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Originally Posted by treehouse
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I homeschool too, and when I first started therapy, we REALLY stuck with the basics. Because it DOES take a lot of energy, and that's hard to come by when we're a little unraveled from therapy.
Things gradually got better...a LOT better. Be gentle with yourself. It won't feel like this forever.
And...some homeschooling reassurance...my oldest was homeschooled from K through 8th grade. We were pretty relaxed homeschoolers...no boxed curriculum, etc...and he always scored in the top percentile on standardized tests and was accepted into a very competitive program in a high school near us...where he's a freshman getting As in AP and honors classes. The things that happened in our lives that derailed school temporarily...my dad's illness, starting therapy, etc...didn't derail his LEARNING. And he learned other important lessons during those times that aren't in books. Trust yourself and trust your kids. I bet you are doing a great job. 
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Thank you for this reassurance Treehouse. This is my 3rd year homeschooling my kids (K, 2nd, 4th and 6th) and my emotional state of of affairs and therapy has to kind of go to the backburner at certain times during the day. I just don't have the time to sit and wallow on the floor and fall apart (even though I want to). This is my first time in therapy (6 months in so far) and it's just so hard on days when I come home from sessions and feel like crappola. It helps me feel so much better that another home schooling mom can calm my biggest fear - that my kids will grow up to be knuckleheads because their mother couldn't get her act together. We are relaxed HS's too. No boxed stuff. I focus mostly on reading, writing and math and implement ambleside online as much as I can; I'm real big on classic literature, copywork, narrations, dictations, etc. but realistically can only do so much. It's hard for me to NOT look at what we're not doing but if I can get some basics done every day and also reading and a trip to the library once a week I feel accomplished.
Thanks again (I do appreciate it!).