Thank you to all who have weighed in on my thoughts yesterday. This post inspired some great conversations with friends and those helped to further solidify my thoughts and opinions. Brian has said that he will support me in whatever we decide to do -- though he is worried about my sanity if we do this (as am I!) I have not approached the subject with Jillise yet and even if we started this next year I would probably still send Joelle to kindergarten so she can get used to a classroom environment and so a trained professional can teach her to read! That is one thing I do *not* feel equipped to do.
So stay tuned! I still don't know what we will do, or when we would do it IF we do it. But I do know that whatever road I choose, it will be okay. I have supportive friends, a great husband, and wonderful children. I can't go wrong. :)
4 comments:
I'm with you! Whatever road you choose, you will be okay:)
I thought about you a lot during conference. Maybe more promptings will be revealed this weekend.
But I agree with Aundrea!
Spring home-schooled her kids for 3 years and loved it, and then had a minor breakdown and sent them to school and loves that too. She said that she did it for her oldest son who struggled in school (academically),until her daughter begged her to go to school and she realized that her oldest son had some social issues developing from being home-schooled (i.e. felt much more comfortable with adults and was kind of a social freak with kids his own age). Anyway, it seems to me that it depends on YOU and your children as individuals. Home-schooling was great for both kids until their needs changed, and now their both thriving in a school setting. Home-schooling was also great for Spring, until life got too crazy and she felt ill-equipped to home-school, and realized that she's NOT superwoman, and can't do it all, and that's okay too. So, pray about it, judge what's best for you and your kids, and go with it.
Wow...maybe I should home-school myself. There's a lot of grammar errors in that last comment. I meant "they're both thriving", not "their". Just for the record, I do know the difference, but I have now decided NOT to home-school my own children (for obvious reasons).
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