We have used credit cards to pay for medicine, doctor's visits, groceries and gas... so yeah

YES. this.

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It is just unrealistic. He has this chart with percentages that simply don't apply... it is also completely disheartening to read his book and see all of the examples of success by people who started off with car payments, credit card payments, entertainment funds.... EXTRA.

yup that's what I am thinking.

I used to love coloring those!

I have a whole shelf full that my kids NEVER use, but I keep thinking that they will or should. They are preschool and 4th/5th grade. WWYD?

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Beautiful. I love it!

That was the one I was trying to remember!:) I do have an abacus too. Kalanamak. Thank you!

I have more pictures up of where we do school... what is in front of the bookshelves. lol Woo hoo! Happy for you!

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Thanks for all of your help!

We actually spend a lot on milk come to think of it. I have trouble getting my kids to eat much. We go through 2 gallons of white milk and 1 or 2 of chocolate milk a week... I try to buy half of it organic.

We are on to division and M still forgets that the top number needs to be bigger in long subtraction! Any videos, catchphrases, ideas? Thank you.

We are using 4 and when she uses the CDs it helps because she can click on "see explanation" when she gets it wrong. When we don't use the CDs to do the lesson I either have to teach her after grading her work, or point her to those problems on the CD. I guess it depends on your child's math ability level and doing math consistently so they don't forget things over a long break. (I was very sick and she has forgotten almost everything! yikes!)

I was spending $150 per week last time I budgeted, which was over a year ago... I think I am at around $275 per week now, to be honest. I can't have bread and I forget that everyone else can, so we fill up on more expensive stuff (meat mostly) :001_huh: I really need to get back to budgeting. This link will be helpful I think.

Oh cool! My favorite show! Someone quick, do a youtube series... we have to figure out how to blow something up in every episode though.

I know someone who did nothing for years. Her family was a complete disaster. When she had them out of school doing "nothing" they had all been through some terrible stress as a family and had separation anxiety and PTSD. What if someone had forced her to put those poor traumatized kids in school during their recovery time? I can only imagine. Her kids returned to school years later only a year behind, one is in college, one has a softball scholarship, one is an EMT and one is the sweetest boy you will ever meet. I look to that example of taking care of the important things first. Academics can wait. They can. I am so proud of them. So perhaps your article could explain that many people homeschool as a result of dysfunction of some type... trauma, health problems, autism, learning disabilities... and homeschooling is not causing/ contributing to the problems.

:grouphug::):grouphug: Thank you for the relieved smile ladies.

YAY!:)

will pray for you and your daughter. yes thank God you are homeschooling

I really mustn't post when I am cranky. The first couple of pages were very good.