Comments on: A Few Thoughts on Homeschooling http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/11/few-thoughts-on-homeschooling.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: adahttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/11/few-thoughts-on-homeschooling.html#comment-49523 ada Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:04:33 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=155#comment-49523 These are good strategies... don't agree about the god bit though. Was homeschooled by christian creationists and am an atheist now, despite their genuinely good intentions. C'est la vie. However everything else sounds very useful, especially the "always get your kids to think" bit. How would you recommend that homeschool-parents socialize their kids? I know that's the big controversy for homeschool and people might get some good tips if you tackle it. These are good strategies… don’t agree about the god bit though. Was homeschooled by christian creationists and am an atheist now, despite their genuinely good intentions. C’est la vie. However everything else sounds very useful, especially the “always get your kids to think” bit. How would you recommend that homeschool-parents socialize their kids? I know that’s the big controversy for homeschool and people might get some good tips if you tackle it.

]]> By: Dan Edelenhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/11/few-thoughts-on-homeschooling.html#comment-1220 Dan Edelen Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:14:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=155#comment-1220 Elizabeth, The difference here is that I had little to do with him reading so well. He was never pushed or strapped to a chair. He did much of it on his own. I'm proud of the boy and I hope he keeps up with that kind of self-directed learning. That contrasts with so many folks who are shuttling their kids from one esoteric learning experience to another so that the kid may be smart, but is a burnout at seven. That kind of pressure that parents feel to have their kids in karate class, Montessori, private Latin lessons, and on and on—that's the keeping up with the Joneses issue. There's nothing wrong with being proud of our kids, but we shouldn't be trying to turn them into Doogie Howsers just because everyone around us is. Elizabeth,

The difference here is that I had little to do with him reading so well. He was never pushed or strapped to a chair. He did much of it on his own. I’m proud of the boy and I hope he keeps up with that kind of self-directed learning.

That contrasts with so many folks who are shuttling their kids from one esoteric learning experience to another so that the kid may be smart, but is a burnout at seven. That kind of pressure that parents feel to have their kids in karate class, Montessori, private Latin lessons, and on and on—that’s the keeping up with the Joneses issue.

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of our kids, but we shouldn’t be trying to turn them into Doogie Howsers just because everyone around us is.

]]> By: Elizabethhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/11/few-thoughts-on-homeschooling.html#comment-1219 Elizabeth Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:31:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=155#comment-1219 If we are not so hung up on "keeping up with the Jones" then why refer to "my five year old at a third grade reading level" or second grade level or WHATEVER level. It seems contradictory to me. Letting a kid be a kid means you don't brag about their reading level, period. If we are not so hung up on “keeping up with the Jones” then why refer to “my five year old at a third grade reading level” or second grade level or WHATEVER level. It seems contradictory to me. Letting a kid be a kid means you don’t brag about their reading level, period.

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