tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post1101568806654337859..comments2023-10-05T04:19:10.774-07:00Comments on Two Kid Schoolhouse: Was there life before homeschooling?Marbelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03396985630486715494noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-1992849923994061452008-03-31T00:31:00.000-07:002008-03-31T00:31:00.000-07:00I agree with the closeness of the family - - so mu...I agree with the closeness of the family - - so much better when I started homeschooling. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-6031013507119015312008-03-30T17:16:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:16:00.000-07:00I enjoyed reading your story. Have a great Home E...I enjoyed reading your story. Have a great Home Education Week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884830455002088017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-79912192987062093102008-03-30T16:02:00.000-07:002008-03-30T16:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your post!~An...Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your post!<BR/><BR/>~Andrea<BR/>http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/andijeane/507524/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-55170602912799950572008-03-30T12:05:00.000-07:002008-03-30T12:05:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing. I had forgotten about the pack...Thanks for sharing. I had forgotten about the packed lunches. When my older son was in our church school, I would pack a sandwich and other items for his lunch and find that he ate merely half of it. He ate so little until we started homeschooling, and then he ate like the rest of the family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-6283284115026655422008-03-30T12:01:00.000-07:002008-03-30T12:01:00.000-07:00They are not subjected to peer pressure to conform...They are not subjected to peer pressure to conform with (ugly) fashion and (ugly) behavior. They aren't plugged into ipods and gameboys like so many school kids I see.<BR/><BR/>So true! But I have to add that my Emperor was REALLY into the Game Boy when he was a bitsy preschooler. So I can attest that that aspect of childhood is not a peer pressure thing LOL!<BR/><BR/>I have two older kids at public school and they pack their OWN lunches now. Yay! We just have to make sure the "supplies" like juice boxes are on hand.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-90927823373078421202008-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:002008-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:00That could be an interesting prompt, too...the day...That could be an interesting prompt, too...the day homeschooling clicked.<BR/><BR/>For me, it was at a Katherine Dang seminar in KC. The way she spoke about home education as an IV drip rather than a flood really spoke to me and encouraged me to slow down and try to nurture understanding rather than knowledge of simple facts. I really started to see what home education could be as opposed to a mere location change for the same old stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-41514347710105007422008-03-30T11:51:00.000-07:002008-03-30T11:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for stopping by :-) I'm enjoying reader ot...Thanks for stopping by :-) <BR/><BR/>I'm enjoying reader others responses to the question of the day and keep saying to myself, "Oh, ya, that too!" <BR/><BR/>I had to chuckle about the packed lunches statement. One of my older sons who works with my husband has been living next door. I made an agreement with him that I'd buy all the lunch ingredients if he'd pack a lunch for him and his dad each morning (okay, I AM an early bird, but I just don't like packing lunches!). He didn't mind doing it and it saved him some money, so the deal was struck. Now that son just moved to the other side of town and mentioned to me he probably wouldn't be able to do that anymore as there wouldn't be enough time in the morning and it was up to me to make dad's lunch. YIKES! LOL! God's always stretching me! :-)<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Tammy ~@~Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02209066742368197086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-72707292550612752322008-03-30T10:59:00.000-07:002008-03-30T10:59:00.000-07:00It sounds like we have similar situations. I appre...It sounds like we have similar situations. I appreciate the closeness of family, too. We do all of our traveling in the off season.Shari Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018062679321357917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-58630354855967379202008-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:002008-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:00I am amazed, as the kids do get older, how much mo...I am amazed, as the kids do get older, how much more of me emerges, even though they are with us (my husband and I are both home all day) 24/7. And I LOVE going to places on the off hours. IT is amazing how much we learn especially since those in charge of running the places are often more willing to answer questions.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735948672915158770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15731253.post-63702553713716390972008-03-30T06:30:00.000-07:002008-03-30T06:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing your story. Teaching my childre...Thanks for sharing your story. Teaching my children life skills in the community would only work if we "had the place to ourself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com