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Danielle shares her struggles with homeschooling on a particularly challenging day.

Today was one of those days. In Episode 99 of **More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby**, Danielle gets very real about the hardest homeschool day they've had yet—and the moment she finally thought, **“I don't want to do this anymore.”** The day seemed to have everything working against her. The AC went out in the new house. It got close to 90 degrees inside. The girls were struggling to focus after a long holiday weekend. Tennis pushed school later into the day. Technology wasn't cooperating. The house was a mess. And Danielle was trying to figure out how to teach five kids who don't necessarily learn the same way. After asking the quintuplets what actually works best for them, she got exactly what you might expect from five different kids: different answers. Some prefer video lessons. Some want Danielle teaching at the table. Others work better independently. It's another reminder that homeschooling five kids isn't simply doing the same lesson five times. Danielle also opens up about feeling defeated, why missing their normal morning devotional seemed to throw off the entire day, the encouragement she received from an experienced homeschool mom at exactly the right…

People in this episode

Hosts: Danielle Busby, Adam Busby

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• parenting
• family dynamics
• education
• challenges

Keywords

• homeschooling
• quintuplets
• parenting challenges
• education methods
• family life

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Organizations: More Than Reality, homeschool

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