Building a Joyful Home: My Go-To Books for Parenting (And Homeschooling!) Differently Wired Kids

Ren Reads Too Much Podcast · Sep 17, 2026 · 19m

This week, I took a detour from my usual “what I’m reading” updates to talk about homeschooling: the messy, creative, deeply imperfect way we’ve done it for thirteen years now.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions from others who are homeschooling, or thinking about it, and it felt like the right time to share what’s worked for us and talk realistically about finding your own rhythm when the traditional school system doesn’t fit your kid’s needs.

We come to this as secular homeschoolers, meaning we don’t incorporate any religious teachings into our lessons, and that’s because…

I had to…