There’s a journalist on twitter this afternoon rehashing old ground and proposing that home ed families should submit to monthly visits to ensure that their children are safe and not being abused.
Leaving aside the issue of how a quick visit once a month could possibly work, or where the money would be found to pay for all these officials and their time, I’d like to address this point:
It is childish to prioritise your own desire to not spend an hour a month, over the need to ensure kids aren’t being abused
My desire not to spend an hour a month.
I’m sorry, but I’m rofling here. This has nothing to do with me trying to avoid spending an hour a month doing something for my children. I’m a home educating mother. I don’t work outside the home. When the kids aren’t with me (as they are most of the time) they are mainly with their dad. How many hours a month do I spend on my children? Nearly all of them.
Oh, I admit, this morning I went out without them for nearly 2 hours. I went all the way into town and ran 3km for charity. Then I raced home to the kids. I do run most days now – that’s up to 30 minutes a day that I’m not with them, and Big does things like swimming club and guides when I’m not right there either. But overall, I spend my time on and with my children.
And do you know what? Most of the time I like it. We like it. Yes, sometimes we don’t get along. It can be a little claustrophobic, we live, we work, we learn, we play all together. But we do lots of stuff out and about – we are a pretty familiar sight out in the community, especially as we stand out rather with me being babywearing mama as well. (You’d be amazed how many ppl stop me to ask about it, especially as smallest is so happy, smiley and talkative from her perch behind my shoulder.) In the spring we’ll be out even more as we’ll be spending lots of time up at our new allotment.
So, of all the things you could accuse me of, accusing me of not being prepared to take the time for my kids might just be the most ridiculous. Thanks for the giggle.
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