{"id":19831,"date":"2026-04-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/?p=19831"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:06:20","slug":"10-things-you-should-know-about-homeschool-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/10-things-you-should-know-about-homeschool-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Should Know About Homeschool Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s go ahead and clear a few things up.<\/p>\n

Homeschool moms are not all the same.
We are not following some secret handbook.
There is no group chat where we all agree on how to teach fractions or what counts as “enough” for the day.<\/p>\n

We are just moms… who chose a different way to live and learn with our kids.<\/p>\n

And somehow, that turns us into a public discussion topic.<\/p>\n

So before you ask questions, make assumptions, or tilt your head slightly and say, “I could never do that,” here are a few things you should know.<\/p>\n

Most homeschool moms have had to answer the same questions, defend the same choices, and explain the same things more times than we can count.<\/p>\n

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The Homeschool Mom is, to many, a strange, elusive being. There are 10 {at least} things you should know about this fascinating creature. It should go without saying – but it probably doesn’t – that I don’t speak for all<\/em> homeschool moms<\/strong>. It just seemed more fun to me to write in the “we” voice. You know, as if I were speaking for me and my posse.<\/p>\n

So, if you’re a homeschool mom and some of these don’t apply to you, that’s okay. I’m really not<\/em> speaking for all of us. If you’re not a homeschool mom, don’t think these ten things apply to every homeschool mom because they don’t. And, you homeschool dads? Well, you’re even more elusive a being than us homeschool moms, so you’ll have to speak for yourselves, but some of these may apply to you, too.<\/p>\n

Oh, one last crucial point – this is supposed to be fun and slightly amusing. If you get offended you read this list, you’re probably taking it too seriously.<\/p>\n

1. We don’t have superhuman patience.<\/h2>\n

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Homeschool moms do not<\/em> have super-human patience. This patience thing is a MYTH. Yes, in all caps, as if I am yelling at you from the other side of my computer screen. Not true. False. Stereotype.<\/p>\n

We have limits.<\/p>\n

We have moments where someone asks the same question again, and we briefly consider walking into another room and starting a new life.<\/p>\n

We have days where nothing lands, no one listens, and we are absolutely done by 10:42 a.m.<\/p>\n

Patience isn’t something we were born with.<\/p>\n

It’s something we rebuild… over and over… because we’re still here.<\/p>\n

As one homeschool mom commented on my Public School Parents’ Guide to Homeschooling Parents<\/strong><\/a> post, “You don’t have enough patience to homeschool? Neither do I!”<\/p>\n

(And hey—before I forget to mention, don’t miss the Mother’s Day giveaway at the bottom. It’s a good one. 💛)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. We don’t have a teaching degree.<\/h2>\n

Well, some of us do, but most of us don’t. A few homeschool moms with teaching degrees have told me the degree is helpful. Most tell me that it’s more of a hindrance when it comes to teaching your own children.<\/p>\n

We’re working with our own kids… learning their pace, their personality, what works, and what absolutely does not.<\/p>\n

We figure it out.
We adjust.
We find what helps.<\/p>\n

See, a teaching degree prepares a person for how<\/em> to teach a classroom full of kids. It doesn’t really cover what<\/em> to teach. And with an unbelievably varied source of homeschooling materials from which to choose today, the what to teach<\/em> isn’t an issue. And, with excellent instructor guides and a fierce commitment to give our kids a quality education, we’ve got the how-to-teach<\/em> covered, too.<\/p>\n

The world really is our classroom – and what a fantastic classroom it is.<\/p>\n

3. It annoys us when you tell us everything that’s wrong with homeschooling.<\/h2>\n

I’m not usually so blunt, but there you go. When you corner us in the grocery store or the checkout lane at Wal-Mart, or come to our blogs and tell us all the things that you think are wrong with homeschooling? That’s annoying.<\/p>\n

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We’ve heard it.<\/p>\n

All of it.<\/p>\n

Socialization.
Gaps.
“Are you qualified?”
“What about high school?”<\/p>\n

Most of us have already wrestled through those questions long before anyone else brought them up.<\/p>\n

So when it comes out casually in conversation, it doesn’t feel helpful.<\/p>\n

It just feels… unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Unless you’re someone with a vested interest in our lives who actually knows something about homeschooling. {You know, other than knowing that one homeschooling family that lived next to your aunt’s cousin’s sister that one time.}<\/p>\n

Otherwise, we’d just as soon you keep your negative opinions about homeschooling to yourself. You know, in case you wondered. That’s mostly because the opinion of a complete stranger probably isn’t going to change our minds<\/strong>. And the fact that we don’t corner you to bad-mouth your family’s educational choices.<\/p>\n

4. Some of us homeschool moms are domestically-challenged.<\/h2>\n

Let’s just say it.<\/p>\n

Not all homeschool moms:<\/p>\n