The pandemic has changed so much about how we live. Most changes have been brutally heartbreaking but a few have been positive. I think we can all agree wearing masks and socially distancing is played out and not seeing smiling faces of passersby’s is depressing. Limiting contact with our loved ones is cruel and goes against the very fabric of humanity. To top it off so many changes at once are overwhelming and stressful.
On the other hand even though this whole experience has illuminated how fragile all of our systems are one change that most people thought would be added to the complaint list of ‘system failings’ has actually opened up a whole new freedom for a lot of families and challenged the failing status quo.
Homeschooling……
Homeschooling has been thrown into mainstream culture. Much like roundabouts popping up in America everyone was vehemently opposed from the depths of their very souls until they saw how well they work and then like magic it just became part of the background, the norm in every day life.
Homeschooling is challenging our understanding of how stuff works. You are born, you go to school, you go to more school, you graduate, you get a job, you get married, you have babies, and those babies start the whole process over just as you did and those before you did. Right? Thats how it works.
It turns out that you can actually have babies and just enjoy these little beings and spend their most formative years teaching them all your vast unique knowledge. They don’t have to go anywhere because what they need has been right there all along. It’s true, it works and its really satisfying for everyone involved.
ACH Farm 
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