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

wife to one, mom to eight, Nana to nine, and 26-year veteran homeschooling mom.

I am really grateful that you have chosen to spend time with me today.

I never take that for granted, you know.

I know you're busy.

I know you've got things going on in the fact that you take time to allow me to speak into your life and hopefully bring encouragement

is an honor for me.

So thank you for that.

I also wanted to remind you that if you haven't checked out my books, I would really love it

if you would do that.

The Unhurried Homestooler, a simple, mercifully short book on

homeschooling can be found on Amazon or at my website, Duranda Wilson.com, or the four-hour school day,

how you and your kids can thrive in the homeschool life. And again, you can find that on Amazon,

Duranda Wilson.com, and actually at any of your favorite booksellers. I also wanted to let you all know

that I am only speaking at one conference this year. I took a bit of a sabbatical and just chose one.

And that one conference is the homeschool Iowa conference in Des Moines. So I will be there in June. So if you live in

that area and you are wanting to go to a conference and be encouraged, I encourage you to

come to this one because I am, I love being able to meet moms in real life.

So I'm the keynote speaker there, and I am just excited to be able to bring encouragement

to homeschooling families in Iowa.

And lastly, before I dive into our topic, which is when your child doesn't want to homeschool.

Oh boy, before I dive into that, let me just remind you that, you know, if you've decided

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