tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post116015528155275599..comments2024-02-14T02:28:27.585-07:00Comments on a fear of flying: Knee-jerk homeschoolingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-1160625432297693352006-10-11T21:57:00.000-06:002006-10-11T21:57:00.000-06:00Interesting. For us, it was a matter of prayer.. ...Interesting. For us, it was a matter of prayer.. and we haven't looked back. Our daughter is now 12 (the same age you were talking about), and we are closer than ever... I take her to a commonwealth school once a week, which gives her some freedom, but she likes life the way it is. Guess I'm pretty blessed, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-1160540703273380642006-10-10T22:25:00.000-06:002006-10-10T22:25:00.000-06:00Thanks for some good thoughts. We made the decisi...Thanks for some good thoughts. We made the decision to homeschool based on three things: We wanted to give our children a customized education, we wanted to develop a close knit family of children who were more family-dependent than peer dependent, and we wanted to give our children a distinctly Christian education. Sixteen years and two graduates later, I would say that we are fulfilling Thankfulmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601420970704421312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-1160157084202687362006-10-06T11:51:00.000-06:002006-10-06T11:51:00.000-06:00Thank you for this post. My wife and I have talke...Thank you for this post. <BR/><BR/>My wife and I have talked about homeschooling our kids before and we both like the idea but don't want our kids to be the weirdos I always thought my homeschooled neighbors were. It is good to hear about others' experiences with homeschooling and their rationals for doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com