When my son was in the 6th grade, I had some unbelievable problems with his school faculty - who, due to reasons of length I can not list in detail - targeted my son and made his school life miserable. I had to pull him out of school to homeschool him in the end. Although I do not totally reject public school as an option for a child's education - I am empowered by the fact that there ARE other options.
I am a single mom, and I have homeschooled my son while working outside the home. It can be done - but I won't promise that it is easy! Much depends on self-discipline - both you and your child(ren) - organization, long-term goals, and faith in what you are doing. My son is now a sophomore and has decided he wants to go back to public school this year. So far, it has been an adjustment, but he is determined. This does not mean that homeschooling was a failure - only that my son is expressing his own goals, and going for it.
I hope this group will provide a means of sharing with each other the unique problems and solutions a single, working parent faces in their homeschooling pursuits. This is something I did not have, suppport from other homeschooling parents working or not, and I felt very alone against the world! Please feel free to post any experiences you have had with the school system (although I don't mean this to be a school-bashing!), with homeschooling, with family and friends support or lack thereof, advice, suggestions...we can all benefit from each other!
Please note: This is not a dating, singles, or personals group - so please no posting or advertising in that regard! Members who do so will be removed. Due to the unfortunate incident of being slammed with p..n spam some time ago, I have had to set membership to aproved only. All I need is an idea of why you want to join, and I look forward to getting to know you through this group!
Take care and God Bless!