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  1. I try to keep these things in mind:

     

    1. People tend to exaggerate how great things are. Just look at Facebook. You would think mist everyone has the perfect life.

     

    2. People tend to leave out the negatives when talking about a decision they recently made. Most people want to "prove" how great/right/perfect their decision was.

     

    3. What makes one family/child/parent happy isn't necessarily what will make me and mine happy.

     

    4. There are pros and cons to everything. If I was to rave about all the pros of homeschooling to ps parents, they just might question their decision as well.

  2. My dd3 has really bad allergies, along with Asthma. With everything blooming she constantly sounds sick. She tends to cough a lot, along with the typical stuffiness. I feel so bad taking her places because I know people assume she has a bad (and contagious) cold. So, she's been coughing all day and has gym tonight. Do you guys just take them anyway? Should I say something to the teacher? Ugh....I feel so awkward when I know other moms are probably irritated thinking I brought my sick child around their kids!

  3. My dd3 has really bad allergies, along with Asthma. With everything blooming she constantly sounds sick. She tends to cough a lot, along with the typical stuffiness. I feel so bad taking her places because I know people assume she has a bad (and contagious) cold. So, she's been coughing all day and has gym tonight. Do you guys just take them anyway? Should I say something to the teacher? Ugh....I feel so awkward when I know other moms are probably irritated thinking I brought my sick child around their kids!

  4. It's funny....we moved from CA to TN and I haven't noticed that the cultures are all that different. The only noticeable things to me were: people wave at you when you drive by, kids call me Miss (my name), kids say mam and sir, and it's not as diverse. Other than that, I don't feel like I moved into some foreign land or culture:). I never felt unwelcome....in fact, Floridians and Californians seem to be the majority here.

  5. Oh yes!!! I have a cryer and it happens to be my ds as well. He is 8. He cries multiple times a day. Not just about school (though he does that daily), but also about things like taking a shower, cleaning his room, coming in from playing outside.....pretty much whenever he has to do something he did not come up with on his own. He will calm down after a few minutes and apologize. It's exhausting. And I thought girls were supposed to be the emotional ones!!! I'll be watching this thread for advice!

  6. Coming in late here, but wanted to add my thanks as well. I was so lost when I started homeschooling. I read many if the recommended books on getting started, but nothing really "spoke" to me. I didn't know what direction I wanted our homeschooling to go in and really floundered for an entire year. I finally discovered the Well Trained Mind. I found myself saying "yes!" and "exactly!" throughout the book. I finally felt I had found an approach I loved. We started implementing most of the recommendations and haven't looked back. So, thank you Susan. You are an inspiration to me and I appreciate all you have done for the homeschooling community!

  7. So, when I go to upload photos it always put them at the top of my blog. I can't seem to just insert them where I want them. Say, for example, I write out an entire paragraph and then want to insert a picture following it. It will always put the picture at the top of the page and then I have to drag it down where I want it. No big deal when there is just one picture, but it's annoying when I want to add a few. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to get them to just go where I want them?

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    Why did you start it? It's sort of like a journal. I want to remember all the little details about these years and I know I won't unless I write them down:) I'd love to get it printed out each year and make books for the kids.

     

    What's its theme? Our daily life

     

    Do you update it regularly? Usually

     

    Do you get paid to do it? I wish

     

    Or do you have one but find that you just don't give it the attention it needs? I wish I wrote more often.

     

     

     

     

    So, I ask because I'm curious. :001_smile:

     

     

    Yup, see above....

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