It is in the process of teaching your kids that you will be teaching yourself. We've made a bunch of mistakes in our homeschool. Children should be more than just academically prepared for life. Boys and girls do not necessarily need to study the same things. Homeschooling can be undermined by outside socialization.
Communication is the key to family harmony.
Discipline is a disaster if yourself you do not master. Family worship is more than just a nice thing to add on at your convenience. Fathers should be more than figuratively the head of your school. We will be discussing some of these things in the next issues of Practical Homeschooling. We saw the fruits of this in about a week, the children being more cooperative and enthusiastic during school time.