As I'm sitting at my desk waiting for a return call from the pulmonologist, I decided to surf the blogs of some fellow Sonlighters.  While on my journey I chanced across this poignant post from Mother Joy.

Moms, there is an alternative.  Be brave, and realize that you don't have to let anyone force you to send your child to school. Except your husband, of course.  But pray.  God changed my husband's heart and he is now our biggest homeschooling defender.  But believe me, homeschooling your kid with a messy house or screaming babies or an inadequate teacher is better BY FAR then sending them off because you don't think you "can do it".

 

So often we are afraid to stand up and say anything to our friends and family with difficult public school situations because we don't want them to think we're being judgemental.  There has to be a time when we stand up and speak the truth.  The excuse that drives me insane...  "There is no way I could homeschool my children.  I don't have the patience."

When a child is struggling in school, there is an alternative.  It is time for more parents to make sacrifices to put their child's educational and emotional needs first!  And it's time for homeschoolers to stop being afraid of judging and come right out and tell these folks that homeschooling IS THE ALTERNATIVE.