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In a message dated 2/10/05 9:50:17 PM, bacwoodz@... writes:

<< it seems it will take a lifetime for me to fully embrace it all >>


Ah...
You don't have a lifetime.
You don't even have your child's whole childhood.

That's why I don't feel bad about pressing people to hurry up and change if
they're going to. Some homeschooling folks advocate letting parents take
their time to figure out what homeschooling will work best for them, and to let
them gradually move through all the stages they might need to settle on what
works.

I think that's nonsense in the case of a parent whose child is unhappy in ANY
degree, or a parent who has seen unschooling's results and wants them.

There just isn't a lot of time to waffle and weasle and justify lack of
change.

And because I've changed the subject, in case anyone had quit reading the
money management thing, I'm going to repaste what I wrote under that heading a
minute ago:


In a message dated 2/10/05 9:50:17 PM, bacwoodz@... writes:

<< but there are times when things just come out - or I speak in a way that
sound like the way my mother spoke to me and I feel like all I can do after is
apologize and hope that I can do better next time. >>

-=I feel like all I can do after is...-=-

That's worth working on.

"Better" than a bad situation is better than nothing.

If you want to do your optimal best, first picture it and define it and
REALLY know what your principal goals are. Mine were "learning environment" and
"joy."

When you make a decision, no matter how small, give yourself two choices.
Don't move until you've considered TWO options. Then choose the better one.
When you're on automatic, telling yourself there's only one way t