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(Tomorrow is the last day of this 5 part series. Please, leave comments on this topic. I would love to know your thoughts or questions.)
My children are free to follow their interests even if they aren't popular. Nobody makes fun of them or calls them names if their interests seem different. For the most part my children don't understand being mean to others and teasing or bullying others isn't a favorite pastime. They have compassion for others.
We have a flexible schedule and that is sure nice. One of my favorites is when making dental or medical appointments. Often they will ask, "before or after school"? Well, it doesn't really matter since we homeschool. It seems to make them pretty happy to hear that and I suppose make their day a little bit easier. They can squeeze us in just about any where. Truthfully, though, super early doesn't work well for us. ;-)
My girls have also had many great opportunities that they would have missed out on if they had been in school. Recently they participated in the Flag Honor Guard for a local family that lost their 21 yr. old son in Iraq. I was so glad they could be there to honor the fallen soldier and his family. I was glad they could see others in the community doing the same thing. One of my daughters has participated in feeding the homeless or handing out groceries and another time helping with the children in a Vacation Bible School in a homeless shelter for a few days. She has also helped stuff envelopes for an organization that helps pregnant teen girls. (My other daughter will do these types of things when she is older.)
Both my girls have been part of a group that picked up trash in a park, they were part of a group of children that made cookies & cards for our local firemen, they were part of a group that sang to the elderly in a nursing home. They helped with Operation Christmas Child and making Christmas cards for our military. Both girls have watched and/or helped to prepare & take food to friends/acquaintances that experienced a death in the family or recently had a baby. They have been with me when we went to stay with/assist a mother at her home that had recent surgery.
A lot of people act like homeschoolers don't live in or see the real world. What is more real? A classroom of peers (all your same age) that you spend your whole day with all the same age as you, or living and working with your family doing daily activities, passing out food to needy people, visiting the elderly, helping another mom, or participating in honoring a fallen soldier?
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