Full-timing it with teenagers?? Are we crazy?
We are considering packing up and going full time as a family of 5 and our dog. We have always homeschooled so that is not an issue, my work schedule is on 2 weeks off 2 weeks. So we would have to sta...
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Wow! I empathize with the OP on this one. Folks sure seem to be cruel here with their responses.
We've run into many, many families that home school their kids. I've worked with some of their parents at my 9-5 job. We've been invited to their homes, .... um ... and their transient homes (campers) for those full timing it with kids ...
We did not home school our own kids. They were in public school all the way through. We've also followed our kids friends from school over the years and kept up on their progress in life. Some have been successful, some are a big disappointment in their (now) adult lives. They were too busy trying to impress their friends, get one step ahead of someone else, putting on false images, living up to everyone elses standards, and never could find their own identities because they were always trying to fit into some group or something. And most of the time, none of them were good enough for the group. They had the "haves" and the "have-nots" with every group, and this begins even in kindergarten. No wonder kids are miserable these days and turn to brainless, sensless, mindless activities like drowning themselves in computer and video games, and alcohol drinking, early sexual activities, and even criminal activity. Call THAT "socialization"??
But looking back at the life-styles of both groups of kids, the one observation I do have to give to home school kids (and I think all of them shared this common characteristic ... am I profiling? well ... maybe yes?)... The bottom line is... ALL the home school kids I've met over the years were gosh-dang-knee-slapping-excited-happy kids. Unlike so many of my kids friends brought up in a traditional public school, who appeared to never really display that same kind of joy and zest for life.
I use to be cynical of home schooling. I don't think I'd have the patients to do it myself. But from everything I've seen and the families I've met, it's a successfully way to raise kids and educate them. From an RV experience ... oh my! What a way to experience a childhood. And for what it's worth .... socialization is not all it's cracked up to be. Far to many of our "socialized" kids turn out to be drug addicts, engage in criminal activity, surround themselves with their own level of "friends" - some redneck - some snobbish - some criminal, and who do you think teaches these kids to become bullies? - ... you call THAT socialization? Opposed to living in the city and suburbs ... yea! I think kids living on the road from the back of an RV spares them a LOT of hurt in this world and grow up with a lot of love and happiness from everyone around them.
We've run into many, many families that home school their kids. I've worked with some of their parents at my 9-5 job. We've been invited to their homes, .... um ... and their transient homes (campers) for those full timing it with kids ...
We did not home school our own kids. They were in public school all the way through. We've also followed our kids friends from school over the years and kept up on their progress in life. Some have been successful, some are a big disappointment in their (now) adult lives. They were too busy trying to impress their friends, get one step ahead of someone else, putting on false images, living up to everyone elses standards, and never could find their own identities because they were always trying to fit into some group or something. And most of the time, none of them were good enough for the group. They had the "haves" and the "have-nots" with every group, and this begins even in kindergarten. No wonder kids are miserable these days and turn to brainless, sensless, mindless activities like drowning themselves in computer and video games, and alcohol drinking, early sexual activities, and even criminal activity. Call THAT "socialization"??
But looking back at the life-styles of both groups of kids, the one observation I do have to give to home school kids (and I think all of them shared this common characteristic ... am I profiling? well ... maybe yes?)... The bottom line is... ALL the home school kids I've met over the years were gosh-dang-knee-slapping-excited-happy kids. Unlike so many of my kids friends brought up in a traditional public school, who appeared to never really display that same kind of joy and zest for life.
I use to be cynical of home schooling. I don't think I'd have the patients to do it myself. But from everything I've seen and the families I've met, it's a successfully way to raise kids and educate them. From an RV experience ... oh my! What a way to experience a childhood. And for what it's worth .... socialization is not all it's cracked up to be. Far to many of our "socialized" kids turn out to be drug addicts, engage in criminal activity, surround themselves with their own level of "friends" - some redneck - some snobbish - some criminal, and who do you think teaches these kids to become bullies? - ... you call THAT socialization? Opposed to living in the city and suburbs ... yea! I think kids living on the road from the back of an RV spares them a LOT of hurt in this world and grow up with a lot of love and happiness from everyone around them.
