WEBVTT 00:02.393 --> 00:03.662 [SPEAKER_00]: Christian parenting. 00:05.549 --> 00:09.654 [SPEAKER_00]: As a homeschool mom, you have probably experienced some push back to it. 00:09.994 --> 00:22.549 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not immune to the negativity, the questions, and possibly maybe the talking about you doing this, and the questions that are just the same over and over again, and we encounter this. 00:22.609 --> 00:23.590 [SPEAKER_00]: Let me tell you the story. 00:23.650 --> 00:33.261 [SPEAKER_00]: A friend was telling me issues at the doctor, and when the appointment was kind of done, and maybe there was a nurse around, either way, the doctor kind of leaned over and said to her. 00:33.241 --> 00:55.789 [SPEAKER_00]: my husband and I are thinking about homeschooling our kids just kind of whispered to her to think we should do it and all of her kids were younger younger than even would be compulsory school age and of course my friend was like absolutely but it was just like there's a stigma to it and I said we were like we'll probably also because she's thinking she would homeschool full time and have to leave the practice so a little bit of whispering that she's thinking about that 00:55.769 --> 00:59.612 [SPEAKER_00]: so that others aren't like, oh, she's leaving and before she actually announces that. 00:59.733 --> 01:05.298 [SPEAKER_00]: But there tends to be a lot of hush hush kind of tones that we use when we're thinking about homeschooling, which makes me so sad. 01:05.618 --> 01:12.184 [SPEAKER_00]: But I understand in that scenario, you kind of need to keep things on the download a little bit until there's actually maybe a formal announcement or decision. 01:12.224 --> 01:19.610 [SPEAKER_00]: But this doctor was just thinking about this and really considering it and there are many comments that come up and they tend to always be the same. 01:19.630 --> 01:22.173 [SPEAKER_00]: But today we're going to talk about, and I don't know if you've encountered this one or not. 01:22.533 --> 01:25.776 [SPEAKER_00]: But if you have not, be prepared, 01:25.756 --> 01:32.246 [SPEAKER_00]: at some point, but I feel like also it's not just that someone's going to directly say this to you, they're thinking it. 01:32.386 --> 01:38.195 [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that when we realize it possibly, they might be thinking it, we can approach and we can deal with that relationship a little bit better. 01:38.235 --> 01:41.920 [SPEAKER_00]: So today let's talk about, are you as a homeschool parent? 01:42.000 --> 01:44.524 [SPEAKER_00]: Are you being selfish by homeschooling your children? 01:45.955 --> 01:48.299 [SPEAKER_00]: welcome to Little By Little Home School podcast. 01:48.419 --> 01:53.207 [SPEAKER_00]: I am your host, Lee Nguyen, who is super excited that you are here for this episode. 01:53.267 --> 01:54.589 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for joining me. 01:54.649 --> 01:55.491 [SPEAKER_00]: Listen to this episode. 01:55.531 --> 01:57.554 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe others there are a lot of episodes. 01:57.594 --> 02:11.457 [SPEAKER_00]: I think that any topic you are thinking about, you can probably scroll back and find the answer to those or just go into the search bar of your podcast app type in Little By Little Home School and then maybe one or two keywords. 02:11.437 --> 02:17.944 [SPEAKER_00]: of what you're looking for and a whole list of episodes should pop up maybe just use the filter of episodes and that should help you out. 02:18.364 --> 02:39.486 [SPEAKER_00]: But I am a let's say I was a very hesitant homeschool mom until God called us and then I jumped in with two feet and we've got as when I have two graduates and one that is almost there we are currently planning a graduation party for him and it's just it's bitter sweet it's been so good and I'm so glad I did it and that's why I do this podcast so let's jump into today's episode. 02:40.732 --> 02:42.515 [SPEAKER_00]: But first, I have an announcement. 02:42.936 --> 02:46.964 [SPEAKER_00]: Little by little homeschool conference is happening this year for 2026. 02:47.064 --> 02:57.323 [SPEAKER_00]: We are so excited in planning so much behind the scenes and officially all the details will be released starting next week. 02:57.303 --> 03:12.983 [SPEAKER_00]: So on Monday, May 4th, we're going to start rolling out the details of the date and the time and the venue and then last but not least the speakers conference tickets will go on sale the following Monday on May 11th, which is actually the day after Mother's Day. 03:12.963 --> 03:18.333 [SPEAKER_00]: So possibly, if you're thinking about coming, maybe you can say to your husband, hey, you don't have to get me anything from Mother's Day. 03:18.533 --> 03:24.143 [SPEAKER_00]: Get me a ticket for the conference, and I am okay receiving that gift of the day after Mother's Day. 03:24.624 --> 03:28.812 [SPEAKER_00]: But watch for details and everything the best way to find out and to 03:28.792 --> 03:32.637 [SPEAKER_00]: get all that information to keep up with it is to be on the email list. 03:33.037 --> 03:48.737 [SPEAKER_00]: I will put the link in the show notes for that specific conference email list so that you can then get that information and it'll be straight to your inbox, make sure that you market as you wanting it in your inbox and not in your spam or promotions or what other inbox that it happens to pop into. 03:49.138 --> 03:50.639 [SPEAKER_00]: So that hopefully then you get it each week. 03:50.659 --> 03:55.826 [SPEAKER_00]: But join that conference email list and next Monday we will start releasing the exciting details. 03:55.966 --> 03:58.309 [SPEAKER_00]: Now this episode title has a question. 03:58.289 --> 04:01.693 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm just going to give you, straight the answer. 04:01.853 --> 04:04.756 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a short and simple and well, I don't know simple. 04:04.776 --> 04:12.164 [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to get into it, but it is a short answer to the question of, are you being selfish by homeschooling your children? 04:12.244 --> 04:22.436 [SPEAKER_00]: And then I'm going to support it and give you some encouragement and some ways to be able then to continue with the homeschooling with these couple of main ideas that I'm going to give you in just a minute. 04:22.496 --> 04:26.440 [SPEAKER_00]: So the short answer of, are you being selfish by homeschooling your children? 04:26.842 --> 04:42.744 [SPEAKER_00]: If it's selfish to want to revise your children with a childhood at home with providing them with an individualized education and providing them with a gospel-centered living 24-7, then the answer is yes, yes you're being selfish by homeschooling her children. 04:42.884 --> 04:49.193 [SPEAKER_00]: And I don't have a problem with that kind of selfishness, but let's kind of unpack this a little bit from a biblical point of view. 04:50.294 --> 04:53.659 [SPEAKER_00]: Just like anger is not necessarily a sin. 04:54.247 --> 04:56.692 [SPEAKER_00]: Don't let it lead you into sin. 04:57.012 --> 05:04.326 [SPEAKER_00]: You could be upset and angry about something some type of injustice, but do you allow that to lead you into sin? 05:04.706 --> 05:06.850 [SPEAKER_00]: So, same with the selfishness. 05:06.971 --> 05:14.685 [SPEAKER_00]: Don't let this selfishness lead you to sin, meaning don't let it lead you to pride or to arrogance. 05:14.665 --> 05:28.770 [SPEAKER_00]: into those areas that are going to be sinful and that are going to take you down a different path, a different way of relating and looking at people and just a heart that is not in a line with the way God wants you to live as a homeschool mom. 05:29.672 --> 05:31.054 [SPEAKER_00]: So you 05:31.490 --> 05:34.775 [SPEAKER_00]: can say, yes, I'm being selfish because I want to provide my children with these three things. 05:35.416 --> 05:36.297 [SPEAKER_00]: However, just be careful. 05:36.858 --> 05:37.599 [SPEAKER_00]: There is a line. 05:37.880 --> 05:46.853 [SPEAKER_00]: There is a line that can be crossed, and it can lead to sin, which I see a lot of when it comes to pride or arrogance, and listen, I'm over here raising my hand, too. 05:47.534 --> 05:52.943 [SPEAKER_00]: I want every Christian family to homeschool, but that's not everybody's decision. 05:53.604 --> 05:57.750 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know all the nuance and all the stories in everybody's situation. 05:58.304 --> 06:06.715 [SPEAKER_00]: So maybe it is not possible for some, but I honestly believe that it is possible for many more than are actually homeschooling. 06:07.476 --> 06:11.961 [SPEAKER_00]: And I can sometimes get, you know, like, come on, come on, guys, let's do this. 06:12.402 --> 06:21.653 [SPEAKER_00]: What do you know, and I look at how my kids have accomplished and done, and of course, every parent loves their kids and are excited about their accomplishments and the things that they have done in their education. 06:21.734 --> 06:26.860 [SPEAKER_00]: So I can very easily fall into the pride and the arrogance of this selfishness. 06:27.683 --> 06:40.222 [SPEAKER_00]: But also, beyond the pride and arrogance, we have to watch it the selfishness, it does not lead us into carrying out our everyday mundane type of homeschool days in a way that leads to sin. 06:40.523 --> 06:42.306 [SPEAKER_00]: So are we becoming angry? 06:42.406 --> 06:43.868 [SPEAKER_00]: Are we becoming impatient? 06:43.988 --> 06:45.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Are we becoming rude to our kids? 06:45.731 --> 06:47.093 [SPEAKER_00]: Are we becoming... 06:47.073 --> 06:59.749 [SPEAKER_00]: just upset thinking that they are inconveniencing us and here we have chosen this way of life and so there is a sin that can lead to pride and arrogance towards others on the outside but there's also 06:59.948 --> 07:07.001 [SPEAKER_00]: a sin that can lead us into running our days in a way that is not glorifying and honoring to God. 07:07.041 --> 07:08.303 [SPEAKER_00]: Second, big point here, I want to make. 07:08.523 --> 07:14.674 [SPEAKER_00]: And then we're going to unpack that statement that I made the beginning, and yes, I want to give my kids these three things, and so if that's selfish, then okay. 07:15.255 --> 07:20.725 [SPEAKER_00]: But I want to encourage you to stop worrying about what it looks like from the outside with your home school. 07:22.004 --> 07:26.489 [SPEAKER_00]: If somebody is thinking, oh, she's being selfish by homeschooling her kids, don't worry about it. 07:26.950 --> 07:32.136 [SPEAKER_00]: If she's looking and saying, well, she's homeschooling in that certain way, or this can also go with other homeschoolers, right? 07:32.156 --> 07:39.324 [SPEAKER_00]: We can say, well, she's just being selfish because she wants to homeschool in that certain way and have her days look all aesthetic and pretty and everything. 07:39.344 --> 07:41.327 [SPEAKER_00]: And she's not doing it from a good place. 07:41.347 --> 07:43.870 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it's on her place to judge others. 07:44.250 --> 07:45.852 [SPEAKER_00]: We can encourage others, wait for that. 07:45.872 --> 07:48.535 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe to come to us if they need encouragement, otherwise, 07:48.515 --> 08:02.349 [SPEAKER_00]: we really just have to assume that everybody is doing the best that they can with the information they have and with all of the resources, whether it's a lot of resource, a little resources that they have and that we don't know all the details. 08:02.570 --> 08:08.155 [SPEAKER_00]: And so they are, we have to assume that all other homeschool parents are homeschooling in the best way possible for our kids. 08:08.556 --> 08:10.338 [SPEAKER_00]: This is short of any type of abuse or anything. 08:10.358 --> 08:13.621 [SPEAKER_00]: We're not talking about neglect or any of that kind of stuff. 08:13.721 --> 08:15.383 [SPEAKER_00]: We're just talking about just 08:15.363 --> 08:16.164 [SPEAKER_00]: all of the moms. 08:16.184 --> 08:19.488 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I'm thinking about the home school moms that come to little by little home school conference. 08:20.129 --> 08:25.837 [SPEAKER_00]: And we can all homeschooling so many different ways are kids are so different and it all can be good. 08:25.977 --> 08:35.970 [SPEAKER_00]: But let's circle back to the stop worrying about what it looks like from the outside, the outside of the home school world, but also outside of your home, outside of your family. 08:35.950 --> 08:40.697 [SPEAKER_00]: So let's talk about the bigger broader perspective of outside of the homeschool world. 08:41.318 --> 08:52.474 [SPEAKER_00]: Just like Christianity, following Jesus Christ, can look foolish to the fool and the hard-hearted, homeschool may look foolish to the foolish. 08:52.514 --> 08:58.342 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not saying they're all foolish or fools on the hard-hearted, or just to be others in general. 08:58.883 --> 09:05.232 [SPEAKER_00]: Many cannot comprehend the choice that you have made, the wanting to, 09:05.212 --> 09:08.116 [SPEAKER_00]: and then actually spending all day with your kids. 09:08.796 --> 09:10.018 [SPEAKER_00]: And this makes me really sad. 09:10.579 --> 09:15.885 [SPEAKER_00]: I can see it often, I hear it from homeschool moms, people like, I can't believe that you spend all day with your kids. 09:16.586 --> 09:21.872 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, that's our culture that has gotten into our minds to think that that is a burden. 09:21.932 --> 09:27.920 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, there is a lot with kids, whether you have one, three, five, or more kids. 09:28.480 --> 09:33.126 [SPEAKER_00]: It is a lot, and sometimes it can feel like a heavy load that's weighted upon us. 09:33.798 --> 09:39.926 [SPEAKER_00]: It is our job to hand it over to God, and then just to do the next right and best thing. 09:40.827 --> 09:48.598 [SPEAKER_00]: So just like Christian and he can look foolish to others, homeschool can look like a foolish choice and look like, why would you do this? 09:49.159 --> 09:50.520 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure you possibly have heard this. 09:51.221 --> 09:57.730 [SPEAKER_00]: Why would you keep your kids home with you all day and have this burden upon you to take care of them all day and to home educate them when 09:57.710 --> 10:00.133 [SPEAKER_00]: there's a perfectly good school right down the street. 10:00.634 --> 10:01.515 [SPEAKER_00]: Listen, I take walks. 10:01.935 --> 10:03.157 [SPEAKER_00]: I walk right past schools. 10:03.317 --> 10:07.622 [SPEAKER_00]: I see the buses and I see the kids and everything and we've just chosen a different way. 10:07.682 --> 10:09.625 [SPEAKER_00]: Now my kids are much older than these other kids. 10:09.665 --> 10:11.227 [SPEAKER_00]: They can all babysit these other kids. 10:11.267 --> 10:16.714 [SPEAKER_00]: They're so it's obviously different in that way but it's just they have chosen. 10:17.194 --> 10:18.636 [SPEAKER_00]: Others have chosen one way of educating. 10:18.756 --> 10:20.559 [SPEAKER_00]: You have chosen something else and that's okay. 10:20.859 --> 10:26.586 [SPEAKER_00]: But it is sad to me when people just say I just could never spend all day with my kids and I just 10:26.566 --> 10:33.885 [SPEAKER_00]: say that around their kids, and that God does work in their hearts, even if they have chosen to put their kids into school, especially if these are Christian parents. 10:33.985 --> 10:35.910 [SPEAKER_00]: That's often really saddens me. 10:36.011 --> 10:43.410 [SPEAKER_00]: But earlier I mentioned the selfishness because wanting to give our kids three things. 10:43.390 --> 10:50.859 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, those three things again is that we're selfish, you can say you're selfish for homeschooling because you want to provide your children with a childhood at home. 10:51.299 --> 10:53.041 [SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't mean that you don't do school anywhere else. 10:53.342 --> 10:54.443 [SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't mean you don't take field trips. 10:54.783 --> 10:57.647 [SPEAKER_00]: It just means it is centered around the home and the family. 10:58.568 --> 11:06.597 [SPEAKER_00]: And if you want to give your child an individualized education, and then also providing them with a gospel-centered living 24-7. 11:06.813 --> 11:15.329 [SPEAKER_00]: When our kids are in school, they come home and they have had a worldview whether it is overt or subversive, implanted within them. 11:15.710 --> 11:21.420 [SPEAKER_00]: And so when they come home, there's a lot of work that parents have to do and some choose to do this to untangle that. 11:21.561 --> 11:23.204 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm never feeling confused. 11:23.224 --> 11:24.366 [SPEAKER_00]: Being taught, 11:24.346 --> 11:38.113 [SPEAKER_00]: For example, evolution at school and creation at home and it seemed like there was so many an authority at school that would undermine the authority of the parents that I felt very conflicted how did these go together? 11:38.213 --> 11:41.359 [SPEAKER_00]: Is there some parts of one and some parts of another? 11:41.930 --> 11:56.417 [SPEAKER_00]: And so if we are providing our children with a biblical world view individualized education at home, we don't have to do that unraveling and then untangling after seven hours of them being away and getting all that information and having to take that all apart afterwards. 11:56.558 --> 12:00.445 [SPEAKER_00]: Now those three things should come from a pure heart. 12:00.425 --> 12:13.661 [SPEAKER_00]: And it should be an outflow of wanting those three things for our kids, and that it should then, we should raise our kids from an outflow of a pure heart. 12:14.562 --> 12:18.727 [SPEAKER_00]: Not necessarily the selfishness that we think of, oftentimes we can be like, oh, you're so selfish. 12:19.128 --> 12:20.029 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's a negative thing. 12:20.069 --> 12:27.698 [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to look at this as a positive thing, because by maybe that desire to want to spend our days with our kids, providing them with those three things, and 12:27.678 --> 12:29.980 [SPEAKER_00]: They were actually giving them something really good. 12:30.461 --> 12:39.549 [SPEAKER_00]: And it isn't outflow of that pure heart that we have to provide our children with a salvage foundation by spending their days with us at home. 12:39.649 --> 12:45.194 [SPEAKER_00]: And obviously, again, wherever you decide to go as a family and how you decide to spend your time. 12:45.294 --> 12:47.796 [SPEAKER_00]: And so I want to real quick break down those three things. 12:48.277 --> 12:53.601 [SPEAKER_00]: So again, I said, yes, if it's selfish to want to provide your children with a childhood at home, let's break that down. 12:53.942 --> 12:57.685 [SPEAKER_00]: We've talked about that multiple times here on the podcast 12:57.665 --> 13:19.099 [SPEAKER_00]: So my youngest is 18, all three of them are like, wow, it was so good to just have a childhood and not have that stress because they have kids that there are friends with that are in school and just the stress of all of that and just the innocence that was able to give them because there wasn't a constant influence of other kids, mostly it's the other kids. 13:19.079 --> 13:23.889 [SPEAKER_00]: that they were able just to spend their days just frolicing at some points in our lives. 13:24.230 --> 13:39.062 [SPEAKER_00]: And even though from my family we have moved a couple of times and their childhood in different homes was characterized by there's maybe different ways that we were home educating and what different ways that our family was living and different focuses that we have. 13:39.042 --> 13:53.106 [SPEAKER_00]: It's still provided them just with that freedom to have that home base and to be home more than being away and the opportunity to have more time, to just for free time, for play, for just being a child. 13:53.707 --> 13:58.215 [SPEAKER_00]: The second thing I said was about providing them with an individualized education. 13:58.448 --> 14:00.671 [SPEAKER_00]: We've also talked about this countless times again. 14:00.951 --> 14:08.060 [SPEAKER_00]: Like I mentioned in the introduction, you can go and search for specific topics and there'll probably be something that has to do with an individualized education. 14:08.941 --> 14:14.949 [SPEAKER_00]: But we get to look at the child right in front of us right now and say, what is the best math program for them this year? 14:15.089 --> 14:15.910 [SPEAKER_00]: And you've probably done this. 14:16.030 --> 14:16.490 [SPEAKER_00]: I've done this. 14:16.871 --> 14:18.533 [SPEAKER_00]: I have changed math programs. 14:18.513 --> 14:47.895 [SPEAKER_00]: depending upon whether something they're just not getting it from this or you know what I feel like they need something maybe a little bit more independent they're ready for that let's give them another program it's a little bit more independent and we're doing that specifically with one of my kids and then halfway three quarters of the year is like this is not working and then switching again so it's looking at the child and let's write in front of you what is best for them but then when you do your family learning what is best for us to learn all together as a family and 14:47.875 --> 14:55.285 [SPEAKER_00]: There is no other way of giving a child such an individualized education than homeschool. 14:56.286 --> 15:04.137 [SPEAKER_00]: The ratio of parent slash teacher to child is one to one, even if you have multiple children. 15:04.557 --> 15:11.186 [SPEAKER_00]: Because you can sit down, you can look into your child's eyes and you can explain how addition works or subtraction works. 15:11.507 --> 15:16.313 [SPEAKER_00]: You can explain maybe some scientific 15:16.293 --> 15:22.568 [SPEAKER_00]: you can talk about all the things with them and you can meet their needs right where they are at. 15:22.949 --> 15:28.502 [SPEAKER_00]: Whether they are excelling, you might say, okay, we've got this child that's very gifted in this specific area. 15:28.843 --> 15:31.268 [SPEAKER_00]: How can I help them to broaden their knowledge? 15:31.288 --> 15:33.333 [SPEAKER_00]: How can I help them to take a couple steps forward? 15:33.634 --> 15:34.977 [SPEAKER_00]: They don't have to be held back. 15:34.957 --> 15:37.280 [SPEAKER_00]: And then maybe in some areas, they might be struggling. 15:37.360 --> 15:38.241 [SPEAKER_00]: And you can say, you know what? 15:38.261 --> 15:44.870 [SPEAKER_00]: We're just gonna take a couple steps or a step back and we're gonna slow it down because it's more important for them to understand and get this foundation. 15:44.971 --> 15:50.478 [SPEAKER_00]: And the third thing I mentioned was providing them with a gospel-centered life 24-7. 15:50.939 --> 15:53.042 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, hopefully they're sleeping. 15:53.142 --> 15:59.310 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, maybe eight to 10 hours at least at night, so maybe it's not 24-7, but still. 15:59.290 --> 16:03.960 [SPEAKER_00]: If they get up in the middle of night, you are who you are because of Jesus within you. 16:04.020 --> 16:11.575 [SPEAKER_00]: The Holy Spirit's going to guide you to be okay with that nighttime interruption of I'm thirsty or Mom, I just threw up. 16:12.778 --> 16:14.722 [SPEAKER_00]: My kids and I still laugh about that. 16:14.742 --> 16:18.109 [SPEAKER_00]: There's memes that go around at once a while I show them like. 16:18.089 --> 16:35.035 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I remember those days and yeah, so the way that we are able to handle those in the middle of the night, that is the gospel within us helps us to be able to handle those night time interruptions in a way that is meeting their needs in a way that is loving. 16:35.015 --> 16:38.061 [SPEAKER_00]: Only Christ can work through us and we are so dead tired. 16:38.502 --> 16:38.742 [SPEAKER_00]: All right. 16:39.043 --> 16:43.031 [SPEAKER_00]: We'll get off the sleep thing, but it is providing them just with a gospel center living. 16:43.331 --> 16:44.714 [SPEAKER_00]: They are living life with you. 16:45.155 --> 16:47.880 [SPEAKER_00]: You need to be entrenched in God's word. 16:48.161 --> 16:50.064 [SPEAKER_00]: You need to be seeking to glorify God. 16:50.144 --> 16:51.928 [SPEAKER_00]: You need to be living out the gospel. 16:52.449 --> 16:55.254 [SPEAKER_00]: And then that can be carried out into them. 16:55.635 --> 16:57.158 [SPEAKER_00]: Again, there isn't that having to 16:57.138 --> 17:19.348 [SPEAKER_00]: spend seven hours a day with those that are not living a gospel center life and then coming home and then having to break that down and them seeing this okay this is how these people live this is how my parents live which one is the right one and we get to just provide them with just that pure and good foundation that childhood the focus the center 17:19.902 --> 17:29.501 [SPEAKER_00]: of our lives and the reasons why we do the things we do, the reasons why possibly we even homeschool, the reasons why you make the decisions that you do the way that you act is because of Jesus Christ. 17:29.622 --> 17:31.686 [SPEAKER_00]: And most likely you have thought of these three things. 17:31.766 --> 17:37.798 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you didn't quite put it into these words if you have a vision statement that maybe you've worked through in your homeschool blueprint. 17:37.838 --> 17:41.185 [SPEAKER_00]: If you don't have that in your curious, you can go check out the link in the show notes. 17:41.165 --> 17:52.962 [SPEAKER_00]: But maybe in your vision statement, you might have these, or maybe it's just kind of floating in your mind, jumbled up, and maybe you're quick right down, that, yeah, you want to provide them with a childhood at home, an individualized education, and a gospel center, living 24 or seven. 17:53.863 --> 17:55.525 [SPEAKER_00]: You probably homeschool for these reasons. 17:55.986 --> 17:58.990 [SPEAKER_00]: And even on the hard days, keep focused. 17:59.090 --> 18:00.552 [SPEAKER_00]: I know, keep focused. 18:00.572 --> 18:04.418 [SPEAKER_00]: The only reason that I was able to get through, will not the only reason. 18:04.758 --> 18:07.442 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, God is the reason, but hope within here. 18:07.844 --> 18:20.286 [SPEAKER_00]: really the only reason that parents choose to homeschool and continue and work through all of those hard days is because we have that bigger picture of what we're trying to accomplish and that bigger picture is given to us by God. 18:20.306 --> 18:26.477 [SPEAKER_00]: We just look, we just look in the Bible and how he wants children to be raised and who it is that raises them. 18:26.457 --> 18:32.507 [SPEAKER_00]: So even on the hard days, we just stay focused on that bigger picture of what you're trying to accomplish. 18:32.527 --> 18:33.749 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, what's the goal here? 18:33.829 --> 18:34.850 [SPEAKER_00]: What are we doing here? 18:35.271 --> 18:36.733 [SPEAKER_00]: And that is what will keep you going. 18:36.834 --> 18:42.923 [SPEAKER_00]: Even on the days where kids are melting down when it comes to their math or this is too hard or I don't want to do this. 18:42.983 --> 18:45.748 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to go to co-op or whatever. 18:45.768 --> 18:47.110 [SPEAKER_00]: I rather play kind of stuff. 18:47.230 --> 18:49.073 [SPEAKER_00]: Even on the hard days. 18:49.053 --> 18:57.184 [SPEAKER_00]: keep focused on that bigger picture to help keep you going and that's what's going to sustain you just do today tomorrow due to the tomorrow the next day through that day. 18:58.166 --> 19:10.342 [SPEAKER_00]: Before we close out I want to remind you that if you are interested in attending little by little homeschool conference in CRQs New York this fall all the details will be released if you want to get them straight into your inbox sign up for that email. 19:10.763 --> 19:18.233 [SPEAKER_00]: I will drop some information when it comes to the podcast but this is only two days a week. 19:18.213 --> 19:21.498 [SPEAKER_00]: you know each day for a couple of days so you can get all the information. 19:21.899 --> 19:38.263 [SPEAKER_00]: So hopefully you are able to make it if not I know some of you live at a far distance and we are not able to do any type of live streamer thing it is just completely an in-person conference but um would appreciate your prayers if you are not able to attend but if you are interested make sure you get on to that email list have a blessed day.