The Impact of Homeschooling | Natalie Minor Mack | TEDxSilver Spring

Join Natalie as she takes you on her own journey as a homeschooling parent expert. She has her own unique philosophy on home education and the overall benefit. Natalie Mack is an author, speaker, and twenty-two years veteran military home educator with over twenty-one years of service to military homeschooling families and military homeschool support group leadership. She is known for her words of encouragement and advocacy for homeschooling, particularly during the journey from high school to college. Natalie is a mom of five, three college graduates, one college junior and a 10th grader.
Currently serving as President of Fort Belvoir Home Educators, an active large military homeschool support group in northern Virginia.
She also has written several articles for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, sharing her perspective on military life with the article “Fair Winds and Following Seas” and on the sandwich generation with “5 Tips for Living Life in the Middle”. Natalie is the author of 101 Tips for Homeschoolers. She is currently writing a guide titled Homeschooling on the Move: Military-Style. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@joyswenson7941]

“Let’s get it done.” Such a fabulous motto. We just started our homeschool journey 4 days ago 😂, thank you for some perspective from the other end of things! 😊

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Your an outstanding mother❣️ Our daughter begged me to Home Educate in the UK 🇬🇧 because of bullying. State Education failed to teach her to read, write and spell. I used Art, Music and Dyslexic Thinking (Dyslexic Thinking is promoted by Linkedin Business as a valuable SKILL) to help her spell the words she could not read. Melody is now in University. And passed her English exam, this is rare for a Dyslexic. Melody also passed her Music Theory exam with a distinction. Many famous Pop musicians play by ear, which is a skill, but they cannot read music. Our daughter does not smoke/vape, neither does she take dangerous drugs, and she did not date until she was old enough to do so (19 years old). She is loyal to her boyfriend and hopes to marry him once her career takes off. Melody is self-motivated and not scared to ask questions. She feels at ease around teachers. When our daughter was in College she was awarded Best Student of the year. And Best Artist and Designer. She also won a UK Art Competition and the competition in College. I was so badly bullied for Home Educating. But my daughter and I proved all the doubters wrong! As a family my daughter, father and I have a strong bond. One that we would not have had if she was State Educated! Good luck to all Homeschool families. ❤️ I support you. 😊❤️🇬🇧

[@kenramsey7439]

Happy to hear

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Yes you definitely did!! Awesome story, thank you for sharing!!

[@xaawoali2785]

So proud of you mama 🙏🏾 you saved her life and her integrity good job ❤

[@1mattwill]

Such an amazing mentor, motivator, and mom. I was a recipient of Natalie's years of experience as a homeschooler myself. I don't think I could have made it in those early years without a network of support like Natalie and her entire family. We love and appreciate the Mack's dearly!

[@bellablingbynatalie]

Love you much sis!!!

[@francesjohnson6852]

Yes ma'am, homeschooling can allow you to nurture your children's growth much better than sending them to public. Even a little of both wouldn't hurt but homeschooling has major advantages for over homeschooling. Time is something we can't get back and they grow up so fast. We need to give our babies every best opportunity to learn as much as they can and show them they can choose their own path in learning a with some things and where they want to go.

[@maipham6845]

Hi Natalie, I'm searching for true stories of parents choosing homeschooling since I have to write an essay about the pros and cons of homeschooling for my university. I'm glad that I found your speech. Thank you for sharing a story that helps me to have a glimpse of what it is like to homeschool your children. It was very inspiring to me!

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

You are welcome!!

[@desirehunter]

What an inspiring story! Thank you for sharing your light!

[@theblackhomeschools]

What an amazing talk on homeschooling in the military!!!

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Thanks so much!!

[@HeritageMom]

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about your homeschooling journey. Thank you!

[@bellablingbynatalie]

Thanks so much!!

[@williamsikeoluwa4380]

That would be awesome. Let's get it done! Homeschool is amazing. What I got from this video is it makes your children know their path and follow their dreams

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Yes, exactly!

[@LouisAcademy-tg8tx]

Excellent presentation! Very inspiring. No doubt God was in the midst of it all. Love it!

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Yes definitely!! Thank you!!

[@JLP-wj3jo]

This is so inspiring. I had not thought about how homeschooling would help children nurture their interests and dreams.

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Yes definitely!!

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Yes definitely!

[@petualangcemen]

What an inspiring story. Thank you for sharing your story ☺️

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

You are welcome!

[@mejohnson9127]

Thoroughly enjoyed this Natalie!

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Thank you!

[@douglasbennett9044]

Love this so far!

[@debbyzinha1000]

What an awesome story! So beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Konekoexe]

awesome that your daughter wanted to learn Russian. My daughter has been learning Russian for a couple years. Completely her idea. I also wasn't sure about it because the different letters. I'm no good at it, but she does pretty good learning online.

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

That is awesome!! Yes, she continued on to Mandarin in college.

[@georgiablackhomeeducators]

Great presentation,

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Thanks so much!!!

[@homeschoolingthroughhighschool]

Proud of You! Well done!!!!!!!🌻

[@natalie-mackhomeschool]

Thank you

[@kimgerald7432]

Awesome!

[@bellablingbynatalie]

Love you sis!

[@douglasbennett9044]

Love “let’s get it done!”

[@bizhope007]

🎉🎉🎉