Trust the Process, Homeschoolers
Trust the process.
I think homeschoolers often want their approach to education to work, to be the right way to go. Then the children hit a wall with their learning, and you get frustrated and discouraged by it. It makes you want to push to try to force “it” to happen. It’s as if you think that if you try harder, something will click in your child’s mind. I find that I sometimes push too hard in this very situation.
Trust the process.
As a teacher I know about how children learn. I know that it pays to be patient and encouraging. Children need time practice. They need time to store and retrieve new information. Children need time to synthesize new information. It all takes time. I know that.
Trust the process.
As a mother I want the very best for my children. I know that our society values beauty and intelligence, and I want both for my children because I love them so. As a mother, I believe that my children are both beautiful and intelligent. Somehow I feel like they have to prove that to the rest of the world, though. Sometimes I push them so they can prove themselves to this fallen world.
Trust the process.
Then I hear that little voice in the back of my mind telling me that I need to back off. I need to love my children and teach them about our mighty, loving God. I have to trust the process because there is nothing that I can do to make “it” happen or to speed up that process. In fact, proving themselves simply is not important.
Trust the process.
God is in control. He loves my children more than I can imagine. He has a plan for each of them. According to God, my children do not have to prove themselves to anyone in this fallen world. They have to love God and their neighbor. That is what He wants from them. Through that process they will learn and do great things because they are doing things for God – not me.
Trust the process.
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