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Denise, After speaking with you, I wanted to tell you why I decided to homeschool Stephen.   You asked me if I ever regret my choice, and I have to be honest, there are days he tires me out and I want to enroll him back into public school.   But then I take a break and realize how far he has come in our homeschool journey.   He is already so much healthier in both his self-esteem and his determination to learn.   My decision began with him complaining about bullying at school, and that worried me.   It worried me even more when I realized that not only was the school not dealing with it, but Stephen was actually learning from these experiences.   He was learning how to bully others.   I was so embarrassed when I witnessed how he was losing friends because he was using inappropriate social behavior to get his way.   That is not the child I spent so much time and love raising!   It had to stop.   So I began looking into what I c...

With the use of Gallery Furniture's over-sized chair, Stephen comically acted out the five stages of grief.  Although he was pretending he had just discovered he had been shrunk to 1/4 his size, I thought it also illustrated the stages we parents go through to get a male child out the door for a day of "boring" shopping.   So, we got into the car and... Aside from buying furniture -  and yes, monkeys, I did mention monkeys - it was an educational trip, as well. I loved the huge tree slice they had, with the many rings listing historical events that occurred during the growth of those rings. And since Stephen has been home schooling this past year, it was nice to be able to pack a little physical education into the day with Gallery Furniture's nine-mattresses-large jumping pad. Now, back to the monkeys.   Every so often, they have a trainer bring out a monkey to play with the customers.   The day we went, they brought out Thor. ...