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Homeschooling Extrovert Social Butterfly Part Two
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Homeschooling the Extrovert, Part Two

Homeschooling the Extrovert, Part Two It may seem like an extra bit of a challenge to homeschool your social butterfly, but as we considered yesterday, it’s not too big of a challenge. You can do it!  Yes, your social butterfly will like to have many friends, and many things to go do with those friends. But as we discussed yesterday, it’s not essential that kids are with their friends all …

Homeschooling Extrovert Social Butterfly
School at Home

Homeschooling the Extrovert (Social Butterfly) – Part One

We’ve all heard the argument against homeschooling, “but what about socialization?”  Typically this argument really asks is, “but what about your kids turning into socially inept weirdos if they aren’t around normal kids all day?” (Go ahead, try to deny that, but that’s what that question REALLY means..) But what about the SOCIAL BUTTERFLY?  That’s a socialization horse of a different color.  Homeschooling the Extrovert (Social Butterfly) I recently had a good …

Parenting

My New, Pretty, Grown Up Mom Bible

When my 10 year old son was just an itty bitty baby, I decided I was tired of feeling like a pack animal. Between the baby carrier and the big diaper bag, the two year old and the five year old, I didn’t want to heft around my purse, too. I decided to carry everything in the diaper bag, and so I switched to a bigger wallet, and a smaller …