With school starting back up my facebook wall is now flooded with things such as this jewel... I just want to cry for the children of that mother! I also am struggling not to lay into her about how blessed she is to even be a mother! :cry: /vent
Some people don't realize how blessed they are really are. I know what it is like to think yoy can't have children. I was married 13 years before I found out I was pregrant. When I read stuff like that I get mad.
COmpletely understand. School starts around here the 18th of August, but I do know how you feel. :-( It IS sad. I would bawl and bawl if I had to take my kids to school. I'd probably be one of those parents that waited outside school for them all day! Call and check on them every 10 minutes and so on! Ha! But really, and these parents wonder why thier kids are getting into trouble and they don't listen, it's because the parents don't give two hoots, and the mere sight of their children annoy them! My kids frustrate me sometimes, but I can't imagine saying, "Oh thank GOD they go back to school and I don't have to look at their faces or hear their voices for 8 hours a day. " :-(
I hear you on that one! Everytime I see those messages I want to write something back telling them what a gift their children are, but instead I will either keep my mouth shut or post some pictures of my boys having fun with me doing school, OR just write about something fun we did!
I see myself on occasion thinking "Hooray! Dh is home! I get a Saturday to go grocery shopping alone!" I never, EVER see myself thinking "Hooray! My kids get to have a government-controlled babysitter for 8 hours a day, every day for the next 9 months!"
This is going to be my first year homeschooling. My boy is 10. I'm really, really glad that he's not going back to school. After all of the the terrible experiences we've had at public school, I'd be really sad if I had to send him back there.
Like I typed on another thread, Peaceful to me is having my boys home... It really makes me sad to hear statements like that. Even when my boys went to ps I couldn't stand for summer to be over and missed them greatly.
AHHHH-but some people really honestly don't understand how to enjoy their children. Feel bad for the parents too. (We've all had those days-those parents tend to have those days constantly because they know no different.....eh-ok so I do tend to believe they stay in that place and are lazy-but that's my opinion so I just feel bad for them.) Hmmm and worse for the teachers because those are the type os parents that make school harder.
Yikes, that is a pretty harsh statement to say about your children. I'm sure she didn't mean it the way it sounds. It goes back to the old what you were born to do thing. Some women were born with patience and a need for tending to their children. Some women were born for other reasons. I don't think it means they love their children any less, they just find a different sort of joy in their children. I do think that women shouldn't write such things, regardless. If your child found that I'm sure they would be quite confused and hurt.
I think I'd respond with "I hate summer too! All the running around, my kids are so busy and so am I! Can't wait for us to start homeschooling again so we can all be together again." No, I wouldn't really do that, but I'd sure think about it.
I know. I bite my tongue a lot this time of year. What I hate is the random strangers in the store or doctor's office who assume I dislike my children. They say things like, "Four boys? I bet you just can't wait for school to start again!" To which I usually reply, "I homeschool them because I like having them around."
I love my kids and missed them when they went to school. Glad I will have both of them this year and see nothing but benefits to homeschooling despite anyone else negative comments.
I get tired of this, too. Along with the "Four boys? Boy I bet you got your hands full or I bet it's crazy around your house?" In which I reply, "Praise God for this blessing!"
Or the comments about how sorry they were that I don't have girls. Why? Is there something wrong with boys?
Or, "Are you going to keep trying until you have a girl, because you know, you might just keep getting boys?" Same reply, "Praise God."
I get all of those comments too! I am always happy when someone says oh, 3 boys! How lucky you are! When someone makes a comment like "don't you ever wish you had a girl?" I just answer with "No, I'm thankful that all my children are healthy and I am sure that God knew what he was doing, I can't imagine life any other way" I really do love my boys, and I'm just thankful that they are healthy, and that God saw fit to bless me with them
I totally understand! I have a neighbor who, quite frankly, is just a horrible parent (as in I'm just looking for any reason to call DFACS on her for the sake of her child-but everything she does/doesn't do is borderline so DFACS wouldn't do anything to help the child...) anyway this mom asked me (on more than one occasion) "I don't see why you'd want to homeschool-that's my free time" (from a mom that has nothing BUT free time cause she pawns her kid off on everyone else ALL THE TIME.) Next time I swear I'm gonna go off on her-I almost did last time-I HAD to WALK AWAY. "How about cause I chose to have kids, I want what's best for them, and maybe a free babysitter and a government institution isn't what's best for them. Cause I care about their education. I didn't have them just to show them off and say I have them then pawn them off on anyone and everyone that will take them!" grrrrrrrrrrrrr (that's totally directed at this one mom-I do not feel this way about every person who sends their child to PS-just to be clear...) Okay-vent over...Thanks for letting me share! LOL
I get that even now that I have a girl. A stranger came up to me yesterday all happy because I had a girl after two boys. They assume that is why I have 3 children too. They think I kept trying until I had a girl!!
Meanwhile, my youngest was supposed to be a girl (according to the ultrasound) and I was actually relieved he was another boy. lol
