I'm Not Cut out For Homeschooling
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- First off, let's talk about the number one thing I am going to get comments about... the noise. That noise is because I had a few minutes without the kids in my home and quickly threw together my set and hit record, I didn't wear my lapel mic and you can hear the sound of my camera CONSTANTLY refocusing every time I move. It's annoying, I get it. I considered scrapping this video but as I watched it over again, I just knew that I couldn't recreate that. it was raw, it was honest, it was powerful, and it was a message SO on my heart for homeschool moms. So despite the ANNOYING sound, bear with it, the message is true and I know this is for someone out there that needs to hear it and will be able to tune out the clicking noises.
This video is about failures, mistakes, impatience, and real life homeschooling in all it's glorious mess. I share my stories of failure and how we can overcome that. I share how I have hit rock bottom and considered sending my kids to school and how that fits in to where I am today. Homeschooling is HARD, it isn't perfect, but don't give up on yourself, don't give up on your kids! Show them the value of perseverance, show them how you learn from your mistakes and rise above them, choose GROWTH!
You've got this my friend. Keep calm and homeschool on, and share this with a homeschool friend who needs to hear it and hit subscribe because you love me ;) HA!
Happy homeschooling and join in the comments below!
Rebecca
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Wow, even though this is over a year old... this is exactly what I needed to hear right now! I so appreciated listening to this and to know that I am not alone in this. Thank you! I will be listening to this again and again when the moments get tough... Homeschool On!
I needed this honesty so desperately right now. 2nd grade was so rough with my child. All of my support system has either moved away or sent their kids to public/private schools. My husband travels for work and I feel like we have more days ending in tears, shouting, and frustration. I have felt like I needed to throw in the towel so often. Thank you so much for taking the time to give encouragement.
I felt like you were talking directly to me. I needed that!
Thank you, Rebecca, and God bless you!
I am not even 7 minutes in and I am close to tears. You are straight up reading my mail, my mind, my WHATEVER! Ugh. Ok, I'm going back to the video. Just, thank you.
Thank you making this video. I just prayed about homeschooling my kids, and this video cane on my feed. I've watch you and other you tubers and watch how "perfect" you are, homeschooling, looks, home always so clean... Thank you for reminding us that we are all imperfect beings serving God. Thank you allowing us to make mistakes, grow and keep moving forward.
Thank you so much for being REAL!! So refreshing!!
I am here right now! 3rd week of homeschool kindergarten for my oldest son. I prayed all day for clarity about putting him in school. Lots of tears this past few weeks. Thank you for the encouragement.❤️
From the comments I've already seen, it looks like we all needed to hear this. Thank you so much for posting such great honesty. As a single mom of three, homeschooling for the first year, I'm sure I'll replay this video from time to time. Hopefully not daily 😬
God bless you and your family.
I'm saving this to watch when I need. Just starting our journey with kindergarten and I spent the first day crying wondering what I was doing feeling like such a failure. One week later and I'm feeling a lot calmer and learning I need to relax more. This is a learning process for all of us.
Girl your blue eyes with that yellow top! Lookin’ good Mama! :)
Thank you so much for just being completely real!! We need that soooo much more in life.
Rebecca, thank you very much for confirming my idea to be a homeschool dad. I'm a school teacher and there are hundreds of reasons to keep my boy out of school, some from his condition, some from my belief, and some from the school system. As a dad, I wanna give my best to him. As a matter of fact, I give him the worst of me after a day of schooling. I wish my wife would listen to you one day and hear from heart to heart what homeschooling might be like to us parents.
Dude. We are soul sisters. Teaching my oldest to read in 2010 ...drove. Me. Nuts. ...And here we go, again with my 1st grader. ...with my first year of homeschooling this fall.
Love this! It really is the Homeschool Truths. Thanks for bringing this all out into a video.... we go through this, but not many actually say it aloud. Its hard, but so rewarding for everyone. As a parent/educator/etc. we are continuously learning too. 😍
Your honesty is golden! Not many people can talk like you do without feeling self conscious. You dont know how much this spoke to me, I needed this, you were right who cares about the clicking noise this is awesome!
I quit homeschooling last year after 2 years. I listened to the lies I told myself of being a failure and failing my oldest child. The weight was so incredibly heavy and told myself I wasn't made for this. After having 2 of my kids in Christian school this past year, I'm ready to dive in and try again. Weighing what did and what didn't work to try make next school year a better experience. To identify the lies early and to God's word for truth and guidance. Grace upon grace. Thanks for sharing this - super encouraging
God bless you and your family🙏 This is exactly what I needed to hear.
Needed this! My daughter is learning how to read and my 1st grader is getting better at reading. But oh my goodness I relate to u so much! I felt I ruined his love for learning because I pushed and pushed him. He was only 5 and I believed at the time that we had to look a certain way and be a certain way. We are new homeschoolers and so I felt everyone is waiting for me to fail at this so I pushed him. Now its my daughters turn to learn and I promised I wouldnt do the same thing to her but I found myself feeling tense and impatient with her and caught myself scream at her today. The face she made me feel like a horrible mother. I instantly asked God for grace and patience! Thanks for sharing!
I'm a new homeschooling mom and yes I'm scare,and I have scream at my dauther too,please make a video with advice for new homeschooling moms.
Holy church! Great idea for a new video! Will work on a video for that! And dont be scared. Like Rebecca said we are not perfect, we make mistakes and grow from them. I am still learning but I do know that God has called me to homeschool so I remind myself why I am doing this. 😁
Thank you for this video. Like so many others, I NEEDED this. We’re going into year 3 of homeschool and I scaled WAY back on what I expect to happen in a day. They know how to learn. I’m the one that needs help.
What a great message, one that I’m sure many of us needed to hear. I’m preparing to homeschool my preschooler (no experience whatsoever) and I’ve had so many false expectations- until I came across your channel. Thanks for keeping it real! 🌹
I have been really enjoying your videos and podcasts! Thank you so much for sharing so honestly and it really encouraged me a lot since I can relate so much! I am still new to homeschooling and often I get discouraged with myself and doubt if my kids are better off at the public school, but really encouraged me to listen to a experienced mom, keep going despite of difficulties. I really need to choose growth, and learn from mistakes, not just stay discouraged! Thank you!
You were talking about teaching your son to read and yeah, that’s me, I so hate teaching kids to read. So so so hate it! I am so envious of those parents whose kid “just taught themselves to read” I’m like WHAT?? You didn’t have to teach them?? So unfair! LOL!!
Thanks for the video, it was very good. There was a lot of clicking in the background of someone typing? That made my eye twitch quite a bit, but the content was great, thanks for sharing :)
Wow, that was powerful! I'm not even homeschooling yet and I feel like this all the time! I've found one huge thing that really
helps me when I'm having one of those days where I feel like I have completely failed is to go back to the very basics. "Did I keep my kids safe today? Yes. Did I feed them? Yes. Do my kids know, even though my day was bad, that I do love them? Yes. Will I own my mistakes and apologize and get back up? Yes. Is that a great lesson for them to learn? Yes. Okay, so don't let the devil speak lies. It will all be ok." That's what I have started making myself do on those hard days. Allowing God to speak truth in love to me. And to speak truth in love to myself! Not to focus too much on the negative, ignoring the positive....or too much on the positive, ignoring the negative. TRUTH.IN.LOVE
Helps me so much!🤗
Thank you so much for your raw honesty and encouragement. It means so much to know we're not alone in this struggle. This is a life changing ministry that your doing.
Your description of yourself rings a few bells for how I'd describe myself 🤪😆 I just came across your channel a few days ago and I'm really enjoying your content.
I totally needed this message today. I am going to be starting homeschool for my (will be) 2nd and 5th graders next year, and I know that I already mess up a lot. I totally get your feelings of frustration and going into "volcano mode" because things just build up for so long. Your video really helped me to remember that I need to forgive myself when those things happen, take a breath, and just apologize, not expecting just me to hold everything in our home together. Thank you!
This was so encouraging! Been feeling the pressure lately. It’s no joke. My attitude has been sucking lately because I lost sight of why I’m doing this. Gonna own my mistakes and ask God to set me back on the right track again. Thanks Rebecca!
I love how real you are. Thank you❤
So appreciate and needed to hear this today ♡ really resonated with me. Thank you for your wisdom and being for being able to be open and vulnerable in order to reach out to others.
Great video! I could have used this advice 18 yrs ago when I started homeschooling. It's wonderful that you're so encouraging to other homeschool moms.
Thank you for being so open and honest.
I just started homeschooling and today was one of my harder days... This video has encouraged me enormously thank you so much for all of your obvious time and effort.
I so needed to hear this today! Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️
Have a 6, 4 and 1 year old and definitely feeling the overwhelm of the juggling. Wonderful encouragement, thanks!
Thank you for this video!! Thank you for keeping it real!! So many people who do homeschool videos make it look easy an everyone is smiling and happy and perfect hair!! Its not reality at all!! You give me the strength to go on!! Thank you!!
My biggest failure: My oldest son did kindergarten in public school, and I was told by his teacher that he was at a grade 3 reading level. Apparently, due to my lack of early education knowledge, I equated being able to read at that level also magically meant that he should be able to spell most words from that level correctly. So in our first couple weeks of home schooling grade one, he asked me how to spell something that I thought was a very easy word. I was like: "You don't know how to spell that!?" In a shocked tone. Yeah. Confidence ruined. Let's just say now I'm SUPER careful about how I react to their lack of knowledge or "not getting it" moments. I still feel bad about that moment and that was 6 years ago! Your video helped a lot. Thank you so much for doing this video!
I'm glad to know you got annoyed with teaching reading too. I can totally relate to that. Thank you for that honesty. I thought myself a terrible mom for dreading teaching to read and getting impatient with his lack of retention in those moments ...
I thank you very much for this video. I needed this cause lately I have felt like I’ve been failing miserably at homeschooling my children. But when you said that mistakes happen and failures are gonna happen cause we are fallen and broken. My eyes burst into tears because I have been struggling to help my 8 year old son with his math. He is almost done with this math book but he doesn’t like subtracting if he has to borrow. My oldest had the same problem and I think it may have to do with the math we r using and I’m hoping to get something different for him like I did for my oldest. He’s good at math and he gets it he just doesn’t like to have to sit for 45 mins and do it over and over again. And I’m trying to help my 5 year old learn her phonics sounds better so she can start learning to read cause she wants to read but doesn’t like the phonics book we are using. My heart is full of joy to teach my children but some days or lately it’s been just about everyday it’s a struggle or a frustration to do school.
Oh my goodness so glad I watched this! This is our 2nd year homeschooling and still trying to figure out what curriculums work best for us and scheduling. Love watching your reviews on curriculums!
Thank you Rebecca! I love the part when you spoke of how your mom 'rose up'!!! That's how I was raised and how my mom was!!! I do get frustrated and I have regrets...but I always choose to 'rise up'! So thank you for the encouragement...I am not ALONE!!! And I wanted to say again that finding you was an answer to my desperate prayer!! God sent me to you!!!! Thank you for your dedication, your amazing personality, and your hard work!!! I am praying for you everyday!!!! I feel like we are forever friends...but I just 'met' you 3 weeks ago!!!! God Bless!!!!❤️
I needed this video. This is my first year homeschooling and it's been difficult and there are days I wonder if I made the right decision. Thank you for sharing.
I needed this so much! Thank you!!
Thank you for your honesty 😍
I really needed to hear this today. Yesterday was a hard day and I struggled today with feeling insecure and that maybe I was making a mistake homeschooling. Thank you for encouraging me.
I needed this! Thank you!
Ty for sharing! Love this! Wow so true and encouraging! Good to know I’m not alone
Thank you so much Rebecca for this. I really really needed this today. ❤️
This is a beautiful message. It's just what I needed to hear today.
Thank you for this video! I needed this today!
I needed this today ❤ love your videos!!
Wow what a very good message. It was definitely needed. Thank you
Wow, that's some real talk!!! Thank you for this. I live in Ontario and I am really considering home schooling my kids. The idea of being a failure gets to me every time. I came from a culture who doesn't believe home schooling is a thing. My spouse & I feel like we are not only teaching our kids with value but also protecting them from bullying and all the bad things that I keep hearing lately happen at schools.I just feel scared even though I'm few years away from starting home schooling. My kids are young, my oldest in JK & and 7 months old baby. I feel it will be so rewarding and so valuable if I just go for it!
You are the best homeschool mum cheerleader!!! Love your videos. Thanks so much for making them!
Thank you! I absolutely loved this video. And I totally needed it. You’re awesome. Thanks again.
Amen! We (I) need to love the role mistakes have in our lives, maybe even love the mistakes themselves as a sign leading us back to the track. Thank you for sharing, prayers for you and all of us. Take away thoughts: Never punish mistakes and unsuccesses or seemingly slow progress, embrace the information and be loving and encourage the fallen, give the gift of trying again with thankfulness/humour/honesty/ and or loving determination. I have much to learn. Thank you. Back to work...🌱
Just beginning to homeschool an 8 and 9 yr old with a 2 yr old here too. U r my new guru, ty!!!
😭 so on time, thank you!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you💗
Thank you! I needed this!
Yes thank you for taking the time to inspire all homeschooling parents with honesty; your words are refreshing and uplifting. Also, it amazes me how so many CONSUMERS of your content are hypercritical of a petty noise. Y'all I think she knows there is a noise in her video and yet she humbled herself to still share an uplifting message to serve you...could you not also practice humility and keep your critical comments quiet? Well neither can I :) Moral of the story...we're all imperfect. GRACE WINS
Great video, I'm really glad you used it even with the sound issues :)
Thanks a lot for this video. Needed this!
That's hilarious! I've been considering blogging my homeschooling day, but I scream too much so the feeling passes😂😂
Thank you for this great advice Rebecca!!
This was hilarious! I’m super impatient too! I’m thinking of homeschooling this year. I have a 4th (going to) 3.5 and 1 year old. From the beginning of helping him in his work to now, I’ve come a long way. Wow, this video really spoke to me!! I’ve prayed and prayed for my patients and frustration...hilarious! I’m not alone! Yay!!
Omgsh im gonna cry because i thought i was terrible i thought it was only me i gave up after two weeks my son does the same thing when reading but this school system is making me soooo angry as a christian feeling i know this is my job this is my ministry thankyou for this
I love your honesty!
You are just as good of a counselor as you are a homeschool mom! Thank you so much, Rebecca!
Thank you for this video I really need it
Oh my goodness! Today I had that day, halfway through the day,I ended school and made it into a cleaning day! I'm so inpatient with the goofing off while I'm reading out loud. I need to pray more for that. Homeschooling 7 and 3 littles(9th grader, 2 6th graders, 2 4th graders, 2 2nd graders, a 3 year old, a 2 year old, and an 8 month old) I need to ask for more help from my husband to support me when I have days like I had today.
I absolutely loved this video and I think it was extremely compassionate and well thought out. I love your determination. I'm talking about homeschooling with my husband. I think going in with this information will help keep me grounded.
It did sounds like an evil chipmunk was in the corner but that's fine. 💜😋👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you!!!
Loved loved loved this!!!!!
New homeschooling mama right here and your videos are giving me life!!! Thank you sooo much for this you are doing a great service to womankind honey lol.
Your intense and awesome THANK YOU FOR BEING REAL, HONEST, RAW. Your one of the few on here. I have 5 kids to, all under the age of 8. 8, 5, 4, 2 & 1 year old! 1st year homeschooling . Ahhh so unsure of picking curriculum . What's your opinion on the whole unschooling? :/
Thank you...🤗
It’s like you read my mind today. Yesterday was our first day of homeschool for our family. I have always wanted to do this and this year I took that step. I am a ECE and did this for 6 years and then I had my babies and I couldn’t leave. Lol. But that love of teaching followed us. I would do tons with them on top of their “school” work. I have a 13yr old boy, 11 year old special needs boy , 6 year old girl and a 11 mth old boy. So grade 1,6,8. My boys had IEP’s in school and my special needs son had PT, OT and a special bike ect. As soon as I said I was homeschooling they are trying to convince me in keeping them in school even if it is o e or two times a week and the other days I can homeschool. This way my 11 year old can keep his equipment. But I know and DO all these things at home. But they have me second guessing myself and maybe I should do this but I have all their curriculums set and started and I do t want them to be pulled in every direction and get confused. And they keep repeating the socialization topic ahhhhhhhhh😖😖😖😖😖😖 I could scream if I hear that one more time. Any advice. 6breakingloose💜 from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
hi,I'm a new homeschooling mom,and let me tell you something if God put in your heart d desire to homeschool just keep going 💗💗💗
I love your comment. I feel like I kept my children in public school longer than I should have because of the services I was getting through my daughter's IEP. I finally came to accept that I can make special accommodations even better than the school can. It's just very scary. Good luck with your first year.
You are your children's best advocate. Peace of mind matters. I suggest getting a clear understanding of the resources that are available to you outside of the school as well. Support is there; sometimes it it takes making a shift to see it clearly. All the best to you and your family!
Thank you!! More pep talks, please !! 💖 💖
LOL "it's annoying." Your honesty is awesome.
Awesome message
Thank you Rebecca 😭💜
Today was that day.. I almost filled in the form to send her back to school..we have been doing it since September I really hope it gets easier. 😫😫
I REALLY NEEDED THIS !! Thanks you
Thank you.
I think, maybe you are doing way to much. One of the main reasons for homeschool burnout is to have a very busy curriculum/ schedule. Relax your homeschool a little bit. I think the most difficult homeschool years are the early years when they are so dependent on us. I did not homeschool until my kids were in 3d and 5th grades but I do take great credit for teaching them how to read, write, and arithmetic because for some reason that I don’t understand to this day, the schools did not do a good job on that. They wasted way to much time and my kids got very bored at school. I’m so proud of being a mom who took her kids out of lousy school systems ( public and private Catholic) and in our home, Sweet home. My biggest mistake, that I regret to this day, is not to have homeschooled them from the beginning. We follow a relax homeschool philosophy and my kids did amazing in last year’s standardized text. We homeschool for a few hours and the kids have music lessons and we all go to the gym in the afternoon. We do travel year around and it really helps to get out of the house for awhile. Just relax and don’t do everything by the book. Happy homeschool year!
gotta copy and paste your message to my wife. LOL This winter vacation we'll have to make a decision if we gotta toss the schooling or not. It's too much for me and our boy with ADHD/Aspurger. She has a lot of worries of losing him out of the schooling system.
But I would do pretty much as the same as Rebecca if I became a homeschooling dad. There are internal and external reasons. God bless us everyone!
Excellent video! I'm three weeks into Kindergarten and was thinking today that I can't do this. I WANT to!!! I need ask for forgiveness tomorrow from my son :). Thank you!!!
♥️thank you
I NEEDED THIS. Omg. I can't even tell you. *sigh* Thank you.
I think i got more upset & stressed out when my oldest was in the public school system being the fact he has a little disability & they would pile on pile homework for him that needed to be done by the end of the week than i do now.
So good.
Amazing video!
This sounds just like me. I remember those days too.
Im quitting homeschooling. I hate it. I have 4 kids and I feel like I’m losing it. They don’t deserve me like this. I cry daily and lose my temper. I have zero friends and never leave the house anymore. This isn’t living. This is torture.
Your video quality is awesome! Did you change cameras? What camera do you use?
Thank you, I had my aperture too low for this one so movement was effecting the focus if it affected the depth. I'm too fidgety for low aperture, ha! But yes, I bought a canon 5d mark iv ;)
Sounding out the same word e v e r y TIME! 😣 My experience exactly with my oldest!!!
Love your videos... The background sound for this ADD brain cannot finish this video! I'm sorry 😔I still liked it, because it's a great topic. (Mom of 4, homeschooling, this year is our 8th year!)👍
I know! What is that sound?? lol!
In the description she apologizes and explains 😊
Same. Oh my gosh it’s driving me bananas...but I want to hear everything she is saying. 😭😭
What did you do to help your first child regain enthusiasm for learning? The exact same thing happened to me 😭
Yassss girl!!! 🙌
what camera do you use for your videos?
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The most usefull video for homeschooling mum. Failures happen. And pleeease, do smth with the camera zoom sound. It's soooo annoying...