Four Kinds of Homeschool Moms: Which Kind of Homeschool Mom Are You? Part One
Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill
Pam Barnhill
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the Homeschool Better Together Podcast, where we explore building a joyful homeschool experience for your family. In this episode, host Pam Barnhill shares insights and practical tips for determining what's "enough" for your family.
Pam breaks down four homeschool mom personality types - Carefree Cathy, Best Intention Becky, Strategic Susan, and Overwhelmed Olivia. You'll find out which type resonates with you and gain valuable advice for overcoming the unique struggles each type faces.
Tune in to discover that while each personality type has its struggles, there are practical solutions and encouragement to help you homeschool better. So grab your favorite drink, take a break, and get ready to be empowered to step out of the overwhelm and into the wonder of homeschooling better together.
Links and Resources:
Which Kind of Homeschool Mom Are You? Part 2
Homeschool Better Together Community
Key Takeaways:
- Reflect on the concept of "enough" in homeschooling and the process of defining what "enough" means for your family.
- Explore the importance of creating a vision for your homeschool and how it helps in determining what is "enough" for your family.
- Delve into the personality types of homeschool moms, including Carefree Cathy, Homeschooler Best Intention Becky, Strategic Susan, and Overwhelmed Olivia.
- Understand the struggles and challenges faced by each homeschool mom personality type in their homeschooling journey.
- Recognize that it's okay to enjoy the homeschool planning process, even if you don't get to implement every single plan.
- Acknowledge the impact of unexpected life events on homeschool plans and the need to adapt and adjust to challenges.
- Learn about joining the free homeschool community and share insights about the identified homeschool mom personality type.
For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt3
To join our free homeschool community, you can create an account right here.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again? |
| 0:05.4 | Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids? |
| 0:10.3 | Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and |
| 0:22.0 | into the wonder. Let's do this. Hey, hey, homeschool, better together listener. Welcome to the |
| 0:33.6 | podcast. It is so great to have you joining me here today. So I came to the realization |
| 0:38.9 | this week that as homeschoolers, we really need to start thinking about what is enough. |
| 0:47.6 | Because I hear this so many times from homeschoolers, I hear, am I doing enough? I'm worried |
| 0:53.9 | that I'm not doing enough. And you know what? |
| 0:56.8 | We can't answer that question until we know what enough is. So how do we find out what is enough? |
| 1:07.2 | Who determines that for us? And I happen to be of the mind that we're the ones who get to |
| 1:12.7 | determine what is enough what defines enough for our particular family because we're the only |
| 1:19.0 | ones who know what the needs of our family are and what the needs of our children are |
| 1:23.1 | you know we know each of them so closely but we never sit down and think about and define |
| 1:31.6 | what is enough. And so we're constantly worried, are we doing enough? And it just so happens, |
| 1:38.8 | the more I thought about this, the more I realized that the exercise that we have our students |
| 1:43.7 | do and put your homeschool |
| 1:44.8 | year on autopilot, the exercise of creating a vision for our homeschool, that is one of the |
| 1:51.5 | ways that we determine what is enough. And by creating our vision, we use it for so many different |
| 1:59.2 | things, but we can hold it up and we can ask ourselves, |
| 2:02.5 | are we doing this enough that we have defined for ourselves, right? So I knew vision was really |
| 2:11.4 | important. It was such a vital part of our homeschool, but it never occurred to me until just this week that that is how we |
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