OK, this probably shouldn't make me feel better, but...

[Fiddlemom]

OK, I'll admit the last few days have been tough...missed social opportunities due to illness, others cancelling for various reasons, wet weather, and I've REALLY been feeling isolated and prone to "socialization paranoia" b/c my kids are not in school and have been together soooooooo much the last 3 or 4 days and we've all been getting a big neurotic.

So just now the next door neighbor's kids (11 & 8) got into a really loud nasty argument. I admit it made me feel better. They are in ps and I just felt better at the reminder that school does not make kids perfectly socialized or well-behaved with each other. (Though I certainly don't envy their mom right now!)

[GoodEats]

I have the same feeling (which I keep to myself) when I see the neighbor kids across the street playing, and then fighting, with their friends, particularly when the mob mentality and the "hick-speak" take over. And it seems like it happens daily over there that someone has to be ganged up on and tormented until they run home crying. -sigh-

(And, for what it's worth, we all get neurotic and punchy when we're cooped up without outside distraction for a long time, too. We just try to get out and afflict others with our craziness - like talking the ears off anyone who has the poor judgement to linger over the apple bin at the grocery store - before we get completely out of hand.)

[UUMom]

We hs, and the other day when my dh left for a long biz trip (he's back now), I screamed at him (in frustration, although I didn't throw anything. lol) as he was walking towards his car which was parked on the street. My neighbors are all old. I hope they are not thinking they are glad their grandchildren are in school. I'd feel terrible if they called their kids and said " Don't hs, the woman next door is nuts. If she sent her kids to school she wouldn't be".

Kids are kids, and life is life. There isn't a certain way to live it. Perfection is not part of the equation. I don't hs so my kidlets will be little robots, yk. In fact, my children, knowing they have a lot of power to not have to be a certain way, act a certain fake way, might argue more than those children who worry they will be punished.

[Fiddlemom]

Originally Posted by UUMom

We hs, and the other day when my dh left for a long biz trip (he's back now), I screamed at him (in frustration, although I didn't throw anything. lol) as he was walking towards his car which was parked on the street. My neighbors are all old. I hope they are not thinking they are glad their grandchildren are in school. I'd feel terrible if they called their kids and said " Don't hs, the woman next door is nuts. If she sent her kids to school she wouldn't be".

Kids are kids, and life is life. There isn't a certain way to live it. Perfection is not part of the equation. I don't hs so my kidlets will be little robots, yk. In fact, my children, knowing they have a lot of power to not have to be a certain way, act a certain fake way, might argue more than those children who worry they will be punished.

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LOL I think the same thing!! I've been paranoid the last few days that someone is going to see me having a few down days and make all sorts of judgments (like, who cares?) or actually come out and say something that'll only make me feel worse.

It was good to be reminded today that EVERYONE has tough days. On a tough day it's easy for me to think that all my problems are because I decided to homeschool. Not so. I had a few other problems over my 38 years prior to the last couple of weeks