I struggled with homeschooling for months before I fully committed. The struggle was not the benefits, but the stereotypes. It's hard to admit, but what has been displayed via TV and through society was embedded in my brain. I am different than the average woman, I know. I have domestic hobbies and stay at home with my children, but I am NOT weird. HA! I wasn't weird. I am now.
I haven't gotten that tattoo across my forehead yet that says, "WE HOMESCHOOL." And, I live my life completely different than the stereotypical homeschooler did in Law & Order. (Which is where I drew my accurate homeschoolers-are-crazy information from. This is a WHOLE other topic)
A fun thing I have discovered is helping others squash their stereotypical images of homeschoolers. Here is one recent example. There is a local bike shop owner named Chad. He's a great guy and we go in to his store and shoot the breeze. He is even coming to our church now, which is giving us more time to get to know him. Like most small towns, we know his brother and sister-in-law, and Dana came over the other day. During our conversation she unknowingly gave me a great compliment.
Dana said, "Chad asked me, 'Did you know that Rebecca homeschools? They seem so normal."
Woo Hoo! Normal Homeschoolers!! We're breaking down that stereotype one by one and shifting it away from Crazy Homeschoolers. It may never completely turn around, but I love hearing when people hit that same point I did of enlightenment. It's God's work on people's hearts, and He has done it to me too.
I don't know, though, do they look crazy to you too?
Wait! Where'd their tattoos go?! Darn it. I know I put them somewhere.
I haven't gotten that tattoo across my forehead yet that says, "WE HOMESCHOOL." And, I live my life completely different than the stereotypical homeschooler did in Law & Order. (Which is where I drew my accurate homeschoolers-are-crazy information from. This is a WHOLE other topic)
A fun thing I have discovered is helping others squash their stereotypical images of homeschoolers. Here is one recent example. There is a local bike shop owner named Chad. He's a great guy and we go in to his store and shoot the breeze. He is even coming to our church now, which is giving us more time to get to know him. Like most small towns, we know his brother and sister-in-law, and Dana came over the other day. During our conversation she unknowingly gave me a great compliment.
Dana said, "Chad asked me, 'Did you know that Rebecca homeschools? They seem so normal."
Woo Hoo! Normal Homeschoolers!! We're breaking down that stereotype one by one and shifting it away from Crazy Homeschoolers. It may never completely turn around, but I love hearing when people hit that same point I did of enlightenment. It's God's work on people's hearts, and He has done it to me too.
I don't know, though, do they look crazy to you too?
Wait! Where'd their tattoos go?! Darn it. I know I put them somewhere.
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