It is difficult to keep from screaming some days, but it is easier to calm down when the focus is on who we are rather than what we are accomplishing. This is not to say that minimalist homeschooling doesn’t value accomplishment. Instead, it is an understanding that if someone is being who they want to be, with goals and values in the forefront of their minds, then doing appropriate things automatically flows from that mindset. Furthermore, if you are being who you want to be, and therefore doing what you want to do, then having the appropriate skills and knowledge necessarily follows. We
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