thankfully my church community accepts it, at least overall. I know there are people within the church who don't but they don't make waves about it. Unfortunately the community I LIVE in is another whole story. It's downright NOT acceptable here. one of the reasons we changed churches. But. I've been considered odd (among other less complimentary things!) here for many years, why stop now? <g> Katie was disappointed to hear Andrew wasn't coming today. We got some marble tubes (thats what I call them anyways) and she figured Andrew would enjoy them. I told her this just gave us time to get more so they could build bigger. LOL I still have some pics for you of the days he was here. Lemme know if/when you need me again. Glenda
I've been doing this for 11 yrs and some ppl STILL get bent out of shape about socialization. I have an awesome 16 yr old who prefers to be at home with us and most are certain that I don't allow him out with friends. Well, the teens in this village I would NOT allow him out with, but since he has no interst in going it's a moot point! People see what they want to see, and many people want to see HS'ing as a bad thing. I think it's to make them feel better about their choices, but thats just MO. Glenda
Here is the thing that gets me. Are there no shy kids in ps? No bookish kids? No kids who don't feel comfortable dating until they are older? No geeky kids who have a hard time making friends? Of course there are! :roll: So why do people, who observe these real or imagined traits in homeschooled children presume that sending them to ps is going to make any difference? The thing is that most of these shy, geeky, brainy, and unique kids who march to the beat of their own drummer are those who are most likely to have a TERRIBLE time in public school. What exactly about having the other kids exclude you or treat you like a jerk for not fitting in is supposed to make you a better person? None of them have managed to explain that to me, yet!
Oh but sending them to public school does make a difference - one I can say from experience is not a positive difference. very distressing I will say. Public school is exposure to language you wouldn't have in your own home and at a young age, exposure to bullying, hostility, hatred, and I could go on for a long time. It just isn't worth it and certainly not in the name of the big "S" word. What a crock (sorry)! Brenda
(First post, hi everyone) Just had to reply to this issue. DH and I are a little older than most parents (I'm 38 with a 5 and a 2 y/o, DH is 42)..and have no friends with kids our kids age, so when it was time for P-K we fell into the trap of socialization (my MIL is a P-K teacher.. :roll: ).. my son sure did get socialized and got a quick education in only three weeks.. learned how to give the finger and learned it was okay to pinch and bite, things he never did before. Then the day they had a fire drill it scared him and on the way outside he fell and he said even the teachers laughed at him and in a sense told him to get over it..he was 4... the little boy who had been so excited to go to school and see all his new friends became attached to my hip and begged me not to leave him. Took us a little over a week to decide it was time to take him out of the situation. We had wanted to home school from the day he was born and I believe that whole experience reaffirmed our decision.
Welcome Mommylyn, Sounds like your little one learned some not so neat things. Glad you all are deciding to homeschooling. Good luck and you came to a wonderful site, there are bunch of wonderful ladies who will give you wonderful help. :lol:
Mommylyn, Randall & I have got you beat in age. Randall is 52 & I am 40. We have a 7 year old. Don't worry about the "S" with your child. They get plenty of it. I stay in the road with the "S" word for Vicki. Welcome aboard.
