Homeschooling thoughts (again)

So I was talking to my friend April, she's one of my bigger...hmmm....inspirations for homeschooling, and a good local friend.

I told her that one of the issues I'd been having was that I know now there are some days that I just want quiet time, and that I need Wyatt out of the house. I felt like that was such an unfair thing to say, and that other HS moms always seem to have it all so together. Well, in one of my online HS groups, someone brought up that very subject. And you know what? All these other HS moms feel the same way. They all have days that they want to load their kids onto a bus and just....breathe. Or get their house really clean. I feel so much better knowing that. I felt horribly guilty before.

April said when she went to a HSing convention that they had a talk on that very thing. She felt the same way.

Isn't it amazing, as parents, the amount of guilt we allow ourselves to feel? I know a lot of that is outside influence. Not that we intend to let others dictate how we feel, but it's human nature. One person who is pretty insistant about traditional schooling being better can make me feel horrible for wanting to homeschool. And this particular person always uses the argument "but think of all the time you'd have to yourself" That can do one of 2 things...It either makes me feel like I'm doing myself a disservice by HSing, or it makes me think "Soooo....because I enjoy time with my son I'm a bad mom?" (Thought in a COMPLETELY sarcastic tone, of course) And it makes me want to homeschool that much more.

I know I can do this. I see all that Wyatt learns now. And a homeschool day only last about an hour or 2 at the kindergarten level, because we don't have to take breaks for the rest of the "class". Think about how much fun we can have the rest of the day? And we are planning a vacation to Williamsburg this winter...Hellooooo....field trip! (And, if I happen to get some shopping done at the outlets...well, that's multi tasking!)