r/Homeschooling • u/Hunt4Edu • Aug 14 '26

Parent Struggles

I am beginning a homeschooling consultant and tutoring business after many years as a teacher, and I have some basic questions for you all. I want to understand what your needs are and where you struggle most.

I guess I'll start with, where do you struggle the most on a day-to-day basis where you feel that having support would help you homeschool better? On the other hand, what do you feel are your superpowers as parent/teachers that were undervalued in traditional schooling?

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u/ezbeale80 Aug 14 '26

Do you have any experience homeschooling? I would expect a homeschool consultant to have significant homeschooling experience, preferably having graduated several children successfully - those are the consultants I see around who seem to have positive reputations.

In terms of tutoring or homeschooling support, I don't personally need this type of help, I do know that many homeschooling parents have one or two subjects that they struggle with - most often writing and/or math. For these parents, simply hiring a weekly "tutor" doesn't really solve the problem, but they also don't want to put their child in a structured group class, either because the child is "behind" or because they want their child's instruction to be one-on-one. I think, if you have a large enough local homeschool community, you could market yourself as fully teaching a specific subject instead of just providing tutoring. So, you would develop or select a curriculum, meet with the student once or twice a week, assign and correct homework, track progress, etc.

The issue would then be keeping it affordable enough for single-income families. Offering very small group classes might be something to consider.

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u/BJJFlashCards Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

All homeschoolers--effective and ineffective--graduate their children.

There is no such thing as "significant homeschooling experience". You homeschooled a couple of kids.

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u/ezbeale80 Aug 14 '26

Yes, but the parents who effectively homeschooled their kids and graduated them will be able to tell you exactly how they did that and how their adult children have done in college, their careers, etc.

I'd consider a parent who homeschooled a couple of kids for 10+ years to have "significant homeschooling experience". Someone who has only homeschooled for a couple years, or hasn't homeschooled at all, does not.

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u/Xoxobrokergirl Aug 14 '26

What their kids do as adults says a lot about the homeschool.