but g & w both love school so much. sigh. griffen didn't go to school until march of first grade. willa is in K. i put g in initially b/c teague was such a handful then & i didn't feel i had it together. i think i was wrong & now feel like i made the mistake of putting them in school b/c they'll not want to HS.

i also put them in b/c mil is paying for it... lol she offered & it's a small christian school that sil & bil both teach at. mil made a comment the other day how she'll not be able to afford to pay for all 3 etc.. & next year it will be like $600 a month, etc... well, i was honest & told her that MY priority would not be to send them to christain school & i'd not pay $600 a month, IFwe could afford ( which we can't) $600 extra a month, it would be going towards a mortgage on a farm NOT to pay for school. i don't think she was pleased w/ that, but it's true.

my kids are smart. i miss them when they are gone. griffen has established friends now, that i know he'd see whether he went to school w/ them or not. i know once they got used to being home again they'd like it, and i'd make a huge effort to get involved in a local group, i don't think i tried hard enough before.

maybe i am wrong, i don't know. i don't want to be all wishy washy on my kids.. kwim? out, in, out etc... i want to make a decision & stick with it. all i know, is that as much fun as they have @ school.. i just feel like it isn't right? does that make sense at all? i love days when we are all home, together & it feel empty when they are gone.

i guess i need to dedcide if that is normal & get over the other people who will think i am not capable or will be depriving them of something by HSing again.

and the fund raisers, paperwork home, etc.. ugh drives me nuts... lol.

anyone else go thru this?

tia :)

:hug: My dh agrees about the mortgage on the farm. *snicker*

No advice here. My dd2 wants to go back to ps but her reasons are purely social. We're actually thinking about pulling dd3&4 out next year, but dh worries about me burning out. Good luck with whatever you decide!

I went through all of that when Annabelle was in public school. It came down to the fact that though she was kinda happy there she wasn't really AND she wasn't learning a darn thing.

I do miss the sens of space that I got, though. I'm an Introvert and she;s an Extrovert. It's hard to balance but we work at it.

well, they'll defo. finish out this school year (out in late may) ~ i am just tired of fighting that feeling that it isn't right, or how it should be. kwim?

and i know they could be learning more on a daily basis... i am not even sure if g has learned anything new this year, that he didn't already know.

and sue ~ i know for a fact part of g's wanting to go is social.. completely! he takes bionicles & plays w/ his best friend every day.. lol well, he can do that outside of school right? ofcourse he can.

and sue ~ i know for a fact part of g's wanting to go is social.. completely! he takes bionicles & plays w/ his best friend every day.. lol well, he can do that outside of school right? ofcourse he can.

They let him bring Bionicles to school? WOW! My dd2 says she wants to go back because she's lonely and wants to spend more time with her friends. Well sorry Miss Social Butterfly, but you can't be all chitty-chatty at school like you can at home.

I need to make it a point to invite friends over more often. My dh and I had an idea that I need to present to her - she helps to keep the house tidy and she can have 1-2 friends over on Friday afternoon. Maybe once per month the friend(s) can even stay overnight. Honestly I think that would curb her loneliness. That and hs'ing her younger sisters. :hahaha:

yeah, if he arrives at school a bit early.. they can play in the cafeteria before school & @ recess as well. odd i know, but they let them ~ lol.

I'm so heartbroken Lindsey just stared public school. Hoping maybe next year she'll choose to be home again.

I'm so heartbroken Lindsey just stared public school. Hoping maybe next year she'll choose to be home again.

I'd say keep them home next year:) I think you had mentioned getting involved with a group or at the least make it a point to invite friends over on the weekend:)

I wish we were in a position for me to hs my youngest. Our older children love school but our youngest is a different story.

Sigh......I teach in a elementary school and will need to for about the next 5 years for us to get out of debt, by then he will be in 7th grade and I won't pull him at that point to hs.

I have missed hs-ing off and on over the years.

I can't imagine how you feel, but I saw your post and it grabbed me because I have been thinking a lot lately "I wish we were in a position to live in the country so I can farm a bit volunteer more, and homeschool our youngest".

Oh well. I do enjoy teaching in a public school too.

Michelle

I know exactly how you are feeling. I felt the same way about DD. She loved school and still talks about her 2 years there with excitement. It was very hard for me for take her out of school, I felt like I was going to be depriving her.
She finished 1st grade and I decided that I would use the summer to make up my mind and it took me about 2 weeks to realize that even though her report card came home with top marks, she had to repeat 1st grade. So I used the summer to get very involved with the homeschool group and get us going with lessons and since she hadn't been in school for 3 month when school started back up, it didn't really effect her.
I still have doubts and wonder if I am doing the right thing, wonder if they would be better off in school, wonder if they are missing out on anything. Then I talk to a friend whose children go to PS and find out that 5 sheets of math homework was sent home for a 2nd grader and I know that I made the right decision.

well, they'll defo. finish out this school year (out in late may) ~ i am just tired of fighting that feeling that it isn't right, or how it should be. kwim?

and i know they could be learning more on a daily basis... i am not even sure if g has learned anything new this year, that he didn't already know.

and sue ~ i know for a fact part of g's wanting to go is social.. completely! he takes bionicles & plays w/ his best friend every day.. lol well, he can do that outside of school right? ofcourse he can.

Well . . . but if I read your OP right, if you don't homeschool next year, you'd be taking them out of his current school anyway if your MIL doesn't pay for it. So you'd be having them go to public school? So wouldn't they be missing their current friends anyway? Maybe I didn't understand that.

we won't have 3 in shcool for 2 more years. she is fine paying right now, i think she just meant long term. so, no ~ i had no plans to pull them from private & put them in ps. IF they leave the private, it will be to be home w/ me.