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Ask a Homeschooling Blogger: Why Are You So Against Government Involvement Part 2

Note: As I have explained in my previous blog this morning, I have received an e-mail that I think articulates the opinions of many who do not home school and don’t understand why those of us who do might see government intervention as a bad thing. I generally ignore these letters because they are often riddled with poor language and have clearly not been thought out. For the original question in part, please see the first blog. This is a continuation of my response. Those Who “Claim to Homeschool” Every so often, we hear of a news story about a … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Just How Do You Do It?

The question reads: I don’t know how you survive as a homeschooling mom with 5 children under the age of 7! How do you ever get out? How do you give everyone enough attention? How can you keep your house clean or attend to your husband? I only have one and am completely overwhelmed. Seriously—just how do you do it? I chuckle as I read this question because I promise you that if you saw my house with books stacked high in places that are NOT the bookshelf—that would answer at least part of your question. I almost didn’t respond … Continue reading →

2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance

As a new homeschooling blogger at Families.com, I wanted to know everything that has been discussed to date. In response to my own curiosity, and in an effort to make perusing our articles easier for you, our readers, I have compiled all of the blogs for the year 2006. Deciding to Homeschool Why homeschool Am I qualified for this? Reasons that Homeschooling Works! My Most Important Advice for Homeschoolers. The Cost of Homeschooling Instead of standing up for their own kids, why not stand up for all kids? Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education. Did You Know? ‘Empirical … Continue reading →

Parenting Gone Wrong–An Answer for Kaye

For those of you who are just jumping in, you may want to take a moment and peruse the other blogs in this discussion between Kaye, one of our education bloggers, and I. I have listed them at the bottom of this blog. Kaye poses some good questions regarding home schooling. She has a neighbor, who it seems, may not be the next poster child for HSLDA. He doesn’t seem to know what he should at his age, he’s out when it seems he should be home schooling, and his behavior is less than ideal. Kaye wonders, like so many … Continue reading →

How Ridding Myself of Regulations Will Change My Homeschool

It is official. We are moving at the end of this summer. We are buying a house outside of the city with a big huge back yard. My kids are thrilled about the big huge back yard, but I have another reason to be excited. I’ve written extensively about the regulations to which New Yorkers (my current residence) must adhere. There is a letter of intent, an IHIP, four quarterly reports, and an annual assessment. That’s seven pieces of paper. You’re held accountable to 80% of your IHIP and you’d better have an explanation if you fall short. You must … Continue reading →

“Behind” Is a Relative Term in Homeschooling

Has anyone ever been surprised at how “behind” your child seems to be? This has happened to me a few times actually. . .always in reference to my preschool aged children and always in reference to learning how to read. I have mentioned before that we don’t do preschool formally. While I consider reading literature to the children (all of them–even the two year olds) a necessary task on my daily agenda. I don’t consider teaching them their alphabet, teaching them their numbers, or teaching them letter sounds necessary until about age 5 or 6. Sometimes, they just learn them … Continue reading →

Publicly Educated and Can’t Research

This is not a tirade against the public school system so if you’re looking for something to bash public schools you’ve come to the wrong place. However, this is about one sadly researched article ironically entitled “Homeschooling Researched” by Katie Criss. In it, Miss Criss explains why she is against homeschooling with her research. On a side note, I contemplated not responding to this. After all, I’m not obligated to read, comment on, or even think about poor arguments or badly written essays. Then I thought about parents who were on the fence about homeschooling, I thought about the poor … Continue reading →

More Arguments About Regulating Homeschoolers

Yesterday I wrote about a very sad case in Washington D.C. where a mother murdered her children. They were being “homeschooled” and now there is somewhat of an ‘outcry’ because there are no regulations that watch over homeschoolers in Washington D.C. Today, I thought I’d devote some time to arguments I’ve heard about regulating homeschoolers and my answer to them. Regulating homeschoolers will prevent abuse and neglect. If those kids were in school someone would’ve noticed. This simply isn’t true. It’s a sad fact that kids slip through the cracks all the time. Sometimes after the fact, people come forward … Continue reading →

Super Nanny Didn’t Really Feature “Homeschooling”

I almost never watch the Super Nanny. But when my beloved Private Practice was suddenly replaced (it was probably announced but I don’t pay attention to those things), with the Super Nanny, I happened to catch wind that the families featured were a homeschooling family and another family with twins. I could hardly pass that up. The family with the twins came and went and the Super Nanny worked her magic. The parents were over protective blah, blah, blah. (I actually was shocked that the parents could be that over protective because I know from having twins myself, I would … Continue reading →

14 Year Old Plotting Columbine-Like Attack Was Homeschooled

Surely you’ve read the news reports and maybe it’s just me, but the idea that this kid was home schooled sticks out like a sore thumb. How did he get all those weapons? Sure enough, as stories of the news surfaced, reactions to the stories popped up: “See, I knew there was a reason I thought home schooling was stupid.” “This kid wouldn’t have had an opportunity to do the planning and get those weapons if he were in public school. Someone would catch something.” “Plain and simple, home schooling is a bad idea. Rather than teaching kids how to … Continue reading →