I'm receiving some bad comments from my entourage these times. The type of comment that makes me shiver.
For you it must be way soooo easier since your kids are already accustomed to being at home.
It drives me NUT! No! it's not easier! It's hard because my kids don't get to see their friends anymore, just like any kid. It's just as hard for children than for us as parents. To me, it's exactly the same. Actually, our job didn't stop because of the pandemic. We were parents, and we still are. What I hear from others is so wrong, because there is so much wrong in my country's education system, in my opinion of course.
They talk like school is what everyone does and must do to be a socially acceptable person. When we decided to unschool our children, most people around us tried to convince us not to. Because everything that is unknown is scary, right? My wife likes "scary". And damn was she right. I cannot tell if years from now if everything will go ok, but one thing I know. Sending them to school would've brought a whole other level of unknown.
If you ask me anytime now, I know how my children are doing. I know they are loved. I know what they need and what they want. I know what they're good at.
