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Hi All,
My name is Jodye and I'm new to this list. I've got four kids - 12, 9, 5 and
13 months. This is our second year of homeschooling, but we've just recently
begun to venture into unschooling. Everyone seems much happier when we just
kind of go with the flow, and I've been okay with it until today. I happened
to run into a lady I know (our kids would be in school together if we weren't
HSing) and she asked how HSing was going. I gave her the usual generic
speech I've memorized for these occasions. But it wasn't enough for her.
She had question after question, and I'm sorry to say I wasn't prepared in
the least to answer them. After talking to her I don't feel quite as sure of
myself, or of my belief that unschooling is the way to go. I know, I
know...I'm a wimp. Really, I don't want to feel this way. I want it to be
true that I've finally found a way of life that is comfortable and productive
for my whole family. My daughter also expressed some doubts today about
whether she'd be "behind" the other kids should she ever decide to go back to
school. Although I knew the "answer" to her question, I found it very
difficult to articulate it. Maybe I'm still not confident enough in what I
believe. Could it be that I don't even fully believe that unschooling will
work? But, I do believe it! Please help me out here. Success stories would
be great, especially stories of older kids. Thanks.

Jodye

Stephanie Holzbaur

--- In [email protected], JodyeB1@a... wrote:
> Hi All,
> My name is Jodye and I'm new to this list. I've got four kids -
12, 9, 5 and
> 13 months. >


Jodye
My niece and her 3 siblings are unschooled and my niece went to
College this past year. They are all quite acomplished young
adults. They are a wondeful sucess story, I may write a book about
them one day. They are the reason we are unschooling. There is
nothing like having support. I do not mean a support group, but just
a friend that also unschools, or an e-mail list!
Trust is what I always hear in anything.....and most of all in
unschooling. We must trust ourselves and our children's abilities.
There is always those times when talking to someone that does not
seem supportive that we sometimes feel our confidence wavering.
Good Luck
Stephanie