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Ditching School
I spent a lot of time in the early years justifying homeschooling. I stopped caring what anyone else thought about it a while back; this is working well for us now. If it stops working well for us, we’ll do something else.
The early parenting years with pH were so hard. I cried. A lot. But wow, has it been worth it. Almost every day I’m grateful I get this time with her now.
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You’ve probably heard this a milion times already, and knew it in your hearts, but just want to reiterate the fact that you’re absolutely doing the right thing for your daughter. As you’ve said, you may not always homeschool but right now it’s the best thing for her. We did pretty much the same activities as the ones you’ve described, and we still go out a lot. Learning is so much more efficient when it’s one-to-one, and with an interested adult who prioritises the child’s welfare ahead of the need to fit the child into any mold. 🙂
Thank you! It is so efficient–although there are definitely those days when I think (despite the dismal local school) that my sanity can’t take much more! But all in all, it’s so much happier and easier. No more waking her up in the dark, fighting to get into the car–we have some structure because of activities, but the freedom to say, you know, this isn’t working–let’s go to the zoo/museum/sushi! makes it worthwhile. (And whenever I lose hope, my husband will arch an eyebrow and say, “You really think she’d be learning more in public school?” and I’m brought back to reality.)
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