How many of us who want to homeschool have heard THIS. This exact line! First of all, I am weird. So, thank you random person not living my life for telling me my future!! Appreciate you. Seriously this is the most archaic view of homeschooling there is. Not to mention, I don’t want my kid to follow the crowd. I want them to go against the grain and learn to think for themselves. If that makes them “weird” to you- bring on the effing weirdness baby!! At the end of the day if you choose a more traditional route for school, or homeschool, it is our jobs as a parents to fill in the gaps. However, I think we can all agree education hasn’t been our highest priority as a country. They have pushed college since I was a kid completely diminishing very talented children, because those kids don’t thrive in an academic setting. Let’s rewind a little bit also. At three years old we all learned by playing, and experiencing. I think I can handle that part at home. In no way am I knocking school!! I LOVED learning. I was obsessively reading Shakespeare at ten! My Mom would save up her tips so I could lose my mind at the book fairs. We love school. But that doesn’t mean it is the best option for every kid, and it honestly might not be for mine either. But I’m going to try every avenue, and see what truly fits for our family. We also do not value teaching our children to be self reliant humans. How to make their own meals, grow their own food, and learn a couple of trades along the way. I think we’ve spent a long time trying to coddle everyone. For fucks sake most of my generation can’t sew on a button, or grill a damn chicken. Not my journey and I’m not sorry for that.