Home Schooling

[lady1297]

I need to dump some thoughts. I''m not sure if this will be all in one post or end up multiple posts....we'll see how much time I can devote now before dinner time.

I WANT to homeschool Edward and by default, John too. My heart keeps telling me it's the right choice. And that is hard to actually articulate. You know, out loud. To people whose

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[rockinlibrarian]

I think I could make the same lists of pros and cons, but for me the cons are outweighing the pros so much in actual weight (rather than number), particularly the "burnout" issues, that I'm pretty sure my answer for ME is no. But you keep mentioning that your heart is telling you to go with it, which may make you less succeptible to burnout than you think. The only thing I would caution about, when deciding to follow your heart-- is it REALLY YOUR heart telling you, or is it the inner Should-monsters, those voices that aren't really yours but are the ones you listen to because you think it's what you SHOULD do? In your case, it sounds like you already have Should-monsters on the CON side-- the what-would-people-think? one you started with. Those are Should-monster voices. You speak of your Heart as quite a separate voice. So maybe it IS worth listening to.

(Ironically, then YOU would become another one of MY Should-monsters. My Should-monsters are definitely on the Pro side instead of the Con. My heart tells me I need a quiet, childfree house to myself so I can start writing seriously again. Though there are so many people who DO successfully do both. I just don't think I can be one of them. But heck, if THEY can write and homeschool, surely you can FACEBOOK and homeschool!)...speaking of stuff, out of the parenthesis, one of my favorite blogs is GeekMom. A LOT of the women who write there homeschool and they often share tips and ideas and camaraderie. Also, GeekMom is awesome in general.

[lady1297]

The burn out is a huge one for me. I need time to myself daily. Just to do something like a load of laundry. but there are always kids here, so it's not like I'm ever alone alone. And I miss that.

[rockinlibrarian]

See, GeekMom has another bit of homeschooling-related stuff up today: http://www.geekmom.com/2012/01/book-review-legendary-learning/ Also I just LOVE THEM so I'll keep plugging them.

My husband has started putting the kids to bed before I get home on evenings I work. This has made me feel SO MUCH LESS STRESSED. Who knew just a little break in responsibility could do so much?