Me too :(

❤ Amen! 🙌 It's become connected for me as well. It started from desperation through a charter school. We had discovered my special needs child was being abused in PRESCHOOL. 😢 The Charter school providers were often inept (just like public brick and mortar staff often is TBH) ...then they suggested very private and inappropriate solutions to my child's issues. Home-school has been a blessing. To my kids but also myself. Our whole family really. I wish it could've been different...but if we didn't discover the abuse I would've been on the conveyor belt for a while at least, working twords an expensive degree that I wouldn't be able to apply morally thanks to government policies. Never knowing my kids. My husband envies me a bit for it, but he knows I'm more apt than he would ever be. ❤ He's better at handling work away from them too. Sad to know many parents that choose to not have any trusted adult with their kids for their education...and then complain they don't know their kids. I am so grateful. Especially as I have been more invested in a relationship with Jesus and sharing that with my children. Sorry for rambling but I'm happy to hear you have that too!

I feel the same. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and actually leads to me watching less of the videos then before. I used to watch every video Dawn posted! Now when I see a title like this I have a feeling and usually click off.

Someone put in words why I was feeling weird but didn't know why.

Just because of the bait, I am thinking about unsubcribing

KZfaq algorithms can be a tricky thing to navigate. A lot of KZfaqrs (even successful ones) are trying to figure out how to get their content seen in the ever changing space, especially with different types of content (like reels) taking so many views. Not saying you’re wrong, but from a different perspective it’s not seen as a big deal to everybody, but more just a way to manage KZfaq’s stupid system. Just my two cents :)

Not even going to watch because it’s bait

I’m extremely sceptical of people/parents who are not trained to be managers of education and use this as an excuse to “shelter” them instead of preparing them for the real world.

​@@Maeve2001 Actually homeschoolers are exposed to the real world as you say on a daily basis. Homeschooling = real world

@@naytid You mean at home with mommy and siblings? Not being tested with struggles, diversity, learning to accept and work with people of all backgrounds? To understand, others struggles, and different households? to deal with different learning styles and how to cope with different teachers? All without the hovering parent?

@@Maeve2001 if that is what homeschooling is to you. You know nothing about homeschooling. We are in 2024. Not the 1800s.

@@Maeve2001homeschoolers actually are able to do school anywhere and by that note are able to go anywhere and experience much more and get more involved in their community because of the fact that they are homeschooled

Yeah and I’m sitting here waiting to hear why she isn’t going to homeschool

That reminds me of Angela Lansbury (Murder she Wrote) moving to Ireland to get her kids away from Charles Manson! Saved her kids! True story

@@rw7806 Oh wow!! I just looked that up. So interesting. But yes. We adjusted our whole life to get him out of that environment and I would do it again. Sad thing is, it was the best school district in TN but high school is really tough for some kids. My older son did fantastic there. Thank you for the history lesson! 😊

Thank you for sharing that information! Our 13 year old is in a very small private school and we're having him tested this month for ADHD, I know I always had it but I dealt with it, for a boy, he feels like he's stupid and I can see him getting sucked into the wrong crowd! 🙏🙏 He's a very smart, loving and kind kid.

@@michelleprice5945 it’s astounding to me the effect of him learning a different way and how it turned his whole life around. He is going to firefighter training, becoming a personal trainer and hoping to be a social media influencer to help other kids going thru the same thing. Meet your kids where they are, find their strengths (it may not be algebra or chemistry) and capitalize on those strengths! Praying for you and him to get the answers you need! 🙏🏻♥️

100% agree

Yes agree!

It made your heart sink? The responses to this video title are a bit overdramatic.

Please read your comments from your long time subscribers. One mother decided not to join the conference because they were so disappointed in your clickbait title.

Our local community college told me they love having homeschoolers for the reasons you mentioned. Love it!

Love this!! My 6 children have all been home schooled from the beginning to graduation and are 4.0 students in college.

I'm sorry, I really wasn't trying to be too click-batty, I just feel for the parents like myself who don't feel good at it and that it sometimes comes across that homeschooling is the only way. There really is no one size fits all and I'm grateful for the friends and family who are helping to homeschool our kids but know that not everyone has that kind of support and needs to do what is best for their family each year.

Right!

Amen!!! So much pressure on homeschool mom's who don't have "gifted" kids. Oh you don't do academics before six? Oh your two year old doesn't know all their letters? Well when my 3rd grader went to STEM competition and won...."

I work full time at night and homeschool during the day. I graduated my oldest this June. I wouldn't trade it. It may not be for everyone. I feel like everyone should do what's best for their kids/family.

I have a severe special needs child and NT and it's even more important for special needs in my opinion...most times. We consider therapy again but honestly our child has done so much better without it at this time. The stress of getting a decent provider and their policies with the shut downs, the environment in the clinics, it's just a mess. I've learned to implement it at home and adapt as well go. There's a LOT of free or low cost information out there. ❤ Self injurious behavior decreased by about 70% in 4 months. Social skills improved too...more freedom and not forced to engage with bullies for example, more intentional practice. Imagine that! 🤪 I could go on and on about how wonderful homeschool can be for any child. I think it's ideal in most cases. My gifted nephew is being held back too though. I am certain he could have his own freaking business started if he was in a home-school environment. But. Also agree, they need to be kids. His mom just already has him over-booked with things that are under his potential TBH and he's just used to it at this point. But there's a lot of stress in their lives from that too. It's obvious. 😢

​@@cmak1212You're a trooper and inspiration.❤ I appreciate that you did that. I'm grateful to have a husband that makes enough to keep us going. We're not wealthy by any means but we make do...more time to budget when at home like this and getting the kids involved too! Internet makes things incredibly easy if you know how to screen for biased information/sources vs not. Time consuming at times but easy. I like to buy extras, manipulatives and field trips etc but it's not necessary. Most people can afford it and convince themselves they can't before they try. 😢 We started in poverty on food stamps. It's intimidating but we found out our special needs child was being abused in preschool. Absolutely the best decision we made was leaving public, followed by the switch from charter to completely homeschooling. ❤

Brandon from the interview here: Glad you stuck around to watch 😁

Yeah I am so confused

He would be horrified if he knew what all children run into in public school

I’ve been there. I felt this way for 5 years. Praying with you that y’all can grow closer and come to a unified conclusion. Praying the Lord bring you peace in the meantime. In the years I wasn’t able to homeschool- I supplemented the education my son was receiving with curriculum during his breaks. It was a sweet time of growing together.

If it is on your heart, I believe God will start putting very obvious redirections in your path. It was on my heart to bring my middle child home for over a year after bringing my oldest home, but my husband was adamantly against it. He still does not like homeschool, but our district started doing things that I could not tolerate with a clean conscience and the argument against homeschooling couldn’t hold up against the conviction against what was happening. Do not seek to force anything, do not dwell on the stress and the disagreement, just keep praying for God to bring the opportunity and to clearly show you the time and way to talk to your husband.

I hope so! 🙏 Seriously keep it up. Your children are the future and if you have internet you have great resources at your finger tips for teaching! Maybe can even join a co op of ever feel you need help. ❤ Or an online tutor etc. So many options out there. Your kids should have one close trusted family member raising them. Ideally mom or dad. I don't mean to be harsh since you're struggling with your husband, maybe some of this can help you appeal to him. There's only so much time in a day, if two parents are working FT that works out to the kid not being raised more than PT with their parents....😢 It's become a lie in society that we can have it all...that somehow it's still raising your kids when strangers are spending the majority of time with them. That just doesn't make sense. Quality is important yes....and if you don't have much time with them due to work etc then I hope for amazing quality. ❤ But I sense you understand what's ideal as a priority...our kids will pass on meaningful experiences of bonding (or not) and that's how the relationship with them is eternal. On top of how terrible schools are..TBH even most charter schools teach b.s. when it comes to history and science. If you're adamant about getting down to brass tacks and the TRUTH you'd be busy researching twice many times, to teach them that the school put forth lies (probably not intentionally...) and reteaching them. It's frustrating. Anyway, I hope you start homeschooling and that it makes your family stronger! To healthy capable kiddos! ❤

​@@tlr1604seriously

My kids do best in the afternoon and so do I. 😅 The difference is I like my quiet mornings. But the ideal morning is to get the kids out side to play get their energy out...(ADHD) . Makes a huge difference in our learning. ❤

Just because it’s not allowed that doesn’t mean the parents and kids are actually ok with it

Why is it not allowed? And perhaps it’s time to end his influence on your country. :)

@@JP27 None of the kids have ever been homeschooled here. It’s illegal, and therefore all of us are in this system of teaching and learning. Most students are feeling well, some would love having no school at all. 😉 The curriculum is set up by the Bundesland/ the federal state- and so every part of the country is having a bit of variation.

​@@JP27Ask Adolf, not joking

Patience, like everything else, only comes with having to practice it. 😅

❤ I appreciate that sentiment. I am grateful my kids are now homeschooled but we had a rough journey. My mom and grandma were staunch feminists and I was on the conveyor belt of seeking a "boss babe" title. Now I'm a "boss babe" of my home. 😂 I'm grateful but it started with public school for my severe special needs child. We discovered abuse and so left to charter but were intimidated. Threatened by the school. Many years later I finally started to fully homeschool, even the government website to register says it's best not to mention "home-school" to public district staff because they might call authorities on you assuming it's illegal. ON THE GOVERNMENT PAGE to register as a HOMESCHOOL parent! I couldn't make this stuff up! 🙈 Mind you, it IS California. Lol I'm just saying. Society's bee tricked into misconceptions about education and it's troubling. I appreciate your interest, please tell people about what you learn to spread the news. Even grandparents and aunts etc can be the ones to get the ball rolling for a family. ❤

Thank you Teresa!!!

She said it as a click bait not because she means it

@@melissahowe6254 Aww... I believed her :( I thought she was an honest person. Thanks for the heads up.

That's awesome! Hope to see you there!

Thank you for saying that! We recorded this on Thursday and I posted on Friday so I didn't have time to send it to Kurt for him to do the fancy intro!!!

I felt angry reading it.

Yeah I was disappointed too

It’s click bait 😘

It can be a hard thing to do. The rewards have been worth it to me. Being thrust into a home learning environment instead of choosing it can definitely skew perception.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this. She said at the beginning that she doesn't like to be clickbaity.....and yet this video is just that......🤔🙄 Very disappointing.

I have been considering joining in on the Brave Conference for about a week, mostly because I saw Dawn was one of the speakers! I was so excited! But when I saw the title of this video, I decided I wouldn't be participating in the conference 😢

I am in this same boat. Our kids are 11 and almost 14 now, we tried a hybrid school when they were in first and third grade, We stayed with that school for several years and it was a blessing, until they changed their curriculum and some other changes it just didn't fit well for our family. We've been homeschooling for the last few years but with a tween and teen in the house, they really want friends that they see consistently. And on top of it we live out in the country so there aren't many neighbors around for them to connect with. I enjoy being with my kids, so it's really hard for me to let go of homeschooling, and I am not aware of any co-ops that isn't "classical". My husband and I both agree that our kids will not go to a public school but the private schools are very expensive and are unaffordable for us. This has been a prayerful matter believing God to come through and answer the kids desire for friends in some fashion.

@@OneDayAtATime1277 I've taught my kids at home for the last 13 years, and I always say I will follow the Lord every year. I don't subscribe to one "way" or follow anyone but God. It often feels like a cult. But there are many ways to educate! You will never go wrong following the lead of the Holy Spirit. This past year, I put my kiddos in a homeschooling online academy for a few classes (LA and Math). It's a fraction of the price of private school, and some of them have an active "community" of online clubs like newspaper, writing club, etc. There are many you may be interested in. Some are like zoom classes once or twice a week, and others are all digital curriculum. Anyway, lots of paths to choose from! Blessings!

I stopped watching Angela Braniff for the same reason. She started using way too much clickbait. Thankfully, Dawn doesn’t too often. I hope this doesn’t become a thing with her.

@@thebackpackfamily2836frugal fit mom just got a lot of backlash for that as well, and while I don’t really hold it against them, I don’t listen to them as much anymore and I question their reason why. Hopefully they read the comments and consider a different approach.

@@rebeccaoprea9917 agreed

Ok but to quit watching entirely? I think you’re making snap decisions based on emotion in the moment. If you don’t enjoy her content then of course, don’t watch. But you said her content brings you value.

@@AMcDub0708 in Angela Braniff’s case. I didnt just make a rash decision. She kept using click bait and I got tired of watching the videos and she never addressed what was in the title of the video. So after a while, yeah I got sick of it.

This is the way.

@@rachaelh5594 yes. this is the way

Wow, I'm so glad you shared this! I didn't even think about that side of it, I know some school districts have better resources than others for near-diverse kiddos

Brandon from the interview here: So glad you watched! Maybe we'll see you at the conference or in the community? All the best either way!

Brandon from the interview here. So glad you were encouraged!

THANK YOU for saying this since I feel like I can't, lol!!! There really is no one size fits all!!!

@@MinimalMomPodcast 🫶🏼you’re welcome🥰Thank you for all that you do! God bless you and your family!

Government school is not for every parent. Government school is certainly not for most children.

Homeschool is the OG. It is how the human species survived and thrived long before formal schooling became a thing. It absolutely can be for everyone; it is our modern society that makes it a challenge.

Same page!

Click bait

She definitely says several times she would not choose again to homeschool if there was another option in here area. She does say there are things she loves about it and things she does not. Her title is in my opinion for algorithms more than any other reason. It's an interview about homeschooling and again she says she loves some parts and doesn't love other parts.

Yup. We had my kids in an online school-which relied HEAVILY on *me* teaching them the subjects-for two years during Covid due to health issues. I was THRILLED when it was safe for them to go back! And so were they! They’ve learned so much more and so much better and I don’t have a panic attack every morning.

Outsourcing is possible, and community is key 😘

As a former optician, I'd like to suggest seeing if there's a Behavioral Optometrist in your area. They test not only the acuity, but also how the eyes track and team together, if the patient has dyslexia or another vision-related reading problem. Hope this helps!

I heard one woman ( can't remember where ) say that she used to start asking her kids questions about their day as soon as she saw them after school and they were always grumpy. She said there was a big change after instead of trying to talk to them as soon as they came in the door, she'd give them something to eat and just let them eat in silence. And then after half an hour or so, they'd come and talk to her. There's seldom a one size fits all solution but I'd say it's worth a try

I would really encourage you to give it a try, if you’re able. I had a couple of really good friends nudge me gently in that direction when my eldest was 4. I am also an introvert, dyslexic, and didn’t consider myself a teacher. Homeschooling is exhausting and hard (especially with a baby or toddler in the mix), but I think it is so so worth it. Even on the hard days, I cherish the time I get to spend with my kids. I have found though that getting outdoor exercise when my husband gets home from work is enough of a break for me (most days) to give us a good reset so that we’re happy to see each other again. All that to say, every family has their own rhythm and I’m confident you could find yours too if you have a heart to give homeschool a try!