by Michelle Howe
I had just gotten out of bed and, admittedly, wasn't quite fully awake when my husband informed me that our eighteen-year-old daughter's car had been vandalized during the night. I stood there in the chilly kitchen taking in the specific details of the minor crime. The worst damage was the insulting graffiti written on her windows. A myriad of conflicting thoughts and emotions ran like a freight train through my brain—some of which, I am ashamed to confess, were of the reprisal sort.
As a mother of three young-adult daughters and a teenage son, I take my parenting role to heart. The better portion of the last twenty plus years has been spent investing in the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of my offspring. So standing in my kitchen on that blustery winter morning, I was, in part, upset with the situation and, in part, frustrated with my own reaction. The temptation to disengage was overwhelming.
In talking with other mid-life moms whose own sons and daughters are at that "jumping off" stage, I have found a common thread. It's called premature disengagement.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Families in Disarray by Shirley M.R. Minster
HEFT Editor's Comment: Read Shirley Minster's Guest Editorial/Commentary on the pitfalls faced by today's modern family. Even homeschooling families are not immune in these busy and often confusing times.
Arrogance seems to be rampant. Thinking of oneself more highly than one ought is causing consternation towards our governmental agents who have forgotten what it means to serve. Companies are pushing their agendas, forgetting the maxim that the customer is always right. In fact, they have turned it into an old chestnut. And families have joined the throng in showing arrogance toward one another. This has got to stop or we will destroy all that we hold dear.
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Arrogance seems to be rampant. Thinking of oneself more highly than one ought is causing consternation towards our governmental agents who have forgotten what it means to serve. Companies are pushing their agendas, forgetting the maxim that the customer is always right. In fact, they have turned it into an old chestnut. And families have joined the throng in showing arrogance toward one another. This has got to stop or we will destroy all that we hold dear.
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Local (Owosso Michigan) couple chooses to educate their seven children at home
Local couple chooses to educate their seven children at home
By GARY GOULD Argus-Press Staff Writer (Owosso, Michigan)
Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:41 AM EST
Argus-Press Photo/Anthony Cepak Grace Stuart, 7, plays with her brother Richard, 1, as their mother Marianne does a reading assignment with Guy, 8.
It's 8 a.m. at the Stuart household in Owosso and six of the seven children in the family are lining up in the living room to greet their father.
Almost like troops getting in formation to morning reveille, the Stuart children greet their father, Guy Stuart III, with a warm good morning. He responds with a series of questions about the status of their chores, if they've brushed their teeth or if they're ready for the day ahead.
One of the children giggles and is given three pushups to do by her father, causing a sister to also smirk, bringing about a round of pushups for her as well.
And while their father tries to come off as being strict, the kids realize it's all in fun as they start another morning of school. But they won't be climbing into the family van, catching a bus or walking to school anywhere - they'll be staying home where their mother, Marianne, will be instructing them.
For four years now the Stuart's have homeschooled their children, a decision the couple made after the closure of Owosso's St. Joseph Catholic School, where three of their children attended school before it was closed in 2002.
HEFT Editor's Comments: Michigan is the state where we lived, homeschooled and worked hard with hundreds of other families and organizations to ensure the rights of families to homeschool their own children. Michigan still remains one of the least-fettered states in which to homeschool thanks to Dr. Pat Montgomery, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore and others.
By GARY GOULD Argus-Press Staff Writer (Owosso, Michigan)
Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:41 AM EST
Argus-Press Photo/Anthony Cepak Grace Stuart, 7, plays with her brother Richard, 1, as their mother Marianne does a reading assignment with Guy, 8.
It's 8 a.m. at the Stuart household in Owosso and six of the seven children in the family are lining up in the living room to greet their father.
Almost like troops getting in formation to morning reveille, the Stuart children greet their father, Guy Stuart III, with a warm good morning. He responds with a series of questions about the status of their chores, if they've brushed their teeth or if they're ready for the day ahead.
One of the children giggles and is given three pushups to do by her father, causing a sister to also smirk, bringing about a round of pushups for her as well.
And while their father tries to come off as being strict, the kids realize it's all in fun as they start another morning of school. But they won't be climbing into the family van, catching a bus or walking to school anywhere - they'll be staying home where their mother, Marianne, will be instructing them.
For four years now the Stuart's have homeschooled their children, a decision the couple made after the closure of Owosso's St. Joseph Catholic School, where three of their children attended school before it was closed in 2002.
HEFT Editor's Comments: Michigan is the state where we lived, homeschooled and worked hard with hundreds of other families and organizations to ensure the rights of families to homeschool their own children. Michigan still remains one of the least-fettered states in which to homeschool thanks to Dr. Pat Montgomery, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore and others.
Authorities Ask German Homeschooling Family to Give Up Custody of 5 Children
Daughter Melissa in 3rd foster home, having new psychiatric testing after stating first report inaccurate and she was misquoted
By Gudrun Schultz
Germany, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The parents of a 15-year-old school girl taken from her home by authorities in a battle over home schooling have been asked to give up custody of their other five children, as part of a resolution to the situation offered by German officials.
The latest development in the ongoing battle between the Busekros family and the German authorities was reported by the Home Schooling Legal Defense Fund, a U.S.-based organization that has been tracking an accelerating crackdown against home schooling families in Germany.
HEFT Editor's comment:
This is reminiscent of the early days of homeschooling in the U.S.A. When our family began homeschooling, children
were being taken from families regularly - usually it was short-lived - but still frightening. It caused a wave of protest
from the community and enabled homeschoolers to join together to form the organizations they now have in the U.S.
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By Gudrun Schultz
Germany, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The parents of a 15-year-old school girl taken from her home by authorities in a battle over home schooling have been asked to give up custody of their other five children, as part of a resolution to the situation offered by German officials.
The latest development in the ongoing battle between the Busekros family and the German authorities was reported by the Home Schooling Legal Defense Fund, a U.S.-based organization that has been tracking an accelerating crackdown against home schooling families in Germany.
HEFT Editor's comment:
This is reminiscent of the early days of homeschooling in the U.S.A. When our family began homeschooling, children
were being taken from families regularly - usually it was short-lived - but still frightening. It caused a wave of protest
from the community and enabled homeschoolers to join together to form the organizations they now have in the U.S.
Read entire article by clicking on the title.
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