Are Homeschooling Mom’s CRAZY?

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Let’s get something straight. I am crazy. I’ve never hidden that from you all. Here are just a few {of many} reasons why I am crazy:

1. I chose to bring a newborn into our family when my oldest were 8 and 10. We were way past the diapers stage, almost out of elementary school and I decided to do it all over again. I think this makes me somewhat crazy.
2. I value my kids opinions and actually seek out their thoughts. This includes a very opinionated 2 year old. Honestly, if she tells me my dress looks ugly I change immediately. I am sure all a few of you agree this makes me crazy.
3. I have like 5 jobs. Let’s see, there is this little ‘ole blog, I am still an active real estate agent {I help my husband with the Short Sale paperwork}, I do all of the book keeping for our businesses, I work at Big Fundraising Ideas and I’m a Mom… you know, primary care giver and all. I know this makes me crazy. I’m not sure if accepting my fate and working at all of these places is why I am crazy or if actually working at all of the places has made me crazy, but I’m crazy non the less and I actually like this crazy part of me.
4. Then there is just plain old me. I think of crazy ideas and actually act on them too. You guys have seen bits and pieces of crazy me… you get it.

There are so many reasons why I am crazy, but there is one big reason I’m not crazy.

{Clearing throat for announcement}

“Yes, I homeschool my daughter. No this alone does not make me crazy”

There I said it.

I’ve only been in the homeschool world for a few weeks now… but that seems to be the general consensus. Heather MUST have lost it. She’s h-o-m-e-s-c-h-o-o-l-i-n-g {said in low, whisper like voices, as if it were a dirty word}. Because clearly no sane minded person would homeschool.

But, it get’s better. It drives people crazy that I’m not homeschooling for what they consider “normal” reasons. Nope, I don’t hate my daughters old school or teachers {it was actually 2 of her old teachers recommendations to home school}. Nope, we are not set on a biblical education! Sorry to burst your bubble, but again, NO, I’m not someone who has dreamed about homeschooling her whole life. I respect everyone who does it for these reasons… but that’s not why I’m doing it.

So why all this crazy talk? I’m not really sure. I think that homeschooling is such a misunderstood choice of schooling that the unknown scares people and leaves them thinking it must not be natural.

Let me reassure everyone out there,
that it has been, and I hope it will continue to be, the perfect choice for our family at this time.

Yep, I said for our family and at this time. I should also add, for this child. Because I don’t think I would choose this for my other 2 right now. Homeschooling our oldest is working so perfectly for her goals that I shutter to think how wrong it would have been to not homeschool her.

I can’t wait to share with you all how far we have come in just a couple weeks… but today I ask you this. What do you think of homeschooling? Are you a homeschooling parent? Have you encountered the same “crazy talk”? Why are you homeschooling?