Hey, moms, welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm Dorenda Wilson,

wife to one, mom to eight, Nana to eight. Yes, you heard me right. There's another one on the way.

Woohoo! I'm also a 26-year veteran homeschooling mom, and I'm really thankful to be here today. I'm going to be talking

about dealing with a pessimistic gimmee child. Anybody out there have one of those? You know,

sometimes around the holidays or right after the holidays or around a birthday or right after a birthday or a vacation.

You know, any time when kids has sort of been blessed with more than they normally get,

we often find ourselves dealing with a pessimistic gimme

child. That's what I would call it. A complainer. I'm ungrateful. We'll be talking more about

that in just a minute. But before I dive in to this topic, I'd really

love for you to check out the four-hour school day, how you and your kids can thrive in the

homeschool life. This is my most recent publication. And it's really all about

broadening your perspective on education so that you can really embrace the freedom

that homeschooling has to offer. It's also a great argument for why homeschooling doesn't have to

take all day. So go check that out on Amazon. You can also purchase it at my website, Duranda Wilson.com, or probably any

of your favorite booksellers. Also, I wrote The Unhurried Homestooler, a simple, mercifully short book on

homeschooling. Highly recommend that for new homeschooling moms who are maybe overwhelmed with

information, and you'd like someone to just

get to the point. And the third book that I wrote is called, and this is not necessarily in that

order, Unhurried Grace for a mom's heart. It's a 31-day devotional. And it's really a great

Kickstarter to get you back in the word for a doable amount of time each day.

Moms are busy, right?

But we still need to be in the Word.

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