Most parents sit down & go over a list of what they want out of their kids education. We were no different. However, before we listed the "Do's", we first listed the "Don'ts". Here's our list of things we knew for sure that we didn't want for our son & his education.
1. We didn't want limitations put upon him.
2. We didn't want to place his safety in someone else's hands.
3. We didn't want him to grow up & be a bully or get bullied.
4. We didn't want him to learn poor behavior.
5. We were afraid he wouldn't get the attention he needed from his teacher.
6. We didn't want him learning about sex, drugs etc before we were ready to teach him.
7. We were concerned he would grow up too fast & not enjoy his childhood.
8. We didn't want to have to wake him up early.
9. We didn't want him to feel peer pressure.
10. We didn't want to spend hours each night struggling over homework.
11. We didn't want him to get bored & possibly act out.
12. We didn't want him to be labeled.
13. We didn't want to hand our child over to someone else for 6 hours every day.
14. We didn't want him to fall in with the wrong crowd.
15. We didn't want a "one size fits all" attitude towards his education.
16. We didn't want him to have to sit still & go against his natural learning style.
17. We didn't want to give up parental control.
18. We didn't want to be left in the dark on what he was being taught.
Sometimes beginning with what you don't want will lead you to find what you DO want. And that is exactly how we discovered Homeschooling.
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