THE SECRETS OUT!!!!!
Well, kinda I guess. Like SuperThomas here? This picture just sums things up for me pretty well. I feel a bit loopy, but not in a good migraine pill way. In a hormonal, timid, afraid of loosing friends kinda way. Is that just insane or what? We made the homeschool decision last Tuesday night. A week ago from tonight while I stood in a dusty upstairs room watching Prince Charming work hard.
This picture is before all the mudding and sanding he had going on when we were discussing things. I didn't have an image of that, but I just love how handy he is!
Since then I've told a few homeschool moms, my parents, and a friend or two. Oh, yeah, and MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers). I'm fairly certain none of them homeschool and that's ok. I'm proud of myself for announcing it to them knowing that it would make me stand out.
On Saturday I shared with my mom. I was irrationally worried that she and dad wouldn't approve. More so my dad. We have a pretty good relationship, but I don't always know what is going to rub him the wrong way and I so deeply want to please them both. Turns out I was just being silly. They had watched the national prayer breakfast and heard a speech given on the changes in education by a pediatric neurosurgeon. Mom even said the more intelligent kids she knew were homeschooled, and that they weren't all that weird.
Check out this blog on how to keep your homeschoolers properly weird and unsocialized. We wouldn't want to prove that statistic to be untrue or even ignorant by any means!
Personally my goal is to make sure my kids are incapable of socializing with anybody!
Oh! Homeschooling fail! They're getting along, sharing and having conversations with other children!! The horror!!! Ok ok enough poking fun at the naysayers. But seriously, I think it will be pretty hard to make them 'unsocialized'. It's not like I'm locking them up in a building with the same people everyday. We will certainly be leaving our house on a regular basis to learn in the real world rather than just in a classroom. We might even venture out on educational field trips more than once a year.
Wowzers, I really got off topic didn't I? Huh. The whole point of this post was supposed to be letting out my fears of announcing this to the rest of our family and friends. I shouldn't be scared. I thought I was way past this. I guess I feel so nervous because some people have been downright rude and others have expressed their feelings based on the stereotype and or a lack of knowledge on the subject. I don't blame them. The stereotype IS there. But that's all it is, a stereotype. Hopefully I can break that stereotype a little.
Batman turns 5 on the 23rd!
People will start asking. I guess the natural thing is to just answer the questions as they come. I think once our immediate family knows, I'll make a more 'official' announcement on Facebook or something. Or maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just use my normal defense mechanism and simply decide not to care.
If you haven't figured this out yet.... I'm pretty insecure and neurotic.
If these early years with my children are the best years and disappear so quickly, why should I feel so pressured to give them up? Why not enjoy every moment I can?
Honestly I have no idea what homeschooling is all about. I know that it seems to be getting much more popular over the last few years. But you need to do what is best for your children. As long as they are getting an education and are being socialized outside of the home also I don't see why anyone should have a problem with it. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kimberly ;). That's how it SHOULD be, and I'm sure it will with most the people in our lives, but there are a few. After retreading what I posted for the third time I'm thinking I've over thought things and blown it all out of proportion! It's what I do best!
DeleteYour thoughts and feelings are valid. You really never know how the people around you are going to react to the choices that you make.
ReplyDeleteI've been homeschooling since 1996 and I'm 4 down only 1 to go. I was totally blown away when we told my parents and my in-laws. Of all the people in the world I would have expected their support. It didn't come. I was verbally beaten up by them and told that I was going to destroy and ruin my children. My mother is the only one that eventually came around and began to do what she could do to help me with resources. My in-laws to this day believe I've ruined my kids. On the other hand, I had more acceptance from total strangers.
You need to do what you feel is right for your family and your kids. It's not harsh to decide that what others think doesn't matter. When you are making choices for YOUR family... it's not about them. As to FB, if you don't want to deal with hearing the possible negative comments that may come then don't say anything.