It’s easy to become flustered about homeschooling decisions, especially in the early years. What curriculum? What courses? What method? We could simplify the whole decision and remove the stress by reminding ourselves of the purpose of education: Making our children more human.

Does your work as a stay-at-home-mom ever feel embarrassing and shameful? Do you feel less-than because of your “so-called job”? Here’s your encouragement, mom: Your work is worthy. Here’s how we can hold our heads high as we tell people we are stay-at-home-moms.

How are you teaching your children about God? As believers, we may think that as long as we share the key stories, send our children to church and youth groups, and memorize the passages from our curriculum, all will be well. Yet we live in a world of deconstructed faith and every wind of false doctrine. What if our children need more than memorized Bible verses and a children’s program at church?

Do you strive to keep your home and children orderly and beautiful because you want them to glorify God and love the right things—or because you want others to think well of you?