Love in a Time of Homeschooling
A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
“In a world where ‘homeschooling’ is so often misunderstood, discounted, and even ridiculed, Laura Brodie offers a clear-eyed view and makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the subject. This is necessary reading for anyone with an interest not just in homeschooling but in education generally.”
— David Guterson
“As a parent involved in homeschooling, I highly recommend this book. It’s timely, beautifully written, and must reading for anyone who has ever wondered what homeschooling is all about.”
— James Grippando, author of Money to Burn
Humorous and heartfelt, this charming memoir tells of a year-long experiment in homeschooling in which the author decides to give her ten-year-old daughter a sabbatical from homework hell and the vicissitudes of one-size fits all traditional public school days.
But what happens when the teacher is also Mom, and the classroom is the kitchen table?
A Homeschooling Sabbatical: When her ten-year-old daughter, Julia, starts hiding in the closet to avoid schoolwork, an English professor decides to pull her out of public school for one unconventional year.The Creative Child: A heartfelt look at raising a daughter who sees the world in a slice of kiwi but struggles against the structure of classrooms, tests, and a system not built for her unique mind.Mother-Daughter Relationship: Follows the challenging, funny, and sometimes explosive dynamic that unfolds when a mother becomes a teacher, and every lesson is a test of their bond.An Honest Parenting Memoir: Far from a how-to guide, this is a candid story about the daily frustrations and unexpected joys of trying to do what’s best for your child—and wondering if you’re getting it all wrong.
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Told by elementary school teachers that her daughter, Julia, "needs to spend more time in our world," author Brodie (Breaking Out, The Widow's Season) decided that her daughter's unique intellectual needs would best be served by a year of home-schooling: "The more I looked into it, the more I discovered that short-term homeschooling is a growing trend in America, for a vast array of reasons." Chronicling the entirety of her homeschooling experience, from the decision-making process to Julia's successful re-entry into 6th grade, Brodie takes pains to show how difficult homeschooling can be: "How foolish I had been, to have believed that Julia's complaints over the past two years... stemmed from an institutional cause" (as it turns out, Julia simply doesn't like to be told what to do). Having been frustrated by other homeschooling books' Pollyanna attitude toward the parent-child relationship, Brodie's contribution to the field is full of honest revelations that make it vital for anyone considering homeschooling; happily, her gift for good storytelling and keen observation (of herself and others) make this an absorbing read for everyone else.
