SuzieDavis

spanking HITTING is wrong in any context unless you are protecting yourself. which you werent. put the knives up where he can not get them and sit and explain stuff to him. if i were the parents and knew you did that (assuming we instructed you not to hit) id call and file charges on you.

Ive dealt with the same things. You are not alone. Especially about the cable tv debate. We havent had cable in a few years. We could afford it, but we are saving 1300 a year not having the traditional cable. We use amazon prime (something we would have bought reguardeless of the prime tv shows), we have netflix and hulu. ANything we cant find there we just buy per episode. which is sitll cheaper then the 1300 a year for cable. When i have brought this up to numerous people, they think im crazy. "i couldnt live with out my tv!" its like well okay waste your money then! Usually with close friends and family they see wow! She has about 120 more in her pocket a month and some have them have cancelled their tv. So no you are not alone. And remember people are selfish. Who cares if we dont have the cash, lets take a vaca cause i deserve it!!! Well you might deserve it but if you dont have the means to pay for it then wth are you doing? Not everybody can be as smart as us ; ) lol

im a little late here but congrats!!!!!!!!!!! how is it going so far?! welcome to the unschooling family!!

Im a homeschooler/unscholer. What i really had to do was get away from the governent schooling methods. We started off with a strict schedule. Now we have NO schedule. We do what we want when we want and how we want. We are always learning! I let my son guide his education. If he wants to work on maps, thats what we do. He's slow to read and write so we do not force it. We use to and it was awful. He was upset, we were upset, it just wasnt worth it. Now hes taken up cursive writing on his own and writing his own notes. He need to know how to read to play his video games so hes soaking that up. We explain WHY we teach him the things we do. Logic and reason even in little ones work wonders!! Which also teaches him to question EVERYTHING. Which is fantastic!! We do not buy any cirriculum. I have a few sites i have signed up for, for a yearly fee that are totally worth it. You can print booklets and work sheets. (www.education.com) love that for resources. There is so much free stuf out there that you dont have to spend much. If you have any more questions or want to pick my brain feel free to message me!!!

Congrats!! We unschool as well!! if you need any tips or just somebody to talk to about it send a message my way!!!

Im in middle tennessee and we have not ONE but TWO co-ops. ranging from pre-k to high school classes. Some of these classes have elementary kids and high school kids mixed in. We meet once a week and the kids go to their various classes. its pretty awesome if that is what your kid likes to do. : )

Calm and collected. Totally helps get your point and vies across more then berating and telling people they are just out right wrong. Good job TT!!