Comments for PARENT AT THE HELM http://www.parentatthehelm.com Your Family's Incredible Lifestyle Begins HERE - With Homeschooling Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07:44 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Homeschooling Moms Horoscope for 2010 by Homeschoolers Laughing At Ourselves – A2Z Homeschool | Homeschooling A to Z http://www.parentatthehelm.com/1651/homeschooling-moms-horoscope-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-51683 Homeschoolers Laughing At Ourselves – A2Z Homeschool | Homeschooling A to Z Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07:44 +0000 http://parentatthehelm.com/?p=1651#comment-51683 [...] Homeschooling Moms Horoscope If you’ve been searching in vain for your homeschool horoscope, I’m happy to let you know you’ve found it, at last. Please, just remember that if you don’t like what you read, I’m just the messenger. For 2010, but probably good well into the future! [...] [...] Homeschooling Moms Horoscope If you’ve been searching in vain for your homeschool horoscope, I’m happy to let you know you’ve found it, at last. Please, just remember that if you don’t like what you read, I’m just the messenger. For 2010, but probably good well into the future! [...]

]]> Comment on Weirdest Homeschooling Laws by Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/8032/weirdest-homeschooling-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-51647 Grandma Linda Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:25:06 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=8032#comment-51647 Thanks for the info, Laurie; I'd forgotten about these. Thanks so much for sharing, and for reading - great to have you here! Thanks for the info, Laurie; I’d forgotten about these. Thanks so much for sharing, and for reading – great to have you here!

]]> Comment on Weirdest Homeschooling Laws by Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/8032/weirdest-homeschooling-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-51646 Grandma Linda Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:24:03 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=8032#comment-51646 Thank you for sharing, Cristina...I'd forgotten about those but you're right - every year! I think I did too good a job with fire safety - my son's been a fireman for half his life at this point. Thank you for sharing, Cristina…I’d forgotten about those but you’re right – every year! I think I did too good a job with fire safety – my son’s been a fireman for half his life at this point.

]]> Comment on Weirdest Homeschooling Laws by Laurie at HomeschoolNYC http://www.parentatthehelm.com/8032/weirdest-homeschooling-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-51587 Laurie at HomeschoolNYC Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:36:01 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=8032#comment-51587 New York also requires arson prevention, from K- 12. Most parents think that this is just good parenting done at an early age (telling your kids not to play with matches and when they should dial 911, or showing them how to put out a small kitchen fire). This is never viewed as part of a core curriculum, or something that middle or high school student remain unaware of. Yet arson prevention must appear in all paperwork, along with bicycle safety and alcohol & drug abuse. New York also requires arson prevention, from K- 12. Most parents think that this is just good parenting done at an early age (telling your kids not to play with matches and when they should dial 911, or showing them how to put out a small kitchen fire). This is never viewed as part of a core curriculum, or something that middle or high school student remain unaware of. Yet arson prevention must appear in all paperwork, along with bicycle safety and alcohol & drug abuse.

]]> Comment on Weirdest Homeschooling Laws by Cristina http://www.parentatthehelm.com/8032/weirdest-homeschooling-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-51563 Cristina Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:28:02 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=8032#comment-51563 Yep. New York wants you to cover substance abuse and traffic safety. Also fire and bike safety. We always cover the safety issues through community programs. Drug and alcohol abuse discussions are covered as the issues come up on TV shows, in movies or on the news. It's not that big a deal since we would have talked about these things anyway. A lot of our learning happens through discussion. :o) Peace and Laughter! Yep. New York wants you to cover substance abuse and traffic safety. Also fire and bike safety. We always cover the safety issues through community programs. Drug and alcohol abuse discussions are covered as the issues come up on TV shows, in movies or on the news. It’s not that big a deal since we would have talked about these things anyway. A lot of our learning happens through discussion. :o )

Peace and Laughter!

]]> Comment on Weirdest Homeschooling Laws by Nan McVicker http://www.parentatthehelm.com/8032/weirdest-homeschooling-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-51556 Nan McVicker Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:57:26 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=8032#comment-51556 The "fact" about New Jersey is NOT TRUE. This comes from the HSLDA "interpretation", and is not codified anywhere. This is a requirement only in public schools - not in private or parochial schools, not in home education. It was placed on the HSLDA website to frighten parents. It no longer appears there. Please correct this. The “fact” about New Jersey is NOT TRUE. This comes from the HSLDA “interpretation”, and is not codified anywhere. This is a requirement only in public schools – not in private or parochial schools, not in home education.

It was placed on the HSLDA website to frighten parents. It no longer appears there. Please correct this.

]]> Comment on Decompression Time After School Attendance Described by Belinda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7954/decompression-time-after-school-attendance-described/comment-page-1/#comment-51394 Belinda Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7954#comment-51394 rather than decompression - I think you are describing a child who was lost because she suddenly found herself with no boundaries and she was searching to find where the boundaries are. All children need boundaries! They like routine. Yes school instils ridiculous routines which all homeschoolers eradicate, but they still need a routine and they need boundaries - particularly on their behaviour. I don't understand why you'd stand back and allow her to bully her brother until she realised it was wrong and moved on of her own accord. rather than decompression – I think you are describing a child who was lost because she suddenly found herself with no boundaries and she was searching to find where the boundaries are. All children need boundaries! They like routine. Yes school instils ridiculous routines which all homeschoolers eradicate, but they still need a routine and they need boundaries – particularly on their behaviour. I don’t understand why you’d stand back and allow her to bully her brother until she realised it was wrong and moved on of her own accord.

]]> Comment on I Feel Sorry for Kids In School. Every. Single. One. by Cristina http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7965/i-feel-sorry-for-kids-in-school-every-single-one/comment-page-1/#comment-51369 Cristina Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:53:25 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7965#comment-51369 I can't tell you how panicked I felt about the thought of changing the compulsory age to 18. I thought of the consequences of such a decision in my highly regulated state. Would I have to report my children until they were eighteen or until I could prove I had them in a GED program? Would they change the age that you would be allowed to obtain the GED? Perhaps we shouldn't even stop there. Since we have been told that you need at least a college degree to do anything now, perhaps we should make a bachelor's degree compulsory as well. Obviously the assumption is that anyone who drops out of school is a screw-up ne'er-do-well. What purpose would this age extension serve except to create more paperwork for an already overburdened system that is so buried in bureaucracy it can't even afford itself anymore? End of rant. Peace and Laughter! I can’t tell you how panicked I felt about the thought of changing the compulsory age to 18. I thought of the consequences of such a decision in my highly regulated state. Would I have to report my children until they were eighteen or until I could prove I had them in a GED program? Would they change the age that you would be allowed to obtain the GED?

Perhaps we shouldn’t even stop there. Since we have been told that you need at least a college degree to do anything now, perhaps we should make a bachelor’s degree compulsory as well. Obviously the assumption is that anyone who drops out of school is a screw-up ne’er-do-well.

What purpose would this age extension serve except to create more paperwork for an already overburdened system that is so buried in bureaucracy it can’t even afford itself anymore?

End of rant.
Peace and Laughter!

]]> Comment on The Best Thing about Home Is That It Isn’t a School At All by Grandma Linda http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7699/the-best-thing-about-home-is-that-it-isnt-a-school-at-all/comment-page-1/#comment-51286 Grandma Linda Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:46:20 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7699#comment-51286 :-) :-)

]]> Comment on The Best Thing about Home Is That It Isn’t a School At All by Christina@Interest-Led Learning http://www.parentatthehelm.com/7699/the-best-thing-about-home-is-that-it-isnt-a-school-at-all/comment-page-1/#comment-51144 Christina@Interest-Led Learning Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:44 +0000 http://www.parentatthehelm.com/?p=7699#comment-51144 This is a wonderful,beautiful reminder of why I love my life so much! This is a wonderful,beautiful reminder of why I love my life so much!

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