Posts by MarineWife

Again, my dealings with this one family was not really the focus of my question. I understand that different families do things differently. I also understand that families have times when they do certain things not pertaining to school....

Yeah, I guess I do still come from a very different philosophy even among other homeschoolers. I thought being a secular group who all describe themselves as relaxed would mean they'd at least be ready to just play, play, play once they...

Quote:Originally Posted by pek64 It sounds to me like the family is trying to fly under the radar of truancy officers, CPS, etc. In states where there is a lot of bureaucracy, there is closer investigation of homeschoolers when they...

Quote:Originally Posted by Fillyjonk Its hard too because it seems to me that someone saying "you are always welcome here!" might be being either a. polite or b. enthusiastic. Or the relationship might have changed and matured over...

Quote:Originally Posted by Emaye Also, do your children go over there to play or are you asking her kids to come over to your place?  If they are asking to play over there, then I could see why a parent may decline when s/he doesn't...

I'm introverted and my 9 year old is, too,. I have had to work hard at overcoming that so that I can better accommodate my more outgoing children. I know this family and I'm pretty sure their kids are not introverted. The father is but...

I'm a bit confounded. We belong to a local homeschool group. We are the only unschoolers. The others in the group do some form or another of traditional schooling, although they describe themselves as relaxed. One family lives very close...

Actually, things have gotten a lot better between my husband and me since we started going to counseling. It took only a few sessions for him to start changing his behavior. We've been laughing together and having more fun. He isn't as...

Quote:Originally Posted by AnnieA  Is that different than the social groups? I was just researching this some and it seems like even if we create a closed social group, the content is still visible. "All content in all Social Groups...

There's still always a private group on here.