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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1483821"><p><strong>"decide what was important" </strong>You said a mouth full there. When I was still fishing, my wife was raising our 3 kids basically by herself. I spent 250 to 280 days per year offshore and worked on the boat almost everyday the week I'ld be home. Done that for well over 20 years. She had to decide what functions the kids were involved in. It wasn't many. No sports...unless it could be played in the yard, no gymnastics, dance, etc. Church, a few friends, and cousins to play with was about it. Most of their friends were cousins so that simplified life even more. Also chores for the kids were important . My wife home schools also but you'ld be surprised how much schooling can be done in a short period of time without bus rides, homeroom, going to the cafeteria, study hall etc. For the people that think home schoolers are "deprived", my oldest daughter is 18, and can/does work a crew of 8 to 10 men at times alone at our business and get the job done in a timely manner. She (my daughter) was just also accepted at Spring Hill College with an 80% academic scholarship. She is going for a nursing degree. Hats off to my wife. I believe parents complicate life too much. But that is just my opinion. Simple was better for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1483821"] [b]"decide what was important" [/b]You said a mouth full there. When I was still fishing, my wife was raising our 3 kids basically by herself. I spent 250 to 280 days per year offshore and worked on the boat almost everyday the week I'ld be home. Done that for well over 20 years. She had to decide what functions the kids were involved in. It wasn't many. No sports...unless it could be played in the yard, no gymnastics, dance, etc. Church, a few friends, and cousins to play with was about it. Most of their friends were cousins so that simplified life even more. Also chores for the kids were important . My wife home schools also but you'ld be surprised how much schooling can be done in a short period of time without bus rides, homeroom, going to the cafeteria, study hall etc. For the people that think home schoolers are "deprived", my oldest daughter is 18, and can/does work a crew of 8 to 10 men at times alone at our business and get the job done in a timely manner. She (my daughter) was just also accepted at Spring Hill College with an 80% academic scholarship. She is going for a nursing degree. Hats off to my wife. I believe parents complicate life too much. But that is just my opinion. Simple was better for us. [/QUOTE]
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