The following guidelines can help us answer the question posed in this section:

1.    Develop the feeling of the child

When one has a sensation of power have the resources, opportunities and capabilities to influence the circumstances of their lives. Teaching children to be responsible for increasing their sense of power.

2.    Help children to make decisions

Children who have learned to be responsible for making better decisions than those who have not learned to be. We can help increase a child’s ability to make decisions if we help:

• Resolve the problems created by the need to make a decision.
• Search other solutions.
• Select one of the alternatives by evaluating their consequences.
• Value the effectiveness of decisions through further discussion.

3.    Establish standards and limits

4.    Use task and obligations to create liability

Tasks and duties are specific things: you can specify how, when and who should do them. This helps develop the ability to organize and manage their own resources.

5.    Be consistent

It’s the best way to tell the child that adults say things seriously. Consistent adults help children feel safe. When there are no clear rules and clear, no way to be consistent.

6.    Not arbitrary

Be arbitrary means doing something different from what was said or done something that had not been warned. To avoid being arbitrary we must clarify what we want to communicate these expectations in a simple and direct, and realize what the consequences are expected if the child or not acting in line with those expectations.

7.    Rewards be responsible

Homeschooling or working from home could each easily be a full time job.  So how can you successfully juggle both?  Is it even possible?  Yes!  There are many moms who homeschool their children successfully while building a business.  Over the years I’ve learned a few things that have helped me succeed and stay sane.

First, keep things in perspective.

Juggling homeschooling and working from home IS a challenge and it won’t always be easy, but it can be done!

Second, have a plan.

You need to create a schedule for your family that blocks out hours of time for school and hours of time for working.  It doesn’t have to a down to the minute type schedule, but you need something that helps ensure everything that needs completed gets done each day.

Third, know your priorities and goals.

Some things you can let slide a day or two.  It’s not the end of the world if Mount Laundry piles up for a day.  What’s more important?

You don’t have to have a home cooked dinner 31 nights of the month.  An occasional pizza delivery is okay if it means you had the extra time you needed to finish that math lesson with your grade-schooler or get an urgent project completed for a client.

Keep the bigger picture in mind of which goals are the most important and things will be easier.

Fourth, make smart choices.

Have systems and plans for keeping your household together.  If you plan your menu in advance, there’s no scrambling through the “What’s for Dinner?” routine.  Use a crock pot and make dinner even easier.

You need to choose a business model that will allow you to outsource and leverage your time.  Take steps to move your business in a direction that allows you to do this.  Automate and systemize as much as you can.

For schooling, choose your curriculum based on your child’s learning style and your family’s needs.  It’s okay to take into consideration how much time the lessons will involve.  Some homeschooling options require hours of preparation while others are “open and go” style and will still teach your children what they need to know (and help save your sanity).  Consider unit studies, curriculum that allows your children to share lessons, and other options.  Ask other homeschooling moms what’s working for them and why, how much time they’re spending to prepare and present lessons, and most importantly whether the kids are picking up the lessons and enjoying their learning.  When you find the right curriculum and approach your kids can learn more in 30 minutes than they can in hours of the wrong curriculum and approach.  More time doesn’t necessarily equal a better education.  It’s a smarter approach and strategy that leads to a better education.  Be flexible and make adjustments as you go.

Fifth, accept that you don’t have to do it all yourself.

It’s okay to ask for help from your husband or children with the housework, or hire a house cleaner to come in a few times a week.  Hire a competent virtual assistant to help you in your business.

And don’t overlook the options to make homeschooling easier and share some of the responsibility — computerized math, DVD art or music lessons, group learning, private tutors and homeschool co-ops are just some of the ways you can give your kids a great education and free up some of your time.

Expert: Melissa Tolliver
Bio: Melissa Tolliver has four children and has been a homeschooling mom for 20 years.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Other sectors of society, as the media and the state, acting as a complement to weight training important in the process of future citizens, but the dynamics of family life that leaves the impression – the impression – taxed pressure, indelibly, on individuals, through maps, models, attitudes and observed behaviors and experiences, learned and encoded along with family life.

Parents are natural teachers for excellence and the home is primal in nature school to form functional people responsible for themselves, aware of their needs and the other (when the family walks in a healthy and functional), in two meanings of the term as original and natural context and environment as the most fundamental and defining. This role can’t therefore be delegated to other actors and institutions not subject to outsourcing, it is too big for the domestic, close relatives, the state or any school.

No place like home for the training of human beings. This is because, a person can not live and grow only within the contexts of their growth are the natural learning laboratory. The home is the natural laboratory in which human beings can be trained for life, living together – tolerance, the exercise of citizenship, responsibility, discipline for work, productive life, the respect for others, love their nation, and so on.

The home is the primary context where people learn to be effective, where future citizens learn communication skills, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, behavioral and organizational make them productive, successful and committed. It is also at home where they learn the essential processes for the development and growth as an individual and relational life. This is because the family provides more than instruction, the family provides training and education, builds core values and shape the character of individuals.

If you will decided to educate your children at home, consider each of the following questions:

• What laws apply to homeschooling in the state where you live?
• You must be in full compliance with these laws. These laws vary from state to state.
• What curriculum will you use?
• If you are not required to use the standard curriculum used by public schools in the state where you live, select a curriculum that fits the needs of your son or daughter. Find much variation from one curriculum to another. Make sure you are comfortable with the curriculum that you choose.
• How is the schedule of homeschooling?
• Establish a plan for the year, and divide it into smaller, more manageable segments such as weeks, months, quarters and semesters. Set a routine, but be sure to leave time for the things you should do other than education for the home. Flexibility is a requirement.
• What kind of records take?
• You can use your own system of keeping records such as journals and portfolios. If the state where you live is required to submit year-end results for review, blogs and portfolios perform very well. It’s easy to keep a log in a notebook in which you put the date and record what you do every day. Use a portfolio to organize and keep samples of writing for your child and his (her) projects. You can choose to use rather a system of commercial records by computer.
• What types of assistance you may need?
• The home education is rigorous and often stressful. Consider joining a support group of homeschooling. There you will find many useful ideas and support. For advanced subjects such as physics or algebra, you may need to use the services of a qualified tutor.