![]() ![]() What kind of mom is sending her kids back to school? A good mom. I saw a meme the other day that said this, We live in a gray, messy, and confusing world.Ĭan’t I choose to homeschool one child and send the other to school? Because that’s what’s best for the individual members of my family and our lifestyle? And can’t you choose to send all your children to school? Because that’s what is best for your work schedule and kids’ learning? When did we get to a place that our ideas, opinions, and personal convictions all have to be the same?Ĭan’t it be “both/and” sometimes? On all matters of our lives, there is no ONE practical solution. When did we get to a place where we can’t live peacefully in the gray and messy, confusing middle? When did we get to a place where all matters of life are black and white? ![]() Our whole country has become so politically and socially polarized, it’s frightening and disheartening. These issues of schooling aren’t the only opinions tearing us apart. And I’ve seen comments from the other end shaming parents for wanting to pull their kids out of school. I’ve seen social media comments tearing school administrators and districts apart. However, it’s the backlash of the contrasting opinions and decisions on whether to send kids back to school or not that has my attention right now.Ĭontrasting opinions are tearing our communities apart.Įvery kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. Never before have the consequences of our decisions for schooling (and beyond) been so wide-spread, with the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic and culture we’re living through. ![]() Though I am taking one step at a time.įor we walk by faith, not by sight. *wink*) options to go about educating our kids, this is a new season we’ve never embarked on before, and quite frankly - I am sort of scared to move forward, not seeing the end. Not only do we have 786 thousand (roughly. We are at peace with these school decisions because know it’s best and what works for our kids and our family at this time. While my oldest child will stay enrolled at the public middle school, our family made the hard decision to pull our middle child out of public school and do her schooling at home for the next year because of her distinct personality and learning abilities. I mourned the loss of our relationship with the elementary school we love and how things used to be. The last few weeks and months have been a scary and anxiety-driven time for us mamas, hasn’t it?Īnd now we’re at the cusp of Back-to-School time and parents everywhere are having to make extremely hard decisions when it comes to their children’s education.Ĭonfession: I spent all last week crying over the choice to unenroll my middle child from public school. ![]()
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