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Now, just in case you need a translation, here is what they
really feel and need to say:
• I feel like we’re falling apart. I feel like all the kids do is
bicker all day long. I’ve got teenager attitudes and young
children who never SHUT UP. I just hope that I don’t screw
them up…but right now it’s not looking very promising.
• I hate doing school. I just want to get up and put
the kids on a magic yellow bus and have the whole
day to do whatever I want to do. Besides, what does
it matter? My friend’s kids are in school and they seemOK.
• Calgon…take me away.
• We’re at the end of our rope and I’m not sure I can hang
on much longer. I want easy! I’m tired of living this way. I
need a change!
• I don’t feel like I even know the man I married twenty
years ago. I feel so distant from him. I sometimes wonder
who he even is. I don’t believe in divorce, but sometimes
I think about it.
• Give me a Twinkie…and deep fry it.
• If I hear one more lousy note on the violin, I’m going to
FREAK!!!!
Here’s the deal, Mom. All homeschooling moms feel
like FREAKING from time to time (and that’s OK), but
what makes it 100 times worse is that YOU tell lies.
You don’t share what you’re really feeling about your marriage,
homeschool, or family. Those lies (and you’re not the only one
telling them, by the way) make other homeschooling moms
clam up and intensify what they falsely believe.
So here’s what I want you to do…right now: TELL THE
TRUTH. You don’t have to blab it all over Facebook or Insta-
gram, but tell your friend, husband, or another homeschooler
what you feel about your hard child, the pre-packaged foods
your planning to serve for dinner, or how you’d like to throw
in the towel.
I’m thinking that if more of you homeschooling moms quit
TELLING lies…maybe more of you homeschooling moms
would stop believing them.
Just a thought! Enjoy the rest of the summer.
TODD WILSON, author of ‘Help! I’m Married to a
Homeschooling Mom’ and ‘The Official Book of
Homeschooling Cartoons’, is a dad, writer, con-
ference speaker, and former pastor. Todd’s humor
and gut-honest realness have made him a favorite
speaker at homeschool conventions across the country and a
guest on Focus on the Family. Todd and his wife, Debbie, along
with their eight children, spend several months of the year travel-
ing the country encouraging moms and dads.
WORKSHOPS
• Lies Homeschoolers Believe
• Answers for the Homeschool Critics in Your Life…
Even When It’s You
• An Unbeatable Team
• RVing, the Ultimate Tool for Homeschoolers
• They Look to You
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017
1:00 – 3:30PM
Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
$25/NICHE MEMBER STUDENT
$30/NON-NICHE MEMBER STUDENT
TEEN TRACK: SHADING WITH WOOD STAIN
with Instructor Kathy Klinge
This fun class will use a ‘shading with stain’ technique on wood to create a 12×12 picture on a piece of pine.
The process will start with forming an idea and continue with preparing the wood, adding stain to create
the image, and finish up with adding hardware to hang the finished piece.
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