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It’s weeks like this I question my decision…
Since we’ve gotten back from vacation, things have been very hectic. Just catching up on work has been a huge task, and the process of unpacking, and getting the house ready for winter are adding to the load.
So, David has been on his own for most of the last week. We’ve missed play dates, and I wasn’t even able to get him to his Beavers meeting yesterday. He’s had no friends over for more than a week, and while he’s not complaining, I feel so guilty it’s driving me nuts.
I can’t figure out why a temporary glitch in the scheduling of our lives is giving me this much anxiety.
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November 14th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
There is as much self-inflicted stress for homeschool mothers as there is for working/public schooling mothers. What if we aren’t doing enough. A week of no play dates is not a big deal–it is not going to affect his social-ability anymore than homeschooling does. If he is interacting with you then he is being social. Be at peace, don’t let this get to you. Take things one day at a time–we have had months of things going sideways due to health problems (my eldest was in the hospital due to illness and seizures and we spent months trying to get things back in order.) No school happened in that time, no social activities aside from day to day stuff, the kids survived, in fact grew in that time. The same is true of my pregnancies where I was stuck in bed for months, on IV’s, and unable to interact with anyone, not even my kids. They got through and barely even remembering it–it certainly didn’t mess them up. You will KNOW when he NEEDS social interaction, and don’t worry about it otherwise. You aren’t out to prove things to the world, just give your child the best education he can get, and sometimes that means going with the flow–he will learn from this time as well.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
I agree with Heather…but I know that is easier said than done. I think we mothers are better at making ourselves feel guilty than about everything else at times. Because we want what is best, I guess.