Periodically, my parents are just superfabulous.....ok, well, I guess sarcasm is hard to type.... So my mother was over - and looking over my son's sentence (something he has to rewrite when bouts of anger take over) and she says, "Couldn't you find something from the Old Testament?" I was like, uh....well, it needed to be straightforward and short-he's only 8. I don't want him rewriting a whole freakin psalm, but I'm very not religious (I often get books of the bible confused)and I was thinking "OMG - maybe there's a reason!!ahhhh".....so my husband walks in right then, looks at my crazy mother and walks over to our character trait board (we're working on Obedience this month) and says,"well, all 3 of these seem to be from the Old Testament. Guess THAT'S covered." Ha! And then he tells me that day at work, my father (whom he works with) asked him what the boys are "learning". Joe said, "Oh you know, they're using the NUNYA curriculum." When my father asked what NUNYA is Joe said,"Oh, NUNYA business." and walked away. I'm taking Bean Dip to the next family function.
That's awesome! He obviously has no intention of letting them interfere, yet he does it with a sense of humor! Love it!
LOL! What a great guy! He needs to talk to my DH about quips to say to Mothers who ask about Homeschooling around here! lol
Love it! Think I will use the NUNYA curriculum answer if I am asked by family members what curriculum I use. Then I will offer my dear family members some bean dip.
Brandy, I guess you had to "be there", but are you certain your dad wasn't just inquiring about how the kids are doing with their learning? kind of like grandparents of public schoolers ask - "how're the kids doing in school?" My dad never actually bought into the homeschool thing, but finally gave up with "well, as long as you're sure he can go to college if he wants to..." But occasionally he did ask how ds was doing with his work. it seemed like was reassured when I told him "he's almost done with X-grade math" or "he's working on US history" or "he's onto atoms and molecules in science" or whatever little tidbit of info.
Yeah Lindina-for some that's possible-alas, no my family is highly dysfunctional - my dad's youngest daughter, is 9 and currently enrolled in a private school. She recently got put in detention for making cheat sheets to pass a test. My father did not back my stepmother up when she wanted to ground her. He went thru the office praising her and telling eveyone the "real" problem was she got caught (mind, she's in 3rd grade). He has a highly askewed version of morality and how things should be and doesn't like that my children are not raised to be competitive with each other (as oppossed to supportive) or that I include religion in our curriculum. He asks frequently in a snide way-and my husband had finally found a way to, uh, tell him not to worry about it. To put it in perspective, my son has taken to saying to Grampa,"Sorry Papa. We just do things different than you." when my father starts in on why he isn't doing certain things. But I do see your point. We are actually extremely forthcoming to people that are ACTUALLY genuinely interested. But MY parents, not so much. Now my Dh's mom is awesome in that regard....
Where do I order the Nunya curriculum?? I have to get that. really, considering my childrens individual learning styles I think it would be the perfect fit. I almost wish someone would be a buttinski just so I could use that line. lololololololol
Excellent reply from your husband. I also like your son's standard reply; it's properly respectful for a young person speaking to an adult, and it is clear and doesn't invite an arguement. Pats on the back for your fellows!
