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The Homeschool Sanity Show

The Homeschool Sanity Show offers practical solutions and encouragement to help homeschool families create a smooth and joyful learning experience.

Podcast · By Melanie Wilson, PhD · American English · Official site

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Overcoming Anxiety As A Christian (opens the original)

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    Are you battling anxiety as a Christian—whether it’s constant nagging worry or a fear that feels like it’s controlling your life? I can relate. For years, I struggled with an intense fear of home invasion. Even as a clinical psychologist, I had routines designed to make me feel safe, but I could still spend hours awake at night, frozen by fear. Then one night, while my husband was out of town, someone began pounding on my front door at 2 a.m. What happened next forced me to face my worst fear—an

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    How To Teach Your Child Healthy Boundaries (opens the original)

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    We want our kids to be kind, helpful, and cooperative. But we also want them to be able to say no when someone pressures them to do something that isn’t in their best interest. That can be especially difficult for conscientious kids—the ones who want to be good friends, avoid disappointing people, and keep everyone happy. So how do we teach our kids to set healthy boundaries without encouraging them to be selfish, rude, or unkind? In this episode of The Homeschool Sanity Show, I share three prac

  3. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    How To Help Your Child Make Friends This Year (opens the original)

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    Want your child to make more friends this year—but aren’t sure how to help? Friendships are important for kids’ happiness and well-being, but making friends doesn’t always happen automatically, especially for homeschoolers. Simply putting kids around other kids isn’t necessarily enough. In this episode, I share a simple three-step strategy for helping your child develop meaningful friendships. And surprisingly, it has a lot in common with shopping at a rummage sale! You’ll learn: • How to help y

  4. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    Strong-Willed Homeschooler? How To Make A Deal With Them (opens the original)

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    Read the transcript Watch on YouTube Other Episodes You May Enjoy Homeschooling Strong-willed Children Strategies for Homeschooling Smart Kids How to Motivate Reluctant Learners Does homeschooling your strong-willed child sometimes feel like negotiating with a used-car salesman? You have a plan, but your child definitely has ideas of their own! In this episode of The Homeschool Sanity Show, Dr. Melanie Wilson shares what she learned about parenting strong-willed kids while watching her son negot

  5. Episode · Aug 18, 2026

    Late Reader? When To Wait And When Not To (opens the original)

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    If your child is a late reader, should you relax and give them more time—or could waiting make reading struggles harder to overcome? In this episode of The Homeschool Sanity Show, I talk with Faye Bankler Casell, a Certified Academic Language Therapist and dyslexia specialist, about one of the most debated questions in homeschooling: When should parents be concerned about a child who isn’t reading? Faye shares why reading struggles can often be identified before a child is actually reading, why

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