nrskay

Sandra:

I'm very happy for you and your son. Your family will heal and
hopefully you can move on, can't change the past.

My 11 yo dd and I are still trying to deschool ourselves and make
postive choices about our life together. My husband doesn't totally
understand unschooling, but he is trusting my decision to unschool.

On a side note: I was feeling a little guilty over the last few
days about unschooling. We went to the mountains and brought one of
my dd's friends. Her family is very traditional homeschoolers;
assignments, rules, grades, etc. When she was doing her assignments
that her mother had given her to do while relaxing in the mountains,
my dd was playing on the computer, watching TV or sleeping in.

Then yesterday, this friend of my dd's confided in me that her
father is making her learn a lot of math because he wants her to be
a computer graphics programmer like him. She is beginning to hate
the math and I could see resentment toward her father when she was
speaking.

I told her she needs to speak with her parents and tell them she
isn't interested in all the math or becoming what her father wants
her to become. I'm also considering calling or emailing my friend
and just sharing what her dd shared with me.

Guilt has vanished, dd & I are playing chess today and having a
great time.
Kay

Angela

<<<Then yesterday, this friend of my dd's confided in me that her
father is making her learn a lot of math because he wants her to be
a computer graphics programmer like him. She is beginning to hate
the math and I could see resentment toward her father when she was
speaking.>>

Sometimes it takes seeing the opposite of what you do to really make an
impact. Whenever I spend much time around some traditional families where
the kids are treated like second class citizens, it really drills home what
a different life we are providing.



Angela
game-enthusiast@...