Blessings From Home

Homeschooling Decisions

If you have been reading my blog, you probably know how much I would love to be homeschooling my children. What's stopping me? Well a few things...

1-what will everyone think? I know, a lame excuse, what should matter is what my dh and I think, but still it's a roadblock I am facing.

2-the fact that I just dropped out of college where I was going to be a special needs teacher. A long story to explain my change of heart, but after working in the PS system for about 4 months, my eyes were opened. Another what will they think issue. 

3-my kids are happy. Right now, anyways, they are thoroughly happy in public school. And there are no behavior problems reflecting things they might have learned in PS from teachers and/or students.

So my decision about homeschooling is that I have chosen to homeschool them "part time". Meaning...They will be homeschooled during the summer, on breaks, and supplemented daily with things I think that they need such as bible study, creation science, and life skills until such time that I see a problem with my kids being in PS or that they become unhappy with PS, or even if they think learning with mom is more fun at which time I will happily withdraw them from PS. Until that happens, I will be working through my personal issues of worrying about what everyone thinks and remembering that all that matters is that I have prayed on this and I know that God will lead me as I go and that my dh is right by my side and accepts my decisions as his own.

Hello!

{ 11:26, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 } { Posted by rellamom }

Perhaps the way you want to "homeschool" would be a great "introduction" to it, to see how your children like it, and to "feel it out" a little and see how it would work routine-wise, etc... :-)

No decision needs to be made immediately.

But I do have to say, your children would probably end up happier at home, and you'd be safeguarding them from so much in the shelter of home!

You'll have to let us know what you decide!

As far as "what would others think"... They might think you're very brave. That you're wholly dedicated to your children. That you have experience with the ps system and know the pitfalls therein.

Sometimes we just need to do things that are right for our families. If others do not agree or like it, that is fine. :-)

God bless you!

Carrie

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{ 03:04, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 } { Posted by mejerrymouse }

An Audience of One...that's what we live for. I know it can be a challenge to deal with the confrontations of others, but that's simply our pride...we want others to think the very best of us. But we don't live for them. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Prayerfully consider whether your desire to homeschool is simply that...your desire or whether it is a gentle nudging from the Spirit of God. If it i the former, part time homeschooling is just fine. However, if it is the latter, you must put aside fear of man and obey God because ultimately, all that matters is what God thinks. Live to please Him...your audience of One...not the world around you. Many things a Christian must do are very unpopular with the world.

I don't say these things to condemn you or judge you...the path you have chosen may well be what the Lord would have for you. What concerns me is that your post indicated a strong desire to please the people around you, and I just wanted to encourage you to prayerfully consider what God has for you. Not that you haven't already done that, but you didn't indicate that in your post...

Remember the love of the One who laid down His life for your sins (and mine) and gives you the grace to obey in spite of all that goes on around you and live solely for His glory!

Warmly,
Elizabeth

P.S. You indicated that your children are happy now...and that's good. But that really isn't a good indication that things are just as they ought to be. Many people are very "happy" living in sin and on the road to hell. Please don't misunderstand me, I am not saying that your kids are on the road to hell. I'm just saying that happiness is not the best indicator that things are the way they ought to be. The only question you ought to ask yourself is if you are being obedient to God's will for your life and the life of your children. They could come out of public school kicking and screaming and that would be just fine so long as you were obeying the Lord.

Food for thought...

Edited by mejerrymouse on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 04:10

Homeschool

{ 06:23, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 } { Posted by Chas }

If you need encouragement come knock on my door! :)
I am one of a handfull of Mom's who have started HS'ing our kids in my area.... A very simple, quiet country town. But there is only a FEW of us... LOTS of my friends and family WORK in the school system and here I go and take my kids from it!!! It is not easy being the oddball sometimes, but I believe God has put the desire to HS in my heart... so I am ok with everything else. Now don't get me wrong, I get my share of questions and eye rolls...
All this to say... If God has given this to you.... PRAY PRAY PRAY and step out on FAITH to see what HE will do for you!!
Blessings,
chas

Weird is good!!!

{ 09:20, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 } { Posted by LittleHouse }

This is our first year homeschooling our daughters and I can say it was the best year of my life! My oldest daughter was in the 7th grade when we pulled her out of public school and my youngest was in the fourth grade. I really wish I would have started homeschooling from the very beginning but I felt like you do. I worried about what other's would think my mother-in-law at the time worked at the school. So I fought the feelings of keeping them home.

Each morning when they left for school I just felt so guilty for sending them there (That was God speaking to my heart) It took me a while but last summer I asked my husband if I could homeschool our girls . He thought it was a great idea.

I only went through High School and truth be told I never did well in school, but believe it or not I can teach them things I never learned? My husband teases me and tells me after teaching them I will be able to go to college:)

I pray that you do what your heart is telling you to do. Don't miss out on teaching your children just because you don't want to be the weird one weird is good:)

Many Blessings to you and yours,

Ma

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{ 09:43, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 } { Posted by justme }

"the fact that I just dropped out of college where I was going to be a special needs teacher. A long story to explain my change of heart, but after working in the PS system for about 4 months, my eyes were opened"

There was something icky about public school system to you but you have no problem putting your kids in that ick? What was so bad about the scool system that made you quit school?

Praying for you

{ 03:05, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 } { Posted by YPAmy5 }

Just wanted to stop by and say I'm praying for you. May God lead your decisions. I am reminded that I started out "part-timing" it. We homeschooled in the summer for 2 years. We are 2.5 weeks away from the end of our first year of homeschooling and I am just overwhelmed by God's incredible goodness in it all. It has been an amazing and wonderful year.
Anyway- I'm praying.
Amy W

Thinking of you

{ 01:28, Thursday, May 17, 2007 } { Posted by lizbet }

As I've said before we're so blessed with a great education system here (currently) that we don't really have a decision to make, most schools have strong Christian teachers in them. I'm thinking of you as you make these difficult choices. I don't know what I'd do if put in your shoes, I just don't see how all schools in USA can be bad, but maybe I just think good of all..
Liz