Comments on: The enemy of homeschooling: Guilt https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: A.D. https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-820225 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-820225 Thank you for writing this. I completely relate and don’t feel so “alone” about it now. “I wish I could tell us all that we are enough, and that when we look back, we’ll wish we spent all these hours worrying just enjoying our kids.” —-yes, I needed this reminder ❤]]> “…always feeling behind – dealing with disappointment as another school year wraps up and you didn’t fit it all you wanted to.
It’s a terrible feeling – and the countdown clock has only gotten louder for me as my kids age and I’ve started to focus on the number of years before they leave home.”
IT’S LIKE YOU TOOK MY THOUGHTS RIGHT OUT OF MY MIND AND WROTE THEM FOR ME.
🙌🏻
Thank you for writing this. I completely relate and don’t feel so “alone” about it now.

“I wish I could tell us all that we are enough, and that when we look back, we’ll wish we spent all these hours worrying just enjoying our kids.” —-yes, I needed this reminder ❤️

]]> By: Cassie https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-757369 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-757369 In reply to Kara.

I completely agree. And I really struggle with “enough” especially as we isolate and I have an only child and can’t “outsource” anything social. Introvert problems.

]]> By: Gretty Emmerich https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739550 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739550 I love your writing style, Biz Maven buddy! You are authentic and your children are blessed to have you teach them all about this crazy world. Thank you for your beautiful life. ~Gretty E.

]]> By: Sarah https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739464 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739464 So good! Thank you for posting this. I’m a working homeschool mom who also has a husband that’s gone 15+ hrs a day. Our life is a lot like walking on a tightrope. Always need to review and correct the balance between work and family and school – life. Guilt is a big problem.

]]> By: Kara https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739443 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739443 In reply to North Academy.

Oh! This is good to know. We’ve been here 6 months now and I am craving rhythm.

]]> By: Kara https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739442 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739442 In reply to Charissa.

“I feel like so much of our school year contains a constant battle between what I want to be doing (homeschool-wise and regular-life-wise) and the stuff that gets in the way of it all.” <—- Yes! That's exactly it.

]]> By: Charissa https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739440 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739440 I can so relate to the sentiments you describe in this post! I feel like so much of our school year contains a constant battle between what I want to be doing (homeschool-wise and regular-life-wise) and the stuff that gets in the way of it all. It’s so nice to know I’m not alone in these feelings and happenings! Sending gratitude and a hug your way. <3

]]> By: Rose Elie https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739437 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739437 In reply to Jules.

Ha! I hear you on that one.

]]> By: priya https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739436 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739436 Great post!! Thanks for sharing such a great informative post it really helpful and amazing so keep it up and all the best…Your posts are always easy to understand and Helpful…..

]]> By: North Academy https://simplehomeschool.net/guilt/#comment-739435 http://simplehomeschool.net/?p=60772#comment-739435 I feel you on that loss of rhythm. We also recently moved and it took nine months to find our groove again.
But, man, finding the groove was worth it because it releases the guilt! For example, we always have multiple books in the works, and one of them is always a long-form-fiction. When we finish it, we pick another, but that’s just it: WE *PICK* another–it doesn’t come from a curriculum list, so there’s no pressure to “finish”. It’s just, oh, we finished that one, so let’s pick another of the same genre. Much of our rhythm is like that. When we finish one science activity book, then we pick another (and cookbooks count as science!).
It’s not a magic fix–I still go to bed worrying about whether my pre-literate littles ought to be drilling sight words (and the answer is no)–but rhythm helps.

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