It's true, I can't help it and I apologize if I sound like I am pushing homeschooling. I just feel so sorry for those kids you tell me about. I feel sorry for the ones who are so anxious they make themselves throw up in the morning, the ones who can hold it together for school but let in to you when they come home. My heart breaks for the kids whose parents tell me, "she doesn't have any friends" "She thinks the teacher doesn't like her" and "they must sit quietly at lunch"
This isn't judgment. I don't judge you for sending your kid to school I REALLY don't but when you say things like, "I don't think I could I could do it" I want to change that. I want to empower you, show you that YES you can teach your child.
When I hear you tell me that your child wishes to be homeschooled I want to show you how easy it can be, especially in this state. I don't want you to think I am a pushy homeschooling mom trying to tell everyone how to live but that door feels left open for a reason. I sometimes think maybe you want me to convince you that you can do it, because I know you can.
While I don't think school is detrimental to every child, my own niece thrives in school. I do think that many do not thrive and actually end up solely surviving and that school grades are not the best assesmentof whether a child is thriving.
So Yes I would love to convince everyone to homeschool if they could so I apologize if I sound overzealous I just don't want you or child to miss out. There really is another way.
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So many people won't even talk to me about homeschooling. It's the 400 lb elephant in the room that we just ignore. I posted on my blog earlier about how I thought it was because it makes people question their own choices and I was pounced on by former public school friends - I removed the post and wish that I hadn't. In the same blog I suggested that I wouldn't try to talk people into it if they wouldn't try to talk me out of it. Seems like a fair deal to me?!? I'm amazed that at the slightest indication that I've had a bad day, I've already had people say to me "put your kids back in school" and yet when people complain to me about their children's school I resist the urge to say "keep them at home." I know exactly how you feel!
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