Table of Contents
- Introduction: The Making of a “Famous Homeschool Author”
- Learning From My Education: Scenes From a Life in Schools
- On Reading: Or, Infinite Parallel Universes
- On Writing: The Advantage of Having Something to Say
- It’s My House!: So Why Can’t I Make All the Rules?
- Accountability: Let’s Just Blame the Patient
- Duh.: What Homeschoolers Have Known for Years
- Happily Ever After: The Joys of Ambiguity, Doubt, and Uncertainty
- Moving Beyond the Movement: Why Homeschooling’s Not Enough
- The DIY Society: Home Improvement Is Just the Beginning
- Appendix: The Group Hug
- Further Reading
From the Introduction:
Now that active homeschooling was coming to an end for our family, I found myself pondering its long-term effects: How different am I from the person I would have been if I’d not been a homeschooling parent? How have my interests and values changed because of our kids learning at home? How are my kids different from their peers?
Suddenly, after all these years, I realized there was another homeschooling book in my head. But this book isn’t another guide to how to homeschool, nor it it meant to help homeschooling parents survive the empty-nest syndrome.
This book is personal. it’s a reflection on how I (along with a few of my friends) came to homeschooling, how it affected us and our view of the world, and how those changes in us may spark changes around us.