Good Decisions Come With Opposition
A decision to do things outside of the established status quo is to invite opposition and persecution. In fact, that is the one promise Jesus gave His disciples. Even though accepting His promised salvation becomes our blessed assurance, the peace and tranquility we all desire is mostly only anticipated, although we do occasionally get snippets of it here in this temporal paradigm.
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“Experts”
A big problem with any new venture is the variety of information and instruction available. How does one separate the useful from the useless? What is correct and what is not? What is truth and what is fallacy? Unfortunately, the biggest handicap to finding the correct answer to those questions is usually ourselves. We are all filled with previously acquired information, not all of which may be accurate. Therefore, the confusion is usually coming from inside. When evermore information starts coming from a host of providers and volunteers, things can get challenging, if not outright overwhelming.
Know What You Are Getting Into
So, you have decided to keep your children in the safety of the family home to train and educate them in keeping with what you understand as the truth. This is indeed a very good decision, as long as you remember that the truth you are holding today may change with greater knowledge, understanding and experience. This means that even though choosing to home educate will be one of the best decisions you will ever make, you WILL NOT make the journey without errors and misgivings. You WILL NOT reach perfection. You will make mistakes. That’s life. Learn from your experiences and carry on.
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This Year’s Focus
Those of you familiar with my work are already aware of the book I co-wrote with my late wife entitled 12 Rules For Marital Longevity. (If you are interested in obtaining a copy of either the softcover, hardcover, e-book or audiobook, please go to www.12rules.ca. And please be sure to comment on this effort by clicking on the Contact button.)
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Welcome to a New Year
Hello again and welcome to Léo’s Insights for the 2026-27 Academic Year. Most of you watching or reading this are enrolled with Education Unlimited Academy, as you are intent on educating your children at home and you are particularly interested in the unschooling approach we represent. Some of you may simply be interested in what I have to say regarding education in general; you may not be living in Alberta or Canada, or even be home educating at all. Some of you may be enrolled for home education with other agencies and you may be looking for information you’re not finding there. You may even be a competitor looking for new ideas you can incorporate within your agency.