Just because your child can have a really good day and finish an assignment in 30 minutes

does not mean that every single day they can finish that same assignment in 30 minutes.

They have moods and hard days and good days and days where it's difficult to concentrate.

They make forward momentum and then they backtrack just like we all do with all of our growth.

We have to remember our kids' performance is not a reflection on us.

It's not an indication of our value or our worth or on our children's value or worth.

You're listening to the Read-A-Loud Revival podcast. I'm your host Sarah McKenzie,

home-schooling mama of six, and author of The Read-A-Loud Family and Teaching from Rest.

As parents, we're overwhelmed with a lot to do. It feels like every child needs something different.

The good news is you are the best person to help your kids learn and grow,

and home is the best place to fall in love with books.

This podcast has been downloaded seven million times in over 160 countries,

so if you want to nurture warm relationships while also raising kids who love to read

you're in good company, we'll help your kids fall in love with books,

and we'll help you fall in love with homeschooling. Let's get started.

Recently, I posted on social media about my oldest daughter becoming our first home school graduate.

I'll admit to being a proud mama. I think for a lot of us, homeschooling our kids,

we hear that it works. We're told homeschooling works, we're told colleges want homeschoolers

are actively seeking out homeschoolers, but we're still a little nervous. We wonder if we've

prepared them well, if this great experiment is going to work out. When my oldest daughter,

not only was accepted into every single college she applied to, but received generous scholarships

at each one as well, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. At the end of that social media post

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