Hard Educational Decisions: A Conversation with Jamie Phipps

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of homeschooling and the circumstances that may lead parents to pause their homeschooling journey.

Anyone and everyone can homeschool their children, but sometimes, not everyone should homeschool. The day you became a parent, you became your child's most important teacher so, yes, you can teach your child. However, there may be life circumstances or challenging seasons that can make home education difficult. And that is ok! Saying no to homeschooling for one season doesn't mean it will be a hard "No" forever. For different reasons, sometimes it is best to paus...

People in this episode

Host: Carrie De Francisco

Guest: Jamie Phipps

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• parenting
• education
• life circumstances
• decision making

Keywords

• homeschool
• education
• parenting
• life circumstances
• decision making

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