Rewarding

 

Rewarding.  The wins experienced by homeschooling/unschooling is rewarding.  Knowing your kids inside and out is priceless.  Being the one person they come to in joy, fear, and everything in-between makes hard and difficult times worth it. 

Today, it is rewarding to see how kids who needed me present constantly in the early years transitioned to operating independently in the teen years.  Now using me to bounce ideas of, problem solve with, and return to for reassurance.  This is the big reward of years spent navigating the world with them.  Smiles, laughter, jokes, knowing glances are the everyday rewards shared without acknowledgement you can look back on realizing homeschooling/unschooling delivered this prized connection.