Crush 1st-Year Homeschool Frustrations and Plan a Smooth Year 2

Crush 1st-Year Homeschool Frustrations and Plan a Smooth Year 2

From Confident Homeschool Mom Podcast by Teresa Wiedrick

May 30, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

The episode addresses the frustrations of first-year homeschooling and offers guidance for planning a smoother second year.

If your 1st-year homeschool frustrations have left you feeling overwhelmed, however, you still want to try to make homeschooling work for your family, this is for you. Get your free Confident Homeschool Mom Roadmap Gia’s experience in her 1st-year homeschool frustrations… “I am a mom of 3, ages 13, 11, and 6. My older two are in public school but I homeschooled my youngest this past year because I didn’t think he was ready for public school kindergarten. We will be moving at which point, I will likely be homeschooling all three kids…  This past year was a disaster.  These are my 1st year homeschool frustrations: I definitely homeschooled out of  fear and anxiety.  Though I had a support teacher with an online homeschool, she was not the right fit and did not provide me the support I needed.  And I was  trying my best to unschool,  but felt lost without much of an experience with doing so.  I felt  overwhelmed with other commitments, such as part-time work, volunteering, and homeschooling.  Definitely had too much on my plate  and lacked time to research what I could be doing with my…

People in this episode

Host: Teresa Wiedrick

Topics covered

  • homeschooling
  • first-year challenges
  • education planning
  • parenting
  • support systems

Keywords

  • homeschool frustrations
  • education
  • parenting
  • support
  • planning

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