Comments on: On Homeschooling and Panic Attacks http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/ kristenrudd.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Alicia http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11680 Alicia Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:21:02 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11680 I understand all of those feelings but as a homeschooling mom (our 5th year) I would say that rather than looking at what they are missing, I consider what they aren't. You can never replace time spent with you, building your relationship, discipling and teaching with anything else. Remember that you are giving them an amazing gift, yourself. Blessings in your journey. I understand all of those feelings but as a homeschooling mom (our 5th year) I would say that rather than looking at what they are missing, I consider what they aren’t. You can never replace time spent with you, building your relationship, discipling and teaching with anything else. Remember that you are giving them an amazing gift, yourself. Blessings in your journey.

]]> By: SJ http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11540 SJ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:43:32 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11540 yer kids are gonna be great. they'll be simultaneously more worldly, well-spoken and well-read than their friends and yet still allowed to be children - less jaded. we haven't regretted a single day although sometimes i have flashes of mild regret. but then i hear about cattle calls in the school auditorium and f***ing tests that test nothing but how well they can test and I don't doubt for a second. our kiddoes get music class listening to our friends playing music in the living room. and listen in on the most amazing stories from travelers who stay with us. i could go on. best. decision. ever. at least for us. yer kids are gonna be great. they’ll be simultaneously more worldly, well-spoken and well-read than their friends and yet still allowed to be children - less jaded. we haven’t regretted a single day although sometimes i have flashes of mild regret. but then i hear about cattle calls in the school auditorium and f***ing tests that test nothing but how well they can test and I don’t doubt for a second. our kiddoes get music class listening to our friends playing music in the living room. and listen in on the most amazing stories from travelers who stay with us.

i could go on. best. decision. ever. at least for us.

]]> By: lauren ahkiam http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11520 lauren ahkiam Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:28:55 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11520 my brother and i greatly credit our little hippy Montessori elementary school and our awesome parents with how we turned out, and i think your homeschooling will provide a similarly strong base for a creative and inquisitive child. i think since you've also been doing a good job having your kids meet and play with other kids, that's really great. i think it's when kids get too isolated that homeschooling seems more problematic. but yours are obviously getting a lot of great interaction with all different folks and little kids! though we went to the little tiny elementary school, i went on to public high school and that worked out ok, and my brother went to catholic high school, and that worked out ok, so you can always decide for your kids to go to other types of schooling later on. my brother and i greatly credit our little hippy Montessori elementary school and our awesome parents with how we turned out, and i think your homeschooling will provide a similarly strong base for a creative and inquisitive child. i think since you’ve also been doing a good job having your kids meet and play with other kids, that’s really great. i think it’s when kids get too isolated that homeschooling seems more problematic. but yours are obviously getting a lot of great interaction with all different folks and little kids!

though we went to the little tiny elementary school, i went on to public high school and that worked out ok, and my brother went to catholic high school, and that worked out ok, so you can always decide for your kids to go to other types of schooling later on.

]]> By: Kim Ward http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11519 Kim Ward Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:42:21 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11519 I've thought about the upbringing of children a lot, as we still don't have any younglings, and I absorb everything my friends say about their experiences. I think about my experience and while my ups and downs were related more to my parents being dorks (divorcing and remarrying and over again), I had a great time in the suburbs, got a great education, got to be in band, etc. I consider homeschooling every time I see the public system fall a little more apart and I still don't have any idea where my kids would end up. That said, I don't think it's possible you could ruin your kids. Every time you talk about them, they sound amazing, and I would LOVE to have kids like yours, a family like that. You're an amazing mom. And what you've chosen is what I think is very relevant to now. Choosing what you had as a kid wouldn't equate to your childhood because times are so different now, they just wouldn't line up. Things are just plain different. Your kids are very happy from everything you write, so I think you're doing a good job. I’ve thought about the upbringing of children a lot, as we still don’t have any younglings, and I absorb everything my friends say about their experiences. I think about my experience and while my ups and downs were related more to my parents being dorks (divorcing and remarrying and over again), I had a great time in the suburbs, got a great education, got to be in band, etc.

I consider homeschooling every time I see the public system fall a little more apart and I still don’t have any idea where my kids would end up.

That said, I don’t think it’s possible you could ruin your kids. Every time you talk about them, they sound amazing, and I would LOVE to have kids like yours, a family like that. You’re an amazing mom. And what you’ve chosen is what I think is very relevant to now. Choosing what you had as a kid wouldn’t equate to your childhood because times are so different now, they just wouldn’t line up. Things are just plain different. Your kids are very happy from everything you write, so I think you’re doing a good job.

]]> By: Robin http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11518 Robin Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:36:41 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11518 Okay, so we basically had similar upbringings. And now, I am choosing to bring my children up pretty much the same way - we live in a lovely neighborhood, in a house that we (or the bank) own, they ride their bikes down the street, and we go to a traditional church. Why, then, did I not decide to put them in a traditional school? I have no reason other than God made it clear that homeschooling was the right choice for us. I cannot tell you how encouraging it is to see someone else as determined and scared to embark on this journey as I am. This is our second year and 9 days out of 10, I LOVE homeschooling. But those doubts creep up and haunt me on a regular basis. Thanks for reminding me that I am not alone. Okay, so we basically had similar upbringings. And now, I am choosing to bring my children up pretty much the same way - we live in a lovely neighborhood, in a house that we (or the bank) own, they ride their bikes down the street, and we go to a traditional church. Why, then, did I not decide to put them in a traditional school? I have no reason other than God made it clear that homeschooling was the right choice for us.

I cannot tell you how encouraging it is to see someone else as determined and scared to embark on this journey as I am. This is our second year and 9 days out of 10, I LOVE homeschooling. But those doubts creep up and haunt me on a regular basis. Thanks for reminding me that I am not alone.

]]> By: scotty http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11515 scotty Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:01:32 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11515 ditto every bit of what QBert has said. it is scary trekking a not-so-well-laid-out path. but you are an inspiration to us Kristen. we love you. your kids will become your peers some day and they will thank you for who you are. ditto every bit of what QBert has said. it is scary trekking a not-so-well-laid-out path. but you are an inspiration to us Kristen. we love you. your kids will become your peers some day and they will thank you for who you are.

]]> By: InfamousQBert http://kristenrudd.com/blog/2009/10/15/on-homeschooling-and-panic-attacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11512 InfamousQBert Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:24:04 +0000 http://kristenrudd.com/blog/?p=1063#comment-11512 hugs. for what it's worth, i've always admired you guys and the choices you've made. they've always been well thought out, never reactionary. i don't think these choices will screw up your kids any worse than your parents choices screwed you up. :) there's no perfect or right choice with life, kids, etc. just the best choice at the time. hugs. for what it’s worth, i’ve always admired you guys and the choices you’ve made. they’ve always been well thought out, never reactionary. i don’t think these choices will screw up your kids any worse than your parents choices screwed you up. :) there’s no perfect or right choice with life, kids, etc. just the best choice at the time.

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