tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354745791110027115.post920658325699976698..comments2023-04-25T14:14:59.203+10:00Comments on Jen's Busy Days: Home to Public School - 64 days to goJen's Busy Dayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01556286599575103565noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354745791110027115.post-13462420576092706302012-12-11T16:19:12.184+11:002012-12-11T16:19:12.184+11:00You can come and cry as much as you like! First da...You can come and cry as much as you like! First day hardest! Then all the days that you find you are doing as much homework with your highschool child as you used to do in a whole day homeschooling. But then one day they will suddenly realise they can do it alone, that they are just as smart as everyone else, and then they will never want your help again, because after all, what would you know? Then you cry again...Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354745791110027115.post-65065512428277068652012-11-27T21:34:15.437+11:002012-11-27T21:34:15.437+11:00Thanks Jo. Can I come cry on your shoulder on the...Thanks Jo. Can I come cry on your shoulder on the tough days? I don't take up much room. ;-)<br /><br />BW<br />Jen<br />Jen's Busy Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556286599575103565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4354745791110027115.post-38020407783321221752012-11-27T13:34:35.380+11:002012-11-27T13:34:35.380+11:00Hi Jen, I'm hearing your worries, and I can to...Hi Jen, I'm hearing your worries, and I can totally understand where you are coming from, having been there myself. My little girls have been at the local public school for two years now, and I couldn't be more happy with their experience, or with the school. I respect the values of the school, the girls' teachers have been wonderful and kind, the girls have found good, kind friends.<br /><br />They had a little difficulty at first, because everything had changed, but children are immensely adaptable. Even though they had missed some aspects of the traditional curriculum, their home education and personal interests had been so broad that they found they always had something to contribute. <br /><br />And values? They come from you. I think one of the great strengths of home education is that children discover who they are very early, and they don't let that go. They will eventually find friends who are like them, and who they can trust and feel comfortable with.<br /><br />Know I am thinking of you. It's very hard to let go of such a significant part of your identity as a parent. But you will still be mum, still the most important person in the world to four small people..Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.com