mary krzyzanowski

did anyone see the 1940's house? the 10yob was made the fuel warden. He
had to calculate how much energy different items used (mainly lights) and
ways to conserve.
Mary-NY





>From: free2B4Him@...
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Voice (was Respect for the forum)
>(was Young earth
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:04:18 EST
>
>Susan,
> Yep, sounds just like my family! Only they wish that my kids were
>into
>soccer or baseball like my sil kids. My kids are not into sports. They
>are
>into computers, role playing games, and scouts. I let them choose.
> LOL We do close doors and curtains! Yes we do get surprise visits
>:-(
>One time my parents just showed up and we were all still in bed. It was
>even
>later than usual (about 10:30 or 11:00 am) and I knew my parents would
>think
>we were horrible! They already think that about sleeping past 8:00 am!)
>We
>had been up late reading Harry Potter and playing games. So we just
>stayed
>in bed and giggled and didn't answer the door. A few minutes later my
>phone
>rang. The answering maching picked up and my mom was screaming into it.
>She
>was still in the driveway on her cell phone!
>She was "frantic" that we were hurt, since our van was in the garage. She
>thinks that living in the country is dangerous, so she thought we were
>laying
>dead in the house! Well it ticked me off! So I just let her rant and rave
>and still didn't answer the door. When we finally spoke hours later on the
>phone, I told her how silly she had been. I really showed her how
>ridiculous
>it looked for her to stand out in my driveway on her cell phone, while she
>tried to break in my house (I forgot to mention that earlier, but she tried
>to also break in to "save" us). Needless to say, we don't get so many
>surprise visits, but I still don't trust them!
>Tammy
>
>
> > omigosh Tammy, this sounds so much like what we are going through with
> > my in-laws right now - all three of them (fil, mil, sil -- they come as
> > a unit). We won't leave the kids with them anymore, due to lack of trust
> > (long story). 12 yo dd has asked to not have to go there at all anymore,
> > and we said okay. A friend has agreed to take her whenever necessary.
> > They no longer quiz her - they ignore her. The only time anyone seems to
> > talk to her is to ask if she's taking dance lessons yet. She has told
> > them, I have told them, that she isn't interested in dance, she's
> > involved with acting. They have little interest in that, and dd no
> > longer wants them invited to her plays (fine with me and hubby).
> >
> > I agree, kids first, grandparents second - and the kids act more mature
> > and compassionate than the "adults". We also get the behind the back
> > questioning and stuff too. We hate it, kids hate it. How disrespectful.
> > We've been told that they (in-laws) don't need us telling them anything
> > about children because they raised two of their own. What we have to say
> > about our own kids is of no interest to them - including safety issues.
> > (okay, heading towards a rant here.... sorry)
> >
> > Anyway, trust your instincts, trust your kids, and close the curtains
> > and lock the doors (you do get surprise visits, don't you? )
> >
> > quick! how many unschoolers does it take to do a math problem?... well,
> > first you need to have a reason to do a math problem..hmm.. let's bake
> > brownies.. then we...
> >
> > take care,
> > Susan
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Nicole Nichol

I watched it with my girls.I love these types of shows,I hope pbs continues these types of programs b/c I think they are great.I'd love to sign up for these shows,I'd love to live like they did a long time ago,we can only imagine how people lived but to actually do it would be so cool.Or at least I think so. :)
Renee
mary krzyzanowski <meembeam@...> wrote:
did anyone see the 1940's house? the 10yob was made the fuel warden. He
had to calculate how much energy different items used (mainly lights) and
ways to conserve.
Mary-NY





>From: free2B4Him@...
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Voice (was Respect for the forum)
>(was Young earth
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:04:18 EST
>
>Susan,
> Yep, sounds just like my family! Only they wish that my kids were
>into
>soccer or baseball like my sil kids. My kids are not into sports. They
>are
>into computers, role playing games, and scouts. I let them choose.
> LOL We do close doors and curtains! Yes we do get surprise visits
>:-(
>One time my parents just showed up and we were all still in bed. It was
>even
>later than usual (about 10:30 or 11:00 am) and I knew my parents would
>think
>we were horrible! They already think that about sleeping past 8:00 am!)
>We
>had been up late reading Harry Potter and playing games. So we just
>stayed
>in bed and giggled and didn't answer the door. A few minutes later my
>phone
>rang. The answering maching picked up and my mom was screaming into it.
>She
>was still in the driveway on her cell phone!
>She was "frantic" that we were hurt, since our van was in the garage. She
>thinks that living in the country is dangerous, so she thought we were
>laying
>dead in the house! Well it ticked me off! So I just let her rant and rave
>and still didn't answer the door. When we finally spoke hours later on the
>phone, I told her how silly she had been. I really showed her how
>ridiculous
>it looked for her to stand out in my driveway on her cell phone, while she
>tried to break in my house (I forgot to mention that earlier, but she tried
>to also break in to "save" us). Needless to say, we don't get so many
>surprise visits, but I still don't trust them!
>Tammy
>
>
> > omigosh Tammy, this sounds so much like what we are going through with
> > my in-laws right now - all three of them (fil, mil, sil -- they come as
> > a unit). We won't leave the kids with them anymore, due to lack of trust
> > (long story). 12 yo dd has asked to not have to go there at all anymore,
> > and we said okay. A friend has agreed to take her whenever necessary.
> > They no longer quiz her - they ignore her. The only time anyone seems to
> > talk to her is to ask if she's taking dance lessons yet. She has told
> > them, I have told them, that she isn't interested in dance, she's
> > involved with acting. They have little interest in that, and dd no
> > longer wants them invited to her plays (fine with me and hubby).
> >
> > I agree, kids first, grandparents second - and the kids act more mature
> > and compassionate than the "adults". We also get the behind the back
> > questioning and stuff too. We hate it, kids hate it. How disrespectful.
> > We've been told that they (in-laws) don't need us telling them anything
> > about children because they raised two of their own. What we have to say
> > about our own kids is of no interest to them - including safety issues.
> > (okay, heading towards a rant here.... sorry)
> >
> > Anyway, trust your instincts, trust your kids, and close the curtains
> > and lock the doors (you do get surprise visits, don't you? )
> >
> > quick! how many unschoolers does it take to do a math problem?... well,
> > first you need to have a reason to do a math problem..hmm.. let's bake
> > brownies.. then we...
> >
> > take care,
> > Susan
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Robyn Coburn

I really enjoyed that program. I just wish that I had seen the 1900
House when it was on. I liked that they focused a little more on the
family accomplishing things, rather than the emotional problems of the
folks (Frontier House was like a soap opera). The family seemed to be
enormously changed from only 9 weeks. I loved the board game the boys
created.

I would love to do something like this also. Perhaps they will do a
1914-18 House.

Someone mentioned Peter Pan II, one of my dd's favorites. The lack of
"blackout" irritates me. It doesn't actually scan age wise from the
previous film - Wendy would be way older.

Robyn Coburn

<<did anyone see the 1940's house? the 10yob was made the fuel warden.
He
had to calculate how much energy different items used (mainly lights)
and
ways to conserve.
Mary-NY>>