Well, first let me just say this: I am not about to hate on the homeschooling mothers of America. No, I am certainly not. Indeed, I have many dear friends who home-school and love it! This is not an attack or a post about home-school vs. public school, or the families who choose one over the other. Homeschooling is a fantastic concept. Do you home-school? Yes? I’m a fan of you. I am. But sadly and most definitely in this lifetime, you will not catch me at the modern day home blackboard waxing any kind of “this plus this equals such and such”. No, you will not. So those who are able and do...you have my respect!
Still...I seem to be coming across many mothers from all different walks of life who share an ever increasing guilt about the growing popularity of home-schooling and their reluctance to take part in it. If you’re like me, home-school is just not happening en su casa. And we all have our own set of reasons, don’t we? Though admittedly – and increasingly – unpopular to admit or say in mixed mama company, I feel it's important to be my own voice for mothers like me. So I present...
5 reasons why it’s OK not to home-school
1. You work full or part-time. A lot of mothers work outside the home. Some inside. All day. Like all freaking day. And you come home (or step away from the home-office) and you're exhausted, and there’s laundry and cooking and bills and dishes and laundry and bath-time and….
I don’t mean this in a snarky way – but please Type A’s refrain from the “it only takes an hour a day” business. It may. For you. But for me and my house? It’s a miracle we even wear clothes in public, eat off of clean dishes ever, or sleep lying down. We have ZERO time. We just do not. And the time I do have with my babies? I seriously don’t want to spend working out how a fraction breaks down. Please and no.
