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Almost Free

I’ve been having a series of emotional meltdowns recently. I feel like I’ve reached logical end of being overextended for too long. Full-time grad school, part time work, full responsibility for educating my kids, plus parenting overtime has definitely caught up with me. However, unless something awful happens, we’re expecting to be able to startContinue reading “Almost Free”

Please Give Me More Responsibilities

Remote schooling isn’t working for us. I’m sure it’s not working for a lot of you. The schedules change, we’re not sure which zoom sessions our kids are supposed to show up for and which are optional, and sometimes the teachers are asking our kids to do things they can’t even do because it doesn’tContinue reading “Please Give Me More Responsibilities”

Homeschooling Teenagers

For the first time that I know of, homeschooling feels popular. Parents are realizing that they were doing a lot of work at the end of the spring semester and they are seeing that they can probably handle all of the work. While I wouldn’t want to discredit teachers for the education they have andContinue reading “Homeschooling Teenagers”

All is Well… Too Well

As I sit on the couch, putting my thoughts into a blog, my 7-year-old is watching Magic School Bus across the room. In their respective rooms, my other kids are programming, writing stories, and doing math. Today, everyone seems happy to do their work. Yesterday, however, the youngest was literally yelling about wanting “just ONEContinue reading “All is Well… Too Well”

Everything Keeps Changing

Exploring why I’m not currently making my kids do their school work, and I don’t plan to. I’m not making my kids do their school work. My best friend is following her kids’ school’s quarantine education plans. I think everyone I personally know who has kids is checking all the boxes their respective schools layContinue reading “Everything Keeps Changing”

Homeschooling Again

It’s hard to be an adult right now; it might be even harder to be a kid. Being an adult trying to raise kids is a tricky game I’m not even sure I know how to play, but I’m trying. We are living in strange times. I wasn’t expecting to be writing about something likeContinue reading “Homeschooling Again”