Just a few more days of freedom left...

[asher]

I love family field trips. My hat is off to you for unschooling. I think it can be a great thing, absolutely!

If you never need a break, you are a far better mom than I.

 

[turnerstar31]

ugh same here college for me starts on monday please say it isn;t so.

 

[EllyMae]

I think it will be kinda happy and sad...It's been fun hanging out not having to get dressed until lunch(yes, I feed my critters in my pj's!, who's gonna see me...the cows?, LOL). So on Monday the school year grind will be underway. I guess it will mean more discipline for me for sure!

 

[Mom 2em All]

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Oh, I didnt realize we were talking about foster homes. I was talking about school.

I love my children, I love my spouse too- however if we spent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week together and never had any away time...well, we would not only get on each others nerves eventually, but we would also never have anything new to share with one another.

My kids never cried and clinged the first day of school. I raise well- adjusted children who go away for school part of the day, have chores to do when they get home- and many many stories to share about their friends, their teachers, their classmates, and their own lives.

Seriously, unless you plan on having your children live with you and your monetary support for the rest of their lives, school is a step in the independence direction. Being away from their parent for a short amount of time each day is not a bad thing. It shows that they are individuals with individual likes/desires/hobbies, etc. It allows them to think for themselves.

Besides, it gives me a six hour break.

 

[jessupfamily]

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Oh, I didnt realize we were talking about foster homes. I was talking about school.

I love my children, I love my spouse too- however if we spent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week together and never had any away time...well, we would not only get on each others nerves eventually, but we would also never have anything new to share with one another.

My kids never cried and clinged the first day of school. I raise well- adjusted children who go away for school part of the day, have chores to do when they get home- and many many stories to share about their friends, their teachers, their classmates, and their own lives.

Seriously, unless you plan on having your children live with you and your monetary support for the rest of their lives, school is a step in the independence direction. Being away from their parent for a short amount of time each day is not a bad thing. It shows that they are individuals with individual likes/desires/hobbies, etc. It allows them to think for themselves.

Besides, it gives me a six hour break.

They can't think for themselves, if they are being taught what to think. And you should see the various hobbies (sewing clothing, growing food, making food, spinning, painting, woodworking, raising animals, reading all day long!, etc...)my children have (most they could never pursue in "school", the hobbies become school). And I love teaching my own children. They have plenty of "chores" (we call it being a family and working together). And being together 24/7 helps us truly know one another. I'm sorry, I can't have a debate on this thread. There are far too many things, that you said, that I would need to address. We obviously don't have the same family goals.

 

[mmajw]

I think that the original poster of this thread was only trying to portray how fast summer goes by when you have to go back to school. Others only chimed in as to when they have to go back or when their kids have to go back. I am sure it was not meant to get turned into a whos better than who arguement.

Now for the young person that started this thread I understand it is hard to go back and have no more time off my kids are facing the same thoughts.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

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Everyone's different. That's all there is too it.

If someone's kids enjoy public school, if they are successful in a school outside of the home, if they can conduct themselves with decency in public and are growing up emotionally and physically strong, good parenting is still happening.

If I was a stay-at-home-mom, I'd rip my hair out from intellectual boredom. I need to work with books and numbers and real-life problems and solutions with lots and lots of other people, or I get really, really bored. That's just me, though. Others, like yourself, would embrace the unique challenges they found in a home position.

On an internet forum, you're going to be facing a lot of ideas and lifestyles that are different than your own. This is a natural consequence of the internet being accessible to almost anyone, anywhere, anytime. It's important to take what you read with a grain of salt, avoid swift judgment, and avoid pressing your own philosophy on others. Certainly you can share your own life experience and how you enjoy the choices you've made, but you need to word it carefully so that you don't alienate others who think differently.

I agree that this thread has been hijacked away from its original intention, and I'm sure the OP doesn't really appreciate that.

 

[jessupfamily]

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Everyone's different. That's all there is too it.

If someone's kids enjoy public school, if they are successful in a school outside of the home, if they can conduct themselves with decency in public and are growing up emotionally and physically strong, good parenting is still happening.

If I was a stay-at-home-mom, I'd rip my hair out from intellectual boredom. I need to work with books and numbers and real-life problems and solutions with lots and lots of other people, or I get really, really bored. That's just me, though. Others, like yourself, would embrace the unique challenges they found in a home position.

On an internet forum, you're going to be facing a lot of ideas and lifestyles that are different than your own. This is a natural consequence of the internet being accessible to almost anyone, anywhere, anytime. It's important to take what you read with a grain of salt, avoid swift judgment, and avoid pressing your own philosophy on others. Certainly you can share your own life experience and how you enjoy the choices you've made, but you need to word it carefully so that you don't alienate others who think differently.

I agree that this thread has been hijacked away from its original intention, and I'm sure the OP doesn't really appreciate that.

The quote that you referred to was a response to someone specific, that had started dialog directly with me. I agree 100% with what you are saying about "you need to word it carefully so that you don't alienate others who think differently."
And I only hijacked originally because the posters were going some where different than
the OP.

I do like how demeaning and uppity your wording is about"intellectual bordem", "real-life problems and solutions", and "unique challenges found in the home position".

So, I am really done now. I won't even check this thread anymore, because I would have to answer, (I'm like that).

 

[crtrlovr]

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ROFLOL!!

 

[cajunlizz]

Today is Wed. Aug. 20th. and school started here 2 weeks ago .