When you made the choice to homeschool your children, you based that choice on past experiences you've had, past relationships that you've had in your life, and all of that informed your choice.

It's the same way, though, with people who might have an objection to your homeschooling.

They are coming from past experiences and past relationships as well.

And it can really help if we understand where they're coming from. Let's dive a little bit

more deeply into that idea today. Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.

I'm Sonia Schaefer.

We want to talk in this session about understanding where other people are coming from, the

ideas that are behind their comments, the ideas that may be behind their fears.

And joining me for this important discussion is Amber O'Neill Johnston, good friend of mine,

wonderful author.

We want to talk about people who might object to your homeschooling.

We see that in many ways, but it seems like there are different ideas that are informing the fears

behind it.

And I think it is a fear that motivates those types of comments, but let's just dive into this

and see where it goes.

All right?

So have you ever experienced someone coming at your homeschooling with an objection?

Yeah, definitely.

And I think that one thing that was really interesting to me was that there were objections

within my own community, I mean the African American community.

And the question on the table was, how can you pull your kids out of a system

that so many of our ancestors and relatives laid down their lives for to fight for the

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