I am not ready to LET GO!!!?????

Ha!! The lady that works in the meat department, at the grocery store, told me that yesterday when I told her I was home schooling my kids all the way through, grace willing. This comment came of course after Nathan and Tony ran in a circle chasing each other singing, laughing, and yelling as I looked over some steaks. Yeah, I told them to stop but hey sometimes you have to just let them go a bit to get out of the store faster. They had not taken a nap because we had a doctors appointment. (it was at 1pm I thought it was at 2, go figure) Since we walked to the doctor; Nathan road is bike, another reason to try to get out of the store quickly, (no bike lock) I said I would stop at the store to get them a lunch-able. Of course being that I don’t have a car anymore to do the large monthly haul I have to do weekly meal pick ups, so I got a jump on net week.

I digress. Back to the point. I am so ready to let my kids go. I let them go everyday, I am an advocate for independent child rearing, no matter how young, of course I do what i am supposed to do they can’t do everything for themselves at ages 5 and 2 but they can pick out some clothes and dress themselves and we can discuss what we will be eating for meals. I want to let them go. I want to see them thrive, but I am not putting them in the school system in its current state. I care to much for my children to do that to them.Education is too important. I am, as I guess they would say old school in my approach. I want my children to be better than me not worse off. I am surrounded by parents that don’t seem to think that an education is important. NO STRIKE THAT they want to educate their children on the ins and outs of getting over on the system and living on welfare the rest of their lives. They have no desire to instil a solid work ethic. Now if you knew that kids like that attended the school your child would attend and the teachers are unhappy and unqualified to deal with this type of child, one who is rasied to have no respect for other adults, would you sacrifice your little bit of “me time” for the sake of your child’s well being in the future?

As and entrepreneur, I have the best possible home school environment to foster a strong work ethic in my children. They see first hand how I handle stress, delegate duties, run my business, manage a budget, and sadly the harsh reality that you can’t trust everyone and everyone is not your friend.