I made it through another week of Homeschooling. This was one of the highlights from the week. It may seem like nothing to you but to me it’s everything. See homeschooling has to be one of the hardest jobs I have taken on. I know I am not that good at it yet. But I also know that I know that I know I need to do this. I need to be doing the HARD THINGS. I know that I am the best teacher for my children at this moment in time. And I know that I know that I know God wants me in this place not just for my kids but to refine me too.
I actually have been teaching for more than 20 years. Starting with my American Red Cross days teaching CPR and Babysitting classes, to Teaching Assistant and then into my Essential oils Class Teaching Days. I estimate I have taught more than 5000 students and hundreds if not a thousand classes. So it’s hard when I find myself in a place of teaching and not being so good at it.
I think I may have thought way way early on that this would be a breeze, but it’s not. In fact most days I need my NingXia Nitro and Stress Away to get through the day. And I am only officially schooling less than 3 hours a day LOL it can’t even be considered a full time job. But everyday that I do it and every week it gets better with little glimmer’s of hope like the video above. (He’s Reading He’s really reading… kind of)
My little man 2012
See my oldest son is well ACTIVE. He is brilliant and caring and sensitive like his dad but he can not sit still for more than 15 minutes or so and that’s a stretch. So traditional schooling was pretty much out. In fact he got kicked out of nursery school when he was 3. They couldn’t deal with a kid who couldn’t sit for 10 minutes to do a craft and didn’t know how to use scissors. But my dad who was a middle and high school teacher for 35 plus years always said he felt boys matured later than girls and thought boys would benefit to start school a year later. So I listened to him and let my son start schooling a little later and grow and develop at his own pace.
I have also learned that our child’s development is much more than what we teach them but also what we feed them. Sugar, Processed foods, gluten, and milk products all make Joshua’s attention span and learning more challenging. I notice he is more emotional, has more difficulty in calming down for sleep, and his communication struggles too.
Recently I was introduced to this book : 
If you know anyone who has children with Asthma, Allergies, is labeled on the Autism spectrum or Asperger’s they have to read this book. It is full of helpful and effective information. And real life stories that will make you rejoice in hope and cry from the tragedies.
I pretty much know that if I hadn’t been a Chiropractor and then a Wellness Consultant that my life and son’s life would look a lot different now. My son would have most likely gone to school and have had a label by 5 or 6 years old. Don’t get me wrong I am not against getting help or testing but I am against putting a label on a kid or adult so that they grow up thinking that they can not change and this is how and who they are.
In years of practice I have seen some amazing things done with just diet changes, nutritional supplements, essential oils and Chiropractic ! I have seen a 3 year old non-verbal not crawling begin to walk and talk within 6 weeks of nutritional changes made. I have seen autistic become more social and communicative, I have seen asthma healed, I have seen allergies eliminated. I had also seen God’s miraculous healing without any intervention. (Well I guess it’s all God’s healing). So I never doubt that change can happen and healing can occur. And when I find more resources and tools to help make these changes I want to share them with you.
Here is something else you may want to look into if you have an easily distractible child, Brain Training! Here is the Podcast of Do you Need to Train your Brain ? https://edsnapshots.com/hsp42/ I started using some of these ideas this week and I am already starting to see improvement. http://ourjourneywestward.com/brain-training-activities-auditory-attention/
I will continue to learn and grow as a homeschooler and mother who is grooming, feeding, growing kids. I will continue to help educate parents about the dangers of labeling and drugging.
Here is Larry’s story from Dr Bock’s book. Larry and his wife were bullied into drugging their son when he was 7 years old. Their son was a good kid at home but struggled in school and was labeled with ADHD. The teachers threatened if they didn’t get their son on medication for ADHD than they were be in Neglect, Child Services would be called and they could lose both of their children. Over the years their son’s low dosage of Ritalin increased to the highest dosage 4 times a day. At 14 their son was a star baseball player and good kid. One day while he was playing on his skateboard he had a heart attack and died. The autopsy showed direct damage to his heart from the Ritalin and the cause of his death. WHAT!!!!!
I read that story and thought of the thousands of kids on this drug or other stimulants. It’s my opinion that we set these kids up for becoming addicted to other stimulants in their teens and early adulthood. Things like Energy drinks or worse which all of this is setting them up for early health problems or worse.
You can agree or disagree with me in the comments. And I get that sometimes families wouldn’t survive unless they “calmed down” their kids with these drugs. I am just saying maybe we can do other things too or instead. Here is the information again to get the book I talked about and see for yourself. https://www.amazon.com/Healing-New-Childhood-Epidemics-Groundbreaking/dp/0345494512
God Bless,
I will pray for your family’s success;
Mary Starr Carter
The Total Wellness Doc and Mom