Why We Don’t Feel Qualified to Homeschool

And Why That’s a Lie

Why aren’t we homeschooling?

That’s the question Candace Owens asked, and it’s a good one.

The honest answer? Because we don’t feel qualified.

We were raised in an education system that conditioned us to believe that learning only happens in a classroom, under the direction of certified experts. We were never taught to trust ourselves. Instead, we were taught to follow the system, check the right boxes, and leave the real education to the professionals.

So when the idea of homeschooling comes up, what happens? Doubt.

What if I don’t know enough? What if I mess up my child’s future? What if I fail?

But here’s the real question we should be asking:

If the school system truly worked, shouldn’t we feel educated enough to teach our own children?

The System Wasn’t Designed to Make You Feel Capable

If you walk away from 12+ years of schooling feeling unqualified to teach a first grader, that says more about the system than it does about you.

I know because my biggest fear was teaching my children how to read.

When I was in first grade, I was painfully shy. I didn’t feel confident reading aloud with the teacher, and I didn’t know how to ask for help. Because of that, my reading growth stalled, and I carried the belief that I just wasn’t good at it.

Over time, I eventually developed a love for reading, and my reading skills improved. But the shaky foundation I started with left me with low confidence in my ability to successfully teach my own children to read.

So when it came time to teach them, that old voice came back:
"You’re not good at this. You’re not qualified. What if you hold them back?"

But then something amazing happened…

My children taught themselves.

My oldest two naturally picked up letter sounds and recognition without me drilling them or following a rigid curriculum. They laid the foundation effortlessly, just by exploring books and watching educational videos on YouTube. And then my third child? He completely taught himself how to read.

I was in awe.

I realized that learning wasn’t about me having all the answers—it was about creating an environment where they could learn freely. I didn’t need to be perfect. I just needed to be present.

And that’s when I saw the bigger picture…

Traditional schooling didn’t equip us to be independent learners, critical thinkers, or confident teachers. It trained us to be dependent on the system, to trust the experts, and to question our own abilities.

So we do what we were taught: we send our kids right back into the same system, hoping they’ll come out more prepared than we did.

But isn’t that just repeating the cycle?

If the system left us feeling unqualified, why are we trusting it to prepare our children any better?

Breaking the Lie: You Don’t Need a Degree to Teach Your Child

The truth is, you don’t need to be a trained teacher to educate your child. You just need to break free from the mindset that school = learning and begin to see education for what it truly is:

📖 A lifestyle.

🤝🏾 A relationship.

🔍 A journey of discovery.

Your children were designed to learn from you. God designed the family as the foundation of education (Deuteronomy 6:6-9). Learning is woven into daily life, conversations, experiences, and curiosity. You’ve already been teaching your child from the moment they were born—you just didn’t call it homeschooling.

So what if the real work isn’t in teaching your children, but in unlearning the fear that you aren’t enough?

Let’s Walk This Out Together

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