Comments on: Wolf in Grandma’s Clothing

By: M

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:51:22 +0000

We homeschool against my in-laws, who are concerned that our children are only learning a Biblical worldview. My parents are not only for it, but also taught me at home, making my children second generation home-schoolers! We take into consideration the laws for our state, then tailor the curriculum for each child around that and most importantly the Bible. It is very imperative that you find like minded families for the sake of back up and support (understanding and prayer for your family being top priority) You can do it on your own, but you shouldn’t have to! Keep up the good work! Very likely nothing will ever come of, except their verbal grumbling and disagreement.

By: charity

charity — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:50:21 +0000

my mother in law has also showed her disapproval in homeschool. i have twin girls who will be 5 this year and i intend on homeschooling, i mean ive been doing fine this long. She keeps saying to my girls if your stubborn mom would let us send you to school id pay for private school. Excuse me but isnt homeschool as private as you can get? So i have intentions on joining a local homeschool group who ive been introduced to by our sunday school teacher who has homeschooled for 16 years, that way we have back up. my husband just says he doesnt care as long as they are learning what they need to. So my advice find a local homeschool group who you can be friends with it will help to have some support .

By: Public School Teacher

Public School Teacher — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:41:40 +0000

I teach in Los Angeles Unified School District and I agree 100% with Mrs. Pearl!

You could also search the internet for the Department of Education for your State (I assume you live in the USA.)

Once you find your State’s Education Department website, you should be able to find the K-12 learning “standards”. You can print them out and the mother can put together a curriculum showing how she will meet these learning standards.

Also be sure to access the State test scores and consider the test scores of the students in mother’s area.

Truth is, y’all shouldn’t *have to* do all this just to satisfy others. However, perhaps preparing that might be a preemptive strike or arrow in mother’s quiver in a possible fight against the complaint of the in-laws.

If it REALLY is over the in-laws’s concern about homeschooling not being “as good as” public schooling, then perhaps writing out all the ways to meet the learning standards could be shared with the in-laws to *reassure* them (not for a verbalized purpose of “getting permission”).

I used to be very anti-homeschooling.

Until I met some mothers that homeschool! Their children are the most calm, well-behaved children I have *ever* met!

I have been teaching for LAUSD for 11 years.

There are some gems in our schools, but most kids are untrained and unrestrained to varying degrees. At the very least, Mom and Dad will be removing their kids from a sin-filled, evolution-preaching, authority-challenging system.

Besides, look at the lives of George Washington and Clara Barton. I think they might have been homeschooled.