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Kelly,
That was a great post about the experience issue...you put it well.
Speaking of snow, I am heading North tomorrow morning. My Mom is not going to
make it much longer and it's time to fly home. I won't be on the boards much
probably, as I will be helping my family and planning a funeral.
I'll be here in spirit though!!
Carry on good friends....
Ren

Karin

Sorry to hear about your mom, Ren. I know you've been mentioning for a while that she's been fighting a losing battle with cancer. I almost lost my mom in 1998 to a brain tumor and it was very traumatic for all of us. I feel so lucky that she's still alive and well today. I hope you and your family can find comfort in each other at this difficult time and that your mom finds comfort in having her family come together for her.
Best wishes,

Karin



starsuncloud@... wrote:

Kelly,
That was a great post about the experience issue...you put it well.
Speaking of snow, I am heading North tomorrow morning. My Mom is not going to
make it much longer and it's time to fly home. I won't be on the boards much
probably, as I will be helping my family and planning a funeral.
I'll be here in spirit though!!
Carry on good friends....
Ren


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KT

>
>
>Some people who switch to homeschooling (or to unschooling) have said it's
>easy because their children had the basics from school (i.e. they can read
>and write and multiply, I guess).
>

Actually, it was easy. I didn't have the worries about when he would
learn to read or if he would ever know how to do math. (I didn't have
to even wonder if he would ever become interested in it, because it had
been forced into him, which surely killed his interest.) I already knew
first-hand the damage that school could do. But that gave me a chance
to evolve on his watch instead of his little brother's, who was only
about 18 months old when we started.

I evolved so far that when the little one learned to read a month after
turning 7 it was only a slight relief, instead of a great big one. ;)
I knew it was going to happen. Not because I'd seen it, but because I
had read and learned and immersed myself in what unschooling was, and I
was already there, before the baby was even 3 or 4. Lucky boy. :)

I envy some of my much younger friends, some of them who are having
children at the same ages I was, who *get it* earlier than I did. I
want them to realize how lucky they are.

Tuck

KT

>
>
>And opinions: is it unreasonable of me to ask my husband to plan some trip
>with the children some weekend and take them by himself for the sole purpose
>of me getting sleep and cleaning the house? (housecleaning appears to be the
>thing that falls by the wayside when I'm way-tired. My son and husband do
>their own laundry, but they are not big cleaners. I get ooked out when things
>aren't clean -- clutter isn't a problem, dirt is.) Or is that just too
>irresponsible/selfish of me?
>

Not selfish. Necessary. Do it.

I know it seems unfair to your husband to expect him to get up with the
little one on occasion, but sleep-deprivation is a serious thing, and
it's his kid, too. If he could do it just once a week, you'd be that
much better off, and he can catch up on the weekends. I don't think
it's awful to help your daughter adjust her schedule some, either.
After all, everyone has to do their part to help the family along.

Tuck, who just got back from 9 days alone...