A little bitter

The homeschool blog awards are going on here.   I have to admit I am a little bitter that yet another year has passed and I... errr... my blogs have been passed over... the same people are nominated year after year in category after category.  But then I think about it and realize that my homeschool blogs aren't created for the typical homeschoolers... I don't preach to the choir.

Instead of focus my energies on hoping to inspire new homeschoolers.  Oh well... maybe next year I will kiss the right person.


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It's about watching and guiding

 Even before we started homeschooling, I always felt that my job as a parent was to watch and guide my children to be who they wanted to be, not who I wanted them to be.  I have always said that I couldn't wait to see what they would be come, and I always hoped that while I wanted to influence who they are as good human beings, that I don't want to influence what they are to become.

There is an interesting blog post with thousands of comments at this point where the mom let her son dress up as Daphne (from Scooby Doo) for Halloween.  She wrote

They don't need my constant supervision

It is just past 1 am and I am unwinding from picking up my kids at midnight.  My kids have been at Bob Jones University all week at the Arts competitions they have each year.  I was surprised that someone questioned my letting them go without me.  I on the other hand never gave it a second thought, knowing they were with trustworthy people.  Just because we spend a lot of time together doesn't mean we are dependent on being together.  My kids are very independent.

No one will ever be able to accuse me of not having "socialized" children.


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Bullying, A rite of passage?

The people who used to complain that homeschoolers were not socialized enough are now insisting that homeschoolers are missing out on the important rite of passage of bullying.  I feel like it is mostly bullies not people who have been bullied that are spouting this nonsense.

Our current presidential administration, thankfully, disagrees.

The Obama administration is launching a campaign to prevent anti-gay bullying and other