My Experience Being Homeschooled: Grief & Gratitude

Hi all,

In this short video I would like to share a snippet of my personal journey.
The years that I've been homeschooled seem rather mundane in my mind, and yet cause a lot of fascination from people around me.
Not sure if it's echoes of the Mean Girls iconic scene (Jungle freak lol) or thinking that I got to live the dream of every kid (not going to school), but now as an adult, I wanted to share with you my experiences and details.
Some things weren't as good as they seemed, but in making this video, I have come to a few realizations myself.

So thank you for clicking and watching, it means a lot ❤️

00:00 Intro intro
00:09 Intro
00:58 My story
01:21 How does it work?
02:33 Best part of homeschooling?
03:28 Bullying
04:11 Social skills issues
04:40 Why are homeschoolers so polite?
05:46 Forced introversion
06:49 How did I meet people?
07:12 I had no friends
07:53 Family dynamics
08:44 Conflicts at home
09:51 Closeness with family
10:12 Impact on learning
11:06 The beauty of being homeschooled
11:40 Grieving
12:22 Surprising realization
12:55 Gratitude

[katebutson]

Im a home-educating mum of four beautiful children. Your video really spoke to my heart. Have subscribed and look forward to more of your amazing videos 💕

[allodraws]

Thank you so much for posting this video, Erina! I´ve been a homeschooled kid as well, and everything you said was deeply relatable. It´s amazing to hear about other homeschooling experiences, since especially in my country is something quite taboo. Keep shining🧡

[JosiahMcCarthy]

I was homeschooled, and I think mostly positively about it, especially since so many people I've known speak generally negatively about their public school experiences. But I also just have complicated thoughts on my childhood in general and have distanced myself so much from the kind of community in which I was raised, and I find people in the world have such strong opinions and I'm often afraid to disagree. If/when I have kids in the future, I'm not sure how I'll choose to have them schooled, but I really appreciate your positive framing here, and how you speak of the beauty involved because a lot of the time I'm focused on the negatives of all sides, and I feel mostly fear of mistakes and things being ruined.

[tessonya]

Your story reminded me of my adolescence. I was never home educated and was at boarding school between the ages of 10 and 16. I was ostracised by the other girls, ate alone and had no friends and I didn't know how to socialize with my peer group, even though I'd had friends before my parents moved house and I'd started boarding. I also always found socializing with adults easy. When I was 16 I started going to a local school and some girls decided that I would be their friend and it took a few months for me to trust them. They are still my friends now and I'm very grateful for their kindness to the strange, new girl 😊

[AR-k]

I went to public school and got social anxiety. These stories make me it want to homeschool for the later grades.

[Man_of_Tears]

Interesting ability to *eloquently * expand on your thoughts you show. The learning process itself seems to be very known by you. Homeschooling as 'an antidote' that takes out some of the good and the bad bacteria, stood out to me as an example.

Maybe homeschooling would have done me well, but I learn it's not all 100% roses necessarily. Take care

[pistachexiaohua]

I subscribed, very good video about the subject. We're considering homeschooling our kids and this helped us in our journey

[KO-hfbl]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a few questions.

What ages were you homeschooled?

Why did your parents home school you in the first place?

Why did you re-enter high school?

You said you found it difficult to socialise when you returned to school - did you not have regular socialisation with children when you were home schooled? Eg home ed groups? Cousins? Friends?
How many hours per week do you think you were able to spend socialising?

I am likely to be homeschooling my 9 year old soon as he hates school. I think I can plan in 3 afternoons a week for him to be at social group/play/downtime with peers and am wondering if this is enough.

Thank you for your thoughts. ❤

[misha]

Honore de Balzac - I think I had it as compulsory reading during high school.

[TheVipTalk]

Hello would you like to do a collaboration video