Shame On Me

I don't know what led to me thinking about this today, but I came to a startling realization this morning. I have been really hard on Chloe while homeschooling her. Like ridiculously hard.

In my desire for her to excel and not "fall behind," I tend to forget that she's only 3 and get very frustrated, sometimes yelling, if she doesn't follow my directions on how to write an A, or whatever, just right. Horrible, I know. I feel horrible about it all. I was being the complete opposite of encouraging and was setting her up for failure by expecting so much. 

From now on, I've made the commitment to myself, and to her, to change all that. I want her to learn and succeed, but that doesn't mean she has to be perfect and ready for grade school at 3 years old. From now on, my expectations will be more realistic, and my approach will be much different. 

This whole ordeal has helped solidify my decision a little bit about homeschooling in the future, though. I'm not sold that it's for us, but it's still something Kris and I have to pray about and discuss when the time comes. We shall see. 

In other news, we have a new obsession here in the Savage Household. Here's a hint.

Thanks for reading.