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Thank you all again. 

I'm gonna be praying and meditating on it all. 

Happy Thursday.

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Thanks for the responses. 

- We initially chose to attend to school 30minutes away (not our district)  because they were willing to assess and place the girls by their scores - as opposed to birthdates. My oldest is a super young 4th grader - but tested well into fifth. Out district was only willing to place by birthdate. 

-The 3 hours is broken down into (30minutes there, 30minutes back in the AM. 30 minutes there, one hour in the carlines, 30minutes back in the PM) .

-Podcasts & Audiobooks have been getting us through.

-Re: health - Docs initially said that was one consideration, but didn't really give me a reason as to why they were leaning towards lupus as opposed to dermatomyositis.

-I also realize that the attitudes could simply be the manifestations of "kid stress" - which just makes me sad.  

 

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Hi Community. 

I have three kiddos. Two school-aged girls (4th @ 9years and 2nd @ 7years) and then a 3yr-old boy. We have homeschooled since the very beginning and my girls have never attended school until now. My children take violin/viola and practice Brazillian Jiujitsu and have friends through those activities. Up until the last two years (their brother needed a nap schedule), we were involved in play groups & co-ops - but these past two years have been a little more sparse in the regular interaction with other homeschool students and families.

Recently (also in the past two years), I have been struggling with health issues - what we can guess (doctors) - subacute lupus that is affecting the skin and to some degree the joints.  This past summer it reached a new level of urgency in finding a diagnosis and treatment. So, we enrolled the girls in a very good school district (#5 in the state) - located 30 minutes from our house. My second grader wants to come home. My 4th grader has buddies (and is type A and thrives in a classroom) and doesn't really want to come back. My 3 year old and I spend 3 hours in the car every day - and frankly, it's taxing. 

I'm so incredibly torn. Selfishly, I want my kids to come back....if the "break" was to help me reduce stress - driving so much is stressful, leaving the house early the feelings of rushing around are stressful, seeing that the curriculum is REALLY limited is stressful. BUT MY CHILDREN ARE "THRIVING" - they were thriving before - but I guess it's just so nice for other people to tell me. 

On the other hand - my girls are obviously stressed. Super well behaved, happy, and popular at school, but at home, we are dealing with SO MUCH 'TUDE & disrespectful behavior. 

Will I destroy my relationship with my older kid forever if I bring her home and she's not fully behind it? 

Has anybody walked through a season like this? 

Thanks for listening. 

[New and so excited]

Hey All, 

I'm a mom of two littles and will be starting home school Kindergarten and pre-k in the fall. I'm excited, but so overwhelmed. Any wonderful resources that I should know about? (We purchased the WTM K bundle for my oldest)