Home School: Books, Children, Kitchen, and Husbands
Published with Permission
Written by Ronald E Johnson, C.Ph.D.
www.pacworks.com
Someone once observed with tongue in cheek, that the best candidate for managing a Fortune 500 corporation would be a home school mother who successfully educated half a dozen children while keeping her marriage intact. Anyone who knows anything about education, marriage and home management smiles in agreement. The fact is that home education is no easy accomplishment. It requires a genius level mental capacity, industrial level production, Wall Street management skills, and athleticism at the Pro-bowl level! And oh yes, the effective home school mom demonstrates a good sense of humor, tough hide, romantic touch, culinary skills, and academic competency at the Ph. D. level.
Nothing short of praise and admiration are due to moms who home educate their children. The women who decide to train their children at kitchen tables and living room desks deserve credit far beyond the accolades splashed on traditional school teachers. Not only do home school moms keep house (laundry, dishes, meals, diapers, mopping, and dusting), they are acutely aware of sensitive relationships with their husbands. It is one thing to keep children focused diligently on arithmetic, grammar, penmanship, and science projects; it is quite another thing to maintain a positive and endearing relationship with husband after a grueling day with diapers, arithmetic, biology, grilled-cheese sandwiches, and research assignments. (more…)
