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As a matter of fact, I have home schooled my three kids while working full  
time, it just takes good 
scheduling skills and kids that are somewhat able to work on their own with  
direction. My kids learned 
quickly to do this and save questions if I was not there at that moment,  and 
between my wife and I (she works as well) one of is was generally  around. My 
oldest just finished her freshman year at Univ of Alabama, and was  accepted 
to 12 of the 13 schools she applied to, so homeschooling didn't hold  her 
back 
in that dept. either. 
 
Drew in Ga
 
 
In a message dated 6/13/2008 12:48:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lurine AT softcom.net writes:

How did  your child(ren) learn to walk and talk?  Did you help by being  
available or did you do it all for them?

For starters, you stop  *giving* people things and start making them *earn* 
them.

Give them  the tools instead of simply doing things for them.

As to  homeschooling.  LOTS of folks work and homeschool!   Lots!

"incapable of understanding or guiding the process"  That's  right back to 
the thinking that got us in this mess to begin with.   If public school is 
working so well and the government is working so well,  then why would you 
think that the products of that system wouldn't be  capable of understanding 
or replicating the "process."  Not, mind  you, that I think the process needs 
to be either understood or  used!

Gene, and others, why is that when you need to do something or  learn 
something you seem to have no problem finding what you need to teach  
yourself what you need to know or find someone to help you do it and yet  you 
find it incomprehensible that children, who are a whole lot smarter  than the 
tired old brains of older folks, are capable of doing the  same?  Or that 
parents, once all the nanny state crap is removed,  won't just stand up and 
do what needs to be done?

Lynda
-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue"  <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
>
> How shall we do  that?
>>
>> I'm sure you don't want to hear it again, but,  ya know, the amazing
>> thing
>> about homeschooling, and  unschooling in particular, is that it
>> succeeds
>> without  Big Brother sitting and looking over someone's shoulder
>> telling  them
>> what to do, when to do it and how to do it.
>
> I  am a strong advocate of homeschooling and unschooling. Who shall do
>  this for the children whose parents are both working out of the home
>  and/or are simply incapable of understanding or guiding the process?  

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