Deirdre Aycock

Queana - I just have one second to type. When my kids were at school and I
was haveing to deal with problems there every week or so, I asked my husband
to take a turn looking out for his kids, speaking to teachers and
headmaster, making sure the kids had what they needed for school, that sort
of thing. That was a nice way of telling him that if he wants those kids in
school so bad, then he need to help handle the situation, 'cause I had had
enough of that stupid school and those hateful children my kids had to live
with all day long, every day, with no way out!! I was impressed by how
quickly my dear husband, (who is a loving daddy) came around to support
homeschooling! Once he saw how stressful it really was for the children and
for me, (esp. not being able to help my son protect himself!!), he changed
his tune.
Also, as far as getting your 9 yo out of school immediately, maybe you
can find another homeschooling family for your son to hang out with while
you are at work. Or two of them, on alternating days or something.
Personally, my kids would love to have some company, maybe there's a family
like ours in your area. You just need someone to be with him during the day
while you are at work, right? You don't have to be with him yourself.
Although that would be best, it's only for a few months.
And I agree with Ren: Don't buy a house based on two incomes! Bad
idea even for people with no children.
Also, I have never heard of graduating from 8th grade. But I guess now
that it's so important to your son, you can't really do much but be
supportive....
Deirdre


From: "Queana" <queana7@...>
- if I quit to bring him home, I will not be able to afford my 8th
grader graduating with his class. We will not be able to afford our new
house. My husband would be very unsupportive of this idea (and he just
recently became finally supportive of homeschooling).