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Anonymous (no login)
Posted Jan 15, 2005 1:45 PM
Hi All,
DH and I are considering hsing our children who are currently in 2nd and 4th grades. I have wanted to hs from the start, but DH was consistently against it. Now some issues are arising with our 4th-grader, and he is softening his stance somewhat. His major concern against hs is that he's afraid it will increase tension in the home. He watches the kids push my buttons and how I can lose my cool with them. He's afraid of coming home to a tension-filled home every evening. I don't blame him for not wanting to come home to that -- he works hard to take care of us!
My belief/hope is that hsing can allow us to determine our own lifestyle, rather than being enslaved to the school schedule, etc., which will lower tension -- less time rushing to get to school, extra-curricular acitivites could be scheduled more flexibly rather than eating up our evenings, we will have evenings together as a family for a change, and so on. Also, I hope that by spending more time together, the kids will come to like each other better, rather than seeing each other as darwinian competitors for parental attention. And maybe I won't feel so rushed and pressured (due to that enslavement to the school schedule), so I'll be able to relax a bit.
I personally would prefer to work harder AT HOME, rather than spend time rushing around away from home, which is what my life feels like right now. I hate this rat race.
Is this a fantasy on my part? Can you all with experience share your thoughts on this side of hs lifestyle? Can we expect an improvement in personal relationships within the hs life?
Thanks so much, Karen
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