Not trollish at all. A genuine concern. Unfortunately my kids didnt pop out with an instruction manual. I am a worried parent that doesnt want to warp my kids. I wasnt allowed to even go to the library so these different worlds that my kids are getting to visit are all new to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great ideas here! We live in Denver and have access to great libraries. Thinking about it i believe my closest library is small and limited in what they carry. Today im going to take them to a larger library with more selection and ask them to make certain selections then one or two personal selections. Thank you so much for your replies. Sometimes i just need other moms input to make me not feel crazy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for all the replies! My dd is 10 and ds 8. I noticed with my ds that after reading diary of a wimpy kid he seemed to have low self esteem. My daughter likes books that deal with magic and it just worries me plain and simple. Maybe im a worry wart but i want to make sure no garbage is going in. I was always taught garbage in garbage out. Both read above level so usually they pick books out that level wise are ok. Its that i feel they are extremely easily influenced by what they read. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My kids love the library however I hate our visits. The books the kids pick out are so poor in content. I've tried steering them to the award winners but they are so drawn to junk books. It makes our visits very frustrating. Then when I help them pick out quality books they don't want to read them after a couple of chapters. We've not been to the library since July and my kids have only read a hand full of books since then which makes me sick at my stomach since they love to read. Any advice you can offer will be so greatly appreciated!

Getinstinct.com Weve not used it uet but it looked promising.

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Wow thanks for all the responses! The year we did test it just didnt feel right to me. Half the results got lost in the mail so we had to retake the math portion in the middle of the summer which pretty much made the math results invalid. Im going to try the evaluations and see how it goes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all! New to the boards here. We homeschool 4 children and live in CO. Im super excited to see all the knowledgable homeschoolers here contributing. Hope i can do the same. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all! Im so happy to find such an active community of homeschoolers! I am curious if any of you choose not to do standardized tests. In the state of CO if you are a CHEC member the parent can give an in depth evaluation and that satisfies the requirement. I am thinking of going this route since year before last the tests created so much stress. Any input you have is greatly appreciated!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk