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October 22, 2005, 12:13 am PDT
Stay At Home Moms
Quote From: leona0813I shouldn't be frustrated, I know that everyone has their own opinion, and no one is wrong. But hear me out. I truly believe that children develop properly around other children. Parents can only do so much. When these sheltered kids are finally allowed to socialize, they don't know haw to act around other children. Case-in-point, I tried my first stay-at-home experience with my second child, at nearly two he wsn't speaking more than jargon. I had Early Intervention envolved for speech therapy until his third birthday, guess what, wouldn't talk. A month later I went back to work, within six months you wouldn't have ever known he didn't talk. He needed to be around the other children.
That's not my only issue. Isn't there a law that says church and state should be separated? I believe that school is the state. If you want to teach religion to your child, do it on your own time. No, you probably guessed it, I don't go to church, but this is completely not the point. This is though-you can not avoid science. How are you going to explain to your child where dinosaurs came from, or how about cave men? How are you going to tell them about evolution, when they think God made Adam and Eve? If God made Adam and Eve, when did they coexist with dinosaurs and the neandrothols? This is only the tip of the ice berg for me. I don't want to get any one upset, but the reality is, how are you going to deal with these facts when the kids grow up?
If you have a logical answer, I'm all ears. My mother tried to get into the Jehovah's Witnesses. I knew a girl who didn't even know her own birthday. Then she had to leave the room when we did the pledge of allegiance. Okay, so your religion has beliefs, but I think it's a way to get your children to become total outcasts. I suppose that's why you choose to do homeschooling, makes sense, but I bet they will one day be really upset that they missed all those birthday parties, and slumber parties, and just that good old best friend.
I love my children and I love to stay home with them, I am out of work again. But do I totally value the time my oldest goes to Head Start for half a day. She is so proud to show me what she did during the day. My middle child has the homebased Head Start program, and my youngest goes to a play group. I get to enjoy staying home, as well as let them be their own little people, I wouldn't do it any other way. Not to mention, you can't tell me you wouldn't like a little you time now and then.
Like I said, I don't want any fights, I just enjoy a good debate every once and a while. children do not have to attend a public school system to socialize, come meet my kids and many other kids of stay at home parents. Both my girls are social little girls and has lots of friends, My four year old can point out houses on our street that her friends live. We have the neighbor kids coming to our house and guess what, she has a best friend, two as a matter of fact, a boy and a girl. I also babysat at one point, and my now tw ina half year old refused to walk, come to find out it was too hectic for her, the week that I quit babysitting, she was walking. My oldest is now in preschool for 2 in a half hours three days aweek and she is ahead of her class and enjoys her time there, she hasn't had a time out or anything, she is VERY socialized and it isn't because she was raised in daycare, it is becasue of her living atmosphere and the involvement of two loving and caring parents who are active and doesn't keep their kids in front of the tv all day long nor are they cooped in all the time, as a matter of fact, both my girls have already had sleep overs, without mom and dad there and they do just fine thank you very much. Darn right, my children is gonna, already learning about God and that He himself is the true creator of this universe, and no way on this green earth will they be educated in the public school system, My children are learning that it is ok to pray and read the Bible and to believe in creation, and becasue of our beliefs we will be homeschooling or sending them to a Christian school where they will get the biblical values and morals that they need to grow into good, productive caring adults. Christianity is about a relationship with the Lord jesus and until you experience that you will not understand it and as far as Jehovah Witnesses go, their beliefs are not my beliefs, there are different denominations and you gotta be careful not to get trapped into the false religions which there are many, but the Word of God is for real and as a parent, I will teach my children the Word of God. Just becasue we teach our children about christianity doesn't meant hey will be out casts, good grief I took my bible to school with me and read in study hall, and I was far from being an out cast, kids who seem to be outcast are those who don't fit in with their peers, they get bullied, maybe becasue they are poor, not the right clothes, don't get good grades, whatever, . My childreen color and do all kinds of things and I have ALL their art work and papers, even ALL the ones that they have done right here at home, There are many ways to socialize your kids, believe it or not, kids who are not in daycare are just as well off as those in daycares, some even better. Wanna know about my four year old, she has been coloring since the age of 11 months, drawing pictures with details since the age of 2 and writing her name since the age of two, does bais math now and sounding out words on her own, knows ALL the letter sounds, and can quote scriptures, shall I go on, and it isn't becasue of daycare. Any way, chioldren learn from their living environment and they don't have to attend a group setting, and my children are involved in activiites and doing very well.
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