Do you ever get questions or concerns about not sending your kids to PS at all? Most people are fine with me homeschooling my older boys because they had many years of the PS experience. But when I tell people that we plan to homeschool our daughter all the way thru, people all of a sudden have concerns and opinions. They think that kids need to be in PS at least the first 2-3 years to get the foundations of reading and writing. They think that I can't possibly teach all about adjectives and nouns and reading and all of those things at the initial level. Thery think that PS offers more than I can, like little tricks for learning nouns/adjectives/prepositions, ETC....
All. The. Time. My children have never set foot in a public school. And, God-willing, never will. It is entirely my intention homeschool all the way through. I get pretty snarky with people and say "Do you realize you've just insulted not only my intelligence, but my alma mater and the entire public school system by questioning whether I can teach my child?" I was taught by the PS, why couldn't I teach my kids what they taught me (minus the stuff I never should have learned in the first place). Anyway. Yes. I get it all the time. Sometimes I ask if they plan to PS all the way through. I mean, I feel that their child should be homeschooled for a couple years, I mean if my child has to be PS'd for a couple years....then why doesn't it work in reverse? I dislike people. Basically, I've seen the village, and I don't want it raising my child.
Oh my, I wish you lived near me. Your snarky ways-it's almost like you're my twin. I love your reasoning and I have the bumper sticker on my van about the village I find that the older my kids get, the MORE people ask if we'll homeschool through high school. So the questions have become more frequent rather than less. I firmly believe the little extra things the ps can offer my kids are not the extras we'd enjoy.
I don't get many stupid comments, but then maybe it's because I do have one in PS. My others say they want to be homeschooled all the way through, so we will have to see what happens as time goes on.
Love this! I have had a few comments, one from my mother-in-law :evil:... I have chosen to educate some people with print outs from the web about the huge advantages of homeschooling over public schooling. And, we are blessed to have a huge homeschool community and and are members of the large homeschool association, so we are always "socializing". But, I'm gonna borrow some of the above comments!
Most of the people I've cared to share about hsing are supportive, at least to an extent. I think most of them pass it off as a phase. For me, it's the opposite... People seem to think I can handle it now since they're young, but they seem to get more uncomfortable with the idea of middle school/high school.
Love it! I did get asked a handful of times when I first started but I hadn't been asked in a long time until we pulled my oldest out of ps this year and now I get the question ALL THE TIME. I think its because he is in middle school and people think middle and high school kids should be in ps. I think I am going to use some of these as my response from now on.
I homeschool all the way through the only thing I wish is I had more time the time goes so fast.. I don't really care what people say if they don't like they need to turn there heads the other way its our life not theres..
I honestly don't get asked! Or I am just naive and don't realize it! Middle school, in my opinion, is the most important time to homeschool! All those hormones leads to such negative peer pressure! Mine are starting 9th grade. We plan to go all the way.
I get asked, but mostly by my family. My mom asked just the other day. My son was in PS for 2 years and his older siblings went through PS, so it's not like we don't know what happens there. My son wants to be homeschooled through high school and I'm willing to do that. I had concerns about my dd because she may never go to PS, but she's a competitive dancer and gymnast and I'm already starting to see the advantages of homeschooling for someone who has a passion that requires many hours of training.
Well, thankfully not much. A little from my dad and step mother, but on the whole not much. I had one friend (very sweet friend) say she didn't realize a mom could teach reading/writing from so young. But, really it hasn't been a issue at all! We started teaching DD1 to write waaaaay before PreK age, she was writing her name and words by the time she was three years old (around 2 1/2). Were we supposed to wait? lol haha But, said friend was just in awe more then condemnation of it. lol I would let the proof be in the pudding and change the subject. MOST arguing the point don't really intend on changing their opinions and most won't just by your flapping gums...it will take time and seeing for themselves what happens. And you know you can do it!
