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If I Had Been Homeschooled… What Parents Are Saying That Homeschooled Kids Miss Out On
Besides the obvious, leaving home 5 days a week for 8-10 hours/day and rectangular slices of cardboard pizza, I wanted to really list what would have been missed if I had not gone to a conventional school. If I am going to commit to homeschooling until college-do-us-part, I owe it to my boys to fully understand what I’m asking them to give up.
And the #1 thing readers said they would have missed was…
When Family and Friends Are Opposed to Homeschooling
It seems some people lose all sense of decorum when confronted with the disquieting news that you are planning to homeschool…The last thing a worried new homeschool mom needs to bear is the added weight of the thinly veiled indignation of others. As if their obvious questions and assertions haven’t crossed her mind.
Homeschool: The Not so Expected First Year Expectations
…In fact don’t expect anything. Then you don’t have to feel like a failure if/when the following happens: …
10 Things I Hate About Homeschooling
…homeschooling is not all pencil bouquets, nature walks, and cocoa on the couch with story time. It may only be that you hate the cheap pencil sharpener that you settled for, or how the new globe is slightly off its axis, but you hate something about homeschooling, so fess up!
Homeschool Moms: the Fat Girls At Prom
Those who could homeschool but have no desire, are now insecure with you in the room. They don’t want to sound rude or judgmental so, by some kind of weird defense mechanism, they insult themselves as if you are there to recruit cult members or extra wives to haul away in your homemade cart and buggy out back?!
Against my Will, How I Became a Homeschool Mom
But still, they’ll be weird and homely looking, right? And I’ll have to wear a denim jumper and sell strange oils!
Appreciation From Readers:
“I love your fb page and everything you write! Thank you for helping me laugh and smile through this. So appreciate you!”
“I’m so happy to have happened upon your blog! You “had” me at “you don’t have to raise goats or wear a denim jumper…”
“This was so perfect, and I needed the laugh! So glad to find a homeschooling blogger with a snarky sense of humor!”
“Thank you so much for your witty words and encouragement.”
