I loved our homeschool experience. I worked my butt off, with other devoted moms, to bring our son so many wonderful enriching experiences he would’ve never had in public school. The one thing I regret is the pressure to go to work, or work from home, in addition to homeschooling. All that societal & family pressure made the experience much more difficult for me. On the whole, I ignored it & carried on, but I would’ve enjoyed the whole experience more had I not felt so much pressure to work a “real” job. Today, our son is 27, super smart, has 3 degrees, is independent, pays his own bills, has his own life, doesn’t do drugs, & is happy. I’m proud of what we accomplished together. Homeschooling is definitely worth the sacrifice!👍🏻
I too enjoyed homeschooling our four children over a 21 year span. I resisted the pressure to work while homeschooling, and was constantly nagged by family members, “what will you do about earning social security?” I just finished homeschooling my last child and I have no intention of returning to work as a nurse. So now I am chastised for that decision. I just keep plowing ahead with what I feel called to do. Hang in there!
Yep, you know you gave your kids the best education & they’re better for having homeschooled. The family pressure needs to stop. It was truly the hardest thing for me. It hurt my feelings and attempted to take the wind out of my sails, but I was steadfast & didn’t let it ruin our experience. My good friend, who we collaborated with for homeschool lessons, was also pressured by her family to put the kids in public school & get a real job. It’s so hurtful to not feel supported in your efforts. But alas, we soldiered on & held our heads high! It was definitely worth it!
It wasn’t always this way! Nothing is more important than respect and understanding of the reason for our very existence! Life’s an accident, a series of happenstance sequential events, rubbish, but how freeing? Actually it’s enslaving-to one’s own whims, thoughts imagining, or worse!
Christian day schools are no poor stepsister to homeschooling. The problem is when Christians adopt the Horace Mann-style, mainstream institutional models, rather than the Biblical, relational, family model. In our experience the relational model was difficult because people were used to the old wine, but it produced amazing results in all categories for the twenty-five years we served. By the way, colonial New England families typically homeschooled through basic literacy and math, and then utilized schools often offered by the churches. https://getwisdom.us.
A part of fixing our economy is eliminating government schools and school taxes. We need to rely on home schooling AND tuition based private (government not involved) schools.
I’d like to see all of the retired teachers out there who believe in critical teaching skills and are heartbroken over how far behind our children have fallen volunteer to answer questions and help support as needed our homeschooling parents everywhere.
Homeschooling our kids was the best decision we ever made.
I loved our homeschool experience. I worked my butt off, with other devoted moms, to bring our son so many wonderful enriching experiences he would’ve never had in public school. The one thing I regret is the pressure to go to work, or work from home, in addition to homeschooling. All that societal & family pressure made the experience much more difficult for me. On the whole, I ignored it & carried on, but I would’ve enjoyed the whole experience more had I not felt so much pressure to work a “real” job. Today, our son is 27, super smart, has 3 degrees, is independent, pays his own bills, has his own life, doesn’t do drugs, & is happy. I’m proud of what we accomplished together. Homeschooling is definitely worth the sacrifice!👍🏻
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I too enjoyed homeschooling our four children over a 21 year span. I resisted the pressure to work while homeschooling, and was constantly nagged by family members, “what will you do about earning social security?” I just finished homeschooling my last child and I have no intention of returning to work as a nurse. So now I am chastised for that decision. I just keep plowing ahead with what I feel called to do. Hang in there!
Yep, you know you gave your kids the best education & they’re better for having homeschooled. The family pressure needs to stop. It was truly the hardest thing for me. It hurt my feelings and attempted to take the wind out of my sails, but I was steadfast & didn’t let it ruin our experience. My good friend, who we collaborated with for homeschool lessons, was also pressured by her family to put the kids in public school & get a real job. It’s so hurtful to not feel supported in your efforts. But alas, we soldiered on & held our heads high! It was definitely worth it!
It wasn’t always this way! Nothing is more important than respect and understanding of the reason for our very existence! Life’s an accident, a series of happenstance sequential events, rubbish, but how freeing? Actually it’s enslaving-to one’s own whims, thoughts imagining, or worse!
Christian day schools are no poor stepsister to homeschooling. The problem is when Christians adopt the Horace Mann-style, mainstream institutional models, rather than the Biblical, relational, family model. In our experience the relational model was difficult because people were used to the old wine, but it produced amazing results in all categories for the twenty-five years we served. By the way, colonial New England families typically homeschooled through basic literacy and math, and then utilized schools often offered by the churches. https://getwisdom.us.
A part of fixing our economy is eliminating government schools and school taxes. We need to rely on home schooling AND tuition based private (government not involved) schools.
I’d like to see all of the retired teachers out there who believe in critical teaching skills and are heartbroken over how far behind our children have fallen volunteer to answer questions and help support as needed our homeschooling parents everywhere.