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Elusive1's avatar

Our family homeschooled our children too!

There are so many blessings that come with choosing that path. I wanted my children at home with me. Not with others. Learning what we chose for them to learn, even as they explored so much.

(Some can't do it for financial reasons or others, I understand.) And yes, there is a price to be paid. I stayed home instead of working at my career (law), we paid exorbitant real estate taxes to fund the local school districts which we never used, etc .... We had older cars, few vacations, etc etc etc ....

NO DOUBT about it, it was one of the best decisions I/we ever made!🙂🙂

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Courageous Lion's avatar

The sad part is that many who go on to college loose their way. Or if they do as one of my sons did and hook up with a left wing automaton.

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Elusive1's avatar

Nothing in this life is perfect! One of ours got with a woke crowd and absorbed their views.

At least we tried.🙂

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Courageous Lion's avatar

That’s all you can do. Their life, once they leave the nest is theirs. They have to make mistakes and hopefully work through them.

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Elusive1's avatar

Amen!

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victoria hawke's avatar

i am single and have always been, so why do i have to pay for someone else's kid to go to a bad school ???

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Agreed. Why should anyone but the people that want to use these brain dirtying facilities have to pay for them? USE fees make sense. THEFT doesn’t.

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Elusive1's avatar

It's not a fair system. But since they like "other people's" money, it continues as is. :/

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Gaye's avatar

What a great-looking family! So glad this worked for you all and I encourage getting out of the government schools!

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Erin J. Morgart's avatar

I gave up my life to homeschool our two children. I originally was going to finish my PhD in Clinical Psych, but our endless military moves prevented me from doing this. BTW - how much was YOUR career and income affected by homeschooling? Who did all of the teaching plus chores plus shopping plus EVERYTHING? It’s usually the female who gives up her life and then later wonders who even cares?

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Hi Erin...My wife didn't look at is as giving up her life. She loved it to the core. My career was a plumber, work came in and I worked at it. Never punched a time clock since my 20's. God has ALWAYS provided for us. My income wasn't affected thank goodness because with the loss of her income we would have been toast. She was the main teacher. I worked out with them in martial arts and did outdoor activities with them. We both did chores, I do a lot more than she does in most cases. I do ALL the shopping because I'm a spend thrift and always look for the best prices. I know I care. I love her deeply and am so proud of her as a mother who was willing to make sacrifices to keep her boys out of the gooberment skewl cistern that teaches communism in disguise. I'm glad you made the choice. Be PROUD because you know what? Only one person really needs to care. YOU.

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Elusive1's avatar

Do you regret doing it? I'm not sure where you're coming from ....

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Erin J. Morgart's avatar

Absolutely not!!! 😊😊😊

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Elusive1's avatar

So glad to hear that!!!! Like I said I wasn't sure.💜

By the way, my son just exited the Marines. Are you still a military family?

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Gene Bray's avatar

Heartwarming. Kids learn more walking home from school, than they did in school

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victoria hawke's avatar

if i had kids i would of definitely home schooled them and maybe set up some kind of home business with them and it would be fun, all in the family, here is a question if the wife made a lot more money then the husband who would be the home schooler

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Maybe I should have been. Except she told me that she really didn’t like being a nurse. Too much drama and seeing people that sick and dying all the time took it’s tole on her.

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KatheeMarie's avatar

It became very stressful when you had too many patients and you couldn't do the job you knew you were supposed to do. That's why I quit hospital nursing and went into home health care. It had its own set of problems but it was a better fit for me. I've always been grateful to have had my nursing experience.

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KatheeMarie's avatar

There are many dads actively involved with homeschooling their children. I've also known moms who work PT or evening hours and still manage to homeschool. Depending on the ages of the children, a lot of them can manage their own schedule with minimal input from the "teachers". Homeschooling can be very flexible; one of the great things about it.

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Christopher Blau's avatar

Ty for this! Amazing family and values.

Wow..

Your blessed

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

You’ve done very well by them, and I can tell by their faces in the 2012 pic, they appreciated every second! Btw,our grands are all homeschooled until like junior year in high school. Both girls are straight. A’s and both are taking college level courses.

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Elusive1's avatar

That's a blessing! Kudos to their parents!!🙂

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Lorraine Magarian's avatar

Nothing like self-initiated learning! Good job Mom and Dad and boys!

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Rebel2Tyrants's avatar

Public school is no place for a child.

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Courageous Lion's avatar

I know. I was in one for 12 years. And yet, the spirit that has been steering my life’s course kept me under the shadow of His wings. For you see, most people are just mediocre minded cowardly conformists because it's comfortable and simple. I'm not one of those people. I was gifted with the HEART of a LION.

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Rebel2Tyrants's avatar

We stopped sending our kids to public school in 1999 and started homeschooling. By the grace of God, it was the best decision we ever made as a family.

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Marten's avatar

Public Skools= Education Death and the State is not going to solve that, because, for the simple reason....It is creating by the State !!!!!

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Mooon's avatar

What I would like to know is where all the tax money goes that is supposedly going toward schools and education.

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Some polyTICKshun’s pocket. Or in the case of Harrison Arkansas, for the “rec plex”.

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Mooon's avatar

Ticks is a perfect description. Ticks and ass worms.

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Elusive1's avatar

In my former "village", it went to all the administrative people and highly-paid teachers. (I used to look at the cars in the school parking lot --- mostly newer luxury brand vehicles).

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Mooon's avatar

You made the right decision, Sir. It took me years to unravel all the damage caused by public schools.

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Courageous Lion's avatar

I was blessed with a built in tin foil hat that kept their shit from polluting my brain. I was the kid that asked questions. LOTS of them. They got me in trouble sometimes because none of the so called teachers could answer them. Where did those questions come from I wonder? From a LION’S spirit that dwelt in this earthly body. Most people are just mediocre minded cowardly conformists because it's comfortable and simple. I'm not one of those people.

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Mooon's avatar

They do not like being questioned. I had a classmate that was sent to a mental hospital because he questioned the narratives. The more I thought about it all, the more I began to realize my classmate was the one who was normal and that it was everyone else that was messed up.

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