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Hello,
Some of you have it rough, listening to family members who disagree with your parenting choices. Tim and I have non interested parents. They show up and don't interact with the kids or with us. They give superficial comments, like politeness is important and then proceed to be rude. It is interesting watching my 2 brothers, my sister and I raise our kids. 9 cousins who all really know eachother, who spend quality time with eachother throughout the year. All of us aunties and uncles can swap kids, mix them up, take one for a sleepover. We have deep relationships with eachother and all support how the others parent.
My mom, a teacher, supported homeschooling when we started, but has since made numerous non supportive comments during intense moments to show she really thinks school will fix that. I no longer take what she has to say seriously, she seems to contradict herself.
Longing for an older person to adopt our family and like what we do also, for different reasons,
Mary H.
Some of you have it rough, listening to family members who disagree with your parenting choices. Tim and I have non interested parents. They show up and don't interact with the kids or with us. They give superficial comments, like politeness is important and then proceed to be rude. It is interesting watching my 2 brothers, my sister and I raise our kids. 9 cousins who all really know eachother, who spend quality time with eachother throughout the year. All of us aunties and uncles can swap kids, mix them up, take one for a sleepover. We have deep relationships with eachother and all support how the others parent.
My mom, a teacher, supported homeschooling when we started, but has since made numerous non supportive comments during intense moments to show she really thinks school will fix that. I no longer take what she has to say seriously, she seems to contradict herself.
Longing for an older person to adopt our family and like what we do also, for different reasons,
Mary H.
Kelli Traaseth
Mary,
I'm sure there are alot of out there that feel like you! I know I do! Hang in there. That's what I keep telling myself. I keep thinking if I keep getting out there doing stuff that I like and my kids like, I'm bound to run into others that have similar beliefs! That or leave the state!! Just kidding about that, but sometimes I think about that too.
Kelli
I'm sure there are alot of out there that feel like you! I know I do! Hang in there. That's what I keep telling myself. I keep thinking if I keep getting out there doing stuff that I like and my kids like, I'm bound to run into others that have similar beliefs! That or leave the state!! Just kidding about that, but sometimes I think about that too.
Kelli
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From: maryfhickman@...
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:19 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Relatives
Hello,
Some of you have it rough, listening to family members who disagree with your parenting choices. Tim and I have non interested parents. They show up and don't interact with the kids or with us. They give superficial comments, like politeness is important and then proceed to be rude. It is interesting watching my 2 brothers, my sister and I raise our kids. 9 cousins who all really know eachother, who spend quality time with eachother throughout the year. All of us aunties and uncles can swap kids, mix them up, take one for a sleepover. We have deep relationships with eachother and all support how the others parent.
My mom, a teacher, supported homeschooling when we started, but has since made numerous non supportive comments during intense moments to show she really thinks school will fix that. I no longer take what she has to say seriously, she seems to contradict herself.
Longing for an older person to adopt our family and like what we do also, for different reasons,
Mary H.
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In a message dated 4/22/03 9:21:02 AM, maryfhickman@... writes:
<< My mom, a teacher, supported homeschooling when we started, but has since
made numerous non supportive comments during intense moments to show she
really thinks school will fix that. >>
One kinda snarky comment I used a couple of times on friends who were
expressing concern when my kids were little was (Happliy Stated:) "Well, if
we screw them up, we'll just put them back in school and the special ed
teachers can fix them RIGHT up in no time!"
The stunned looks on faces as they would process that idea was priceless.
Even though they had just been praising school, they knew that special ed
wasn't in the business of fixing anybody up, and that sending a "screwed up"
kid to school was NOT a solution, and that our kids were unlikely to become
"screwed up."
It was harsh but it was okay.
(I have mail from one of those childless friends in my box I haven't opened
yet today.)
Then that line became one of the kind of joke advisements given on AOL when
we would brainstorm what people could say (mostly to amuse and console
ourselves, when unschooling was more rare than now and more attacked by other
homeschoolers).
Sandra
<< My mom, a teacher, supported homeschooling when we started, but has since
made numerous non supportive comments during intense moments to show she
really thinks school will fix that. >>
One kinda snarky comment I used a couple of times on friends who were
expressing concern when my kids were little was (Happliy Stated:) "Well, if
we screw them up, we'll just put them back in school and the special ed
teachers can fix them RIGHT up in no time!"
The stunned looks on faces as they would process that idea was priceless.
Even though they had just been praising school, they knew that special ed
wasn't in the business of fixing anybody up, and that sending a "screwed up"
kid to school was NOT a solution, and that our kids were unlikely to become
"screwed up."
It was harsh but it was okay.
(I have mail from one of those childless friends in my box I haven't opened
yet today.)
Then that line became one of the kind of joke advisements given on AOL when
we would brainstorm what people could say (mostly to amuse and console
ourselves, when unschooling was more rare than now and more attacked by other
homeschoolers).
Sandra