TPP 048a: Debbie Talks About Her Transition to Homeschool
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What motivated Debbie to start homeschooling and how did the first year begin?
Hey there, it's Debbie and welcome to Playback Friday. Every Friday I'll re-release one of my favorite conversations from the archives. Unless you're a longtime listener of the show, there's a good chance you haven't heard this one yet. And even if you have, you just may get something completely different listening to it this time around. But in that first year, the simplest act of taking a deep breath and reminding myself that it was going to be okay and that Asher was going to be okay and that the world wasn't going to end if we didn't get our math done or if we started school an hour later than we planned, that made a huge difference. It would get me through the day. And that's really what you have to do when homeschooling a differently wired child.
You have to take it day by day. Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host of the podcast, Debbie Rever, and today I'm doing another solo cast episode, which just means that I'm not going to be interviewing anyone, rather, I'm going to be sharing directly with you. This is the second in a series of solocasts I'll be doing specifically centered around the topic of homeschooling. The first episode, episode 42, centered around how we came to the decision that I would homeschool Asher. If you missed that, you can find it at tiltparenting.com slash session 42.
Today I'm going to talk about that first year, specifically how I survived it. I'll talk through what the biggest challenges were for me and Asher and share with you the strategies I used to push through the really hard stuff and get us to a much better place by the end of that first year. Before we get started, I wanted to give a shout out to some of our awesome listeners and supporters. Jen Filbert, Barbara Basden, and Alice Wilder, all new supporters of the podcast through our Patreon campaign. Thank you so much for your help. Because of your support and other contributors to the campaign, I've just been able to hire someone to help me with some podcast production tasks, which is amazing and so appreciative.
Not to mention it's going to make my life a lot easier. My goal is to ultimately outsource the most time-consuming aspects of the podcast production, and I'm getting pretty close to being able to do that. So if you're a regular listener and you get value out of our podcast, even a very small contribution, a few dollars a month, can make a big difference to us. If you're interested in contributing, just visit patreon.com/slash. slash tilde parenting for more information. Thank you so much for considering and for being a part of our audience. And now I'll get on with the show. Okay, so as I said in the introduction, while my first solo cast about homeschooling focused on the decision making process and why I was such a reluctant homeschooler, in this conversation I wanted to share some of that first year of our journey.
Because homeschooling a neurotypical child is hard enough, but homeschooling a differently wired child is like doing it on steroids. It doesn't matter if it's something that was thrust upon. Or if you consciously made the choice to homeschool your child and it's something you even feel really good and excited about.
What were the biggest emotional and logistical challenges Debbie faced in the first months?
Doesn't matter, the transition can be difficult and overwhelming. Part of what I'm wanting to do through this particular series of podcasts is demystify the homeschooling journey and just present an honest portrayal of what it looks like and perhaps even more important for us, what it feels like. At the end of my last podcast about this, again that's episode forty-two, if you want to go back and listen to it, we were just about to move to the Netherlands because after three years in three schools and those not really working out so well back in Seattle, my husband and I decided to try something completely different as part of our move abroad. I should say up front that those first few weeks were flat out horrible.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivated Debbie to start homeschooling and how did the first year begin?
0:00–3:20
2
What were the biggest emotional and logistical challenges Debbie faced in the first months?
3:20–6:41
3
How did curriculum support from Alison Bauer help structure Asher’s homeschool?
6:41–9:07
4
Why did Debbie turn to a parent coach and how did that support her wellbeing?
9:07–12:27
5
How did shifting expectations and letting go of control change the homeschooling dynamic?
12:27–16:08
6
What is a “detox” period for a differently‑wired child and why is it important?
16:08–20:49
7
How did field trips and building an expat community boost Asher’s learning and morale?
20:49–23:36
8
What role did time, patience, and daily leaning‑in play in surviving the first year?
23:36–23:43
Speakers
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