked out my two books, Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart,

0:55.1

which is a devotional written just for moms, and the Unhurried Homestooler, which is a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling. Those are both on

1:00.1

Amazon, and I encourage you to go check those out if you haven't already. I would also, was wondering

1:07.4

if you all would email me with topic ideas or questions for future podcasts.

1:13.7

I'm considering doing a Q&A podcast every four to six weeks.

1:18.8

And I want to make sure that I'm talking about the things that are on your heart.

1:22.9

So if you could email me, it's Duranda at Durandawilson.com.

1:27.2

I'd love to hear from you. Well, it's Durinda at Durandawilson.com. I'd love to hear from you.

1:29.7

Well, it's really, you know, the scriptures talk about the Titus II women.

1:35.2

This is the older women speaking into the lives of the younger women.

1:39.1

And today, in that spirit, I have someone joining me, who I respect greatly.

1:49.0

Cheryl Bastion is, she said she can't remember a time when she wasn't teaching.

1:55.1

What started with making her brothers play school evolved to job shadowing and tutoring in high school,

2:04.4

evolved into majoring in early childhood education, and eventually 24 years of homeschooling,

2:11.4

eight children, ages 28 to almost three.

2:15.8

Cheryl and her husband, Mike, journey alongside families at many stages of parenting

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