PARENTING FREEDOM

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    Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 7:18 pm

    I bought two boxes of size 6 Huggies on clearance today, saving me $54.22 off the regular price!!! That doesn’t happen every day! The diaper company changed the packaging, and the grocery store wanted to get rid of the old style! I wish I could have bought more, but there were only two boxes left.

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    "As a mother comforts her child,
    so will I comfort you."
    Isaiah 66:13
  • Homeschooler: "Do you know your times tables?" and "No more talking"

    Last night at Tae Kwon Do, a girl around eleven, asked N15 where he went to school. When he said he was homeschooled, she was shocked. A few minutes later, she came up to him and asked, “You are really homeschooled?” Then she began the questions. “Do you have any friends? Who teaches you? Did she used to be a teacher?” And then the funniest question N15 has ever been asked, “Do you know your times tables?” N15 has finished algebra, advanced math, and is working through calculus.

    Another funny thing happened last night. As homeschoolers, we have been told time and time again to get involved in extracurricular activities for socialization. The Tae Kwon Do teacher told the children to stop talking. I have no problem with that, but it is funny how we are told that this “schoolish” environment is what socialization is all about. The same thing happened with soccer in the summer. C7’s coach told the girls on the team to “STOP SOCIALIZING!”

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    1. Twila says:

      That is so funny about the times tables!

    2. Amie says:

      A few months ago a little girl at the park asked my boys what grades they were in. They didn’t know what she was talking about. She finally said “Well, if you don’t know your grade, then I’m in a higher grade then you!” They just looked at her like she was crazy LOL.

      After that I explained grades to them and told them what grades they would be in if they went to school.

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