tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post5454460226635092291..comments2023-11-22T21:30:35.388-06:00Comments on My Own Mind blog / Homeschool Atheist Momma: Next Time Tell Them that YOU WOULDN'T Do It!Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-8655424605361996842015-04-05T15:44:39.895-05:002015-04-05T15:44:39.895-05:00Oh, I know. It's not what I generally SAY to m...Oh, I know. It's not what I generally SAY to my daughter, but sometimes I just have to say, "HEY, I tried." LOLKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-73525086633655078492015-04-04T14:17:55.679-06:002015-04-04T14:17:55.679-06:00I confess to an internal "yes!" while re...I confess to an internal "yes!" while reading this, though my reaction should have been more sympathetic. It's just that my oldest, a 15yr old girl, does this sort of thing as well. She's bright, funny, and usually someone I love for people to meet, but oy these are those cringey moments! "I don't know how to use a card catalog to look up books" she recently told our librarian with a trace of woe (her favorite dramatic flavor at the moment). Yeah, that was me with my face in my palms, hiding behind the nearest bookshelf. My initial reaction is the same as yours, "daughter, remember that you represent homeschooling." The second: "I taught you that when you were like eight! And again when you were twelve! What are you talking about??"<br /><br />Now, I think you'll agree there's no shame in admitting when you don't know something, and we can't teach them everything, but all this effort we homeschooling parents put into preparing our children only to have them play dumb, well... it's really not as cool as they think it is.<br /><br /><br />A horrible side benefit is that I am beginning to understand my own mother and our relationship. Gaaaaahhh!<br /><br />So what do we do? How do we gracefully survive this process of allowing them to be their own persons?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401587244734109896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-16286248627988533372015-02-02T07:31:29.146-06:002015-02-02T07:31:29.146-06:00Lol. This is my future with my oldest! Lol. This is my future with my oldest! The Adventurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129815174861478639noreply@blogger.com