That moment when you have a facebook comment that's just to good not to save. Thanks to our young people. I love you all very much and you have my utmost respect. I normally agree with Mike Rowe, but this, not so much. Granted it's out of context, so I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it wasn't so bad. I despise blanket statements, I don't care if they spoken by the president, the pope or who says them. Stereo types, zero tolerance, etc. are completely unjust. I hope you, dear reader, agree with me that our youth are under appreciated and easily written off just because of their age. These are our future, let's stop teaching them with our judgements that they are unworthy and unloved. Please.

Yes and no. I disagree with it on a whole, as it's a stereo type. Also it furthers generational boundaries. This has always been said of the up and coming generations. "This generation this or that" I think that there have always been hard workers and always been lazy people and I don't think that is going to change. I would say that this quote was me as a teenager, but it wasn't for lack of opportunity. I was just that age and didn't care. Now that I'm an adult, I am raising my family, I have a home day care and am finishing up my Associates come July. Saying teenagers are lazy does not mean that they will become lazy unproductive members of society. Sometimes kids are just lazy, not all of them. I know many wonderful honor roll students who are very passionate about life. Maybe this generation appears different, because they dress different, talk different, listen to different music, but they sure don't seem to care any less or be different about the things that matter. I think we as adults need to change, not the kids. The kids are alright, let's fix ourselves and our judgements and work together and stop letting agism be a major cultural divide in our society.

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The inevitability of being a female comes with some extent, mood swings. I suppose it's possible to avoid them; albeit, I'm not sure how. It seems the only possible thing is to take deep breaths and attempt to process the situation. It really feels like going crazy. Except I know I'm not crazy and I know next week everything will be fine. I hope. That used to be the case, with this new prescription I can't tell if things are going to be better or worse. Right now I am leaning towards worse. That is a mix of my personal skeptic doubt of all things pharmaceutical and; of course, mood swings. I post this here, even though it isn't my typical homeschooling post. To me, it fits into the realm of everything, seeing as it something we all have to deal with. I am not a health guru, but I would love advice. If you know something natural that works for you, please give it a shout out in the comments section.

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So is Hollywood corrupting us in making it seem glamorous to be a mom? I'm not sure. In a lot of ways I think it SHOULD be considered glamorous to be a mom. I mean think about what good we could do saying it is a good and important thing to be. Does it matter a mom's age? I don't think it does. I think we all need to say to each other "you can do this thing!" And really mean it. Think about the potential impact that would have. If moms were no longer treated as dirty disgusting, raggedy, worn out creatures and instead treated like the princesses we truly are. Think about the positive impact that saying one uplifting thing could have to a mom in your life. After all us moms have the most important job of all. Call me crazy but I believe in this REVOLUTIONARY idea that moms are RESPONSIBLE for raising the next generation of leaders who will have the power to change the world for better or for worse. Think about the power that society has right now to make our future a better place. 

Is it ok to be a Christian homeschooler that doesn't want to be stereotyped as a Christian homeschooler?

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We watch a show called The Middle that I really didn't want to like. But after having it on I guess it grew on me. I am just shocked and appalled that at this day and age with such a huge influx in homeschooling across all cultures and faiths in this country that a show would have the audacity to take a biblical pot shot towards homeschoolers.

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According to Time4Learning,"The government says that 1.77 million students were homeschooled in 2012, 

which is an 18% increase since the last study in 2007. In fact, the number of homeschooled children has been steadily increasing each year, and is expected to continue to rise." 

Just some of the reasons for homeschooling include political freedoms, religious freedoms, wanting to spend time with family, scheduling, illness, disabilities, etc. I am not even going to start on the homeschooling vs. Public Schooling success scores, because this isn't about judging others. I just think it's about time homeschoolers got some good PR. I mean surely we volunteer enough participate in the same church/community events as the public school children do. Maybe I'm missing something, but I will just have to let life speak for itself.

  

I am a Christian and a homeschooler and while I guess that makes me a Christian homeschooler, I did not/do not homeschool for religious reasons.

What are some of the reasons that you homeschool and do you feel homeschooling as a good reputation in your community?