RE: Stress Relief : Steem Monsters
Good luck with your new neighbors!! I would be stressing as well...
Bad neighbors really are just the worst...
A couple years ago, we had a winner. She was a teacher, who was all smiles and super friendly, that is, until she discovered we homeschool. WELL that was terribly offensive to her, I suppose. She refused to speak to us after that, and one day we had a cop knock on our door. It was evening and we were relaxing while the kids were in bed. The cop, who seemed a little embarrassed by the whole thing, told me the neighbor called him because we were stealing her cats from her yard. These cats, who were skinny and wormy, were coming over of their own accord because my kids were feeding them, (they looked like strays). He told me that she said we were not allowed on her property ever again, (I had never been over), and to leave their cats alone. Once I explained it to him, he told me not to worry about it, but to make sure we dont go on 'her' property, (she was renting, it wasnt hers anyway).
Lucky for us, she moved a couple months later...
The new neighbors are annoying, they drink outdoors and get loud, they have screaming matches at eachother frequently, BUT they mind their own business and dont come bothering me, so I guess it is a step up. Thats what happens when your neighbor is a rental property, you get new neighbors frequently... :/
Anywho, I hope you get good ones!!
Wow! I can't even imagine, that does sound horrible! Probably shouldn't mention that @mrsbozz and I both work for a public school 😮
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Bah ha ha.. so Im guessing you two hate me now as well? ;)
Its funny, I have a sister in law as well who is a teacher, and she wont speak to me either. I think some teachers take it as a personal insult that I would choose to teach my kids at home. No offense to you guys, or her. I just want to do it myself. ;)
I think it depends on where you live and what your motives are. Around here the schools are top notch. Most of the people that choose to homeschool have kids with behavior issues and feel the school is picking on them. They aren't doing the kids any favors in the long run by pulling them out.
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I guess it just depends on how you look at it.
True, for families like you are mentioning, pulling the kids out of school may harm more than help. I think it just depends on the families and the issues they are dealing with.
Personally, I was homeschooled, and I knew from the beginning that I wanted to raise my kids the same way, not matter how good or bad the local schools were.
There's more to it than that. It's honestly a different way of life, where they can learn what they want to, and you can move at their speed. No worrying about falling behind or getting bored, no worrying about bullying or learning awful things from peers, and of course, more freedom, since you are not confined to a typical school schedule or curriculum.
I love teachers and the job they do. Im sure most teachers would be wonderful with my kids. However, for these, and a whole list of other reasons, I choose to keep them home. :)
(Of course, by 'keeping them home', I dont literally mean we are all alone at home all day every day. The kids have lots of different things they leave to do, such as art class, archery, and 4H. They also have neighborhood friends and spend afternoons outdoors playing and riding bikes with the other kids.)