Help for the Harried Homeschooler: A Practical Guide to Balancing Your Child's Education with the Rest of Your Life,   ISBN:9780877887942

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Sound helpful advice for the Homeschool when weary or facing burnout! Gain a fresh perspective or just be reminded of the harvest yet to be seen!

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Read this book! The first portion of this book is really about what needs to be in place in your home to homeschool--like taking care of your home, having discipline, love, and respect in your home, and being on the same page with your husband. I lent this book to a friend who was thinking about homeschooling, but she appreciated the author's encouragement not to push it if your husband isn't on board with homeschooling. Homeschooling really requires everyone in the family to be on board! The remainder of the book is great because it gives encouraging strategies about how to cope with a lot of the challenges of homeschooling. As a Christian mom of 3, I love this book and it was just what I needed when I read it!

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While the author gives some valid ideas of how to balance homeschooling and other life commitments, she does so entirely in the context of Fundamental Christianity. DON'T read this book if you don't care to hear about how you should "submit to your husband's authority" or "make your home a haven for your husband" or be reminded to "pick up the toys and books before your husband comes home". While reading, I momentarily forgot the current year is NOT 1950. The Fundamentalist Christian overtones distracted greatly from several effective strategies she outlined.

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for the harried homeschool. I love this book. Christine field has a way of making homeschool seem like a cool breeze and something that doesn't have to be worriesome.Lots of encouragement can be gleened from this book.

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This book is very well written. The organization is superb, the ideas fresh and practical and the humor engaging. I really like the author's writing style and the personal stories she shares. She covers a wide variety of topics and actually gets down into them, instead of mentioning that they exist and wishing you the best at figuring it out. I came away feeling like a) I wasn't alone, b) I could do this because c) the book gave a lot of wonderful advice and how to apply it.

Several reviews mentioned that they didn't like the 'Christian' perspective. While not fundamentalist, I am Christian. I don't agree with some of the statements or expressions used, but I respect the author's right to write what she chooses. I felt in no way did the Christian statements detract from the book.

This book is a valuable resource. I have recommended it to other struggling, harried homeschoolers and will continue to do so because I feel it is one of the few homeschooling books I've read that really works.