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Who is homeschooling?

I've haven't met many atheist homeschoolers in the blogosphere, even though I know many secular families that school at home. Who else is out there?

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Permalink Reply by o on November 1, 2008 at 5:58pm

I just joined and recognize a few other members from blogs I follow! :)

Permalink Reply by HeathenMom on July 30, 2009 at 6:58pm

Hi all, a Colorado homeschooler here!
Unfortunately, the hs atmosphere here is primarily religious, but we have found a couple of secular (not specifically atheist though) meet-up groups.

I'm a second generation hs-er. My son was having problems with ps failing him, not to mention that he was being bullied (gotta love those "no tolerance" for violence schools - not). Since we started my son is doing better in all subjects (thriving on science) and a much happier person. I always offer him the option to return to school, but so far he has no desire for that.

Permalink Reply by Silvia on September 12, 2009 at 8:44am

Hi Ann!

Permalink Reply by Tracy B on October 8, 2009 at 12:45pm

I'm homeschooling in Amarillo TX. The local support group is EXTREMELY religious. We'd been homeschooling in Ohio for years before moving back to Texas, and I was very active with the groups there, but when I got the packet to join the one here, they had items in their calendar like "Teaching your daughters submission" and "Science in the Bible". Needless to say, that didn't happen. I've been a homeschooling loner for four years now. I don't think I could do it without the internet.

Permalink Reply by mrs kelligurl on October 27, 2009 at 2:08am

We have just decided to homeschool our 11 yr old daughter. I had to do my research and weigh the pros vs. cons; lol..we skipped praying about it, however, we needed to be sure we are making the best decision for our daughter. I'm hoping to meet more atheists parents that choose to homeschool.

Permalink Reply by Rudy V Kiist on December 7, 2009 at 6:12pm

We do! Although we're at the tail end. Our eldest just graduated last year, but has decided to upgrade to "advanced" math and work a little on the side. And our second boy is going to graduate this year.

Funny story, we didn't start off as "Atheist" homeschoolers (don't care what my spellcheck says, is to a word). With all the BS religious homeschooling out there, my eldest son became an atheist before me (^_^). He's a thinker.

Permalink Reply by Rayven on December 10, 2009 at 4:56am

I homeschool our two boys (5 and 2). I studied education for about 4 years and just couldn't stand the thought of my children in a public school. Our five year old is gifted (handling work most 1st graders can't do, even though the public school system refused to even speak with us until next year). Their loss thankfully! I started a secular group in our area (we are military living overseas), but it became over run with lazy theists who just joined because the Christian homeschool group charged dues and required participation. I recently ended the group since the stress of it wasn't worth what little the boys and I could get out of it. Now I'm trying to find like minded folks so I know we aren't completely alone.

Permalink Reply by Stef on January 21, 2010 at 11:04am

When we decided to have kids, we also decided how they would be taught and that was by homeschooling. As usual, things don't always work out like we plan and after Jacob's accident it became blatantly clear that the public school could give him more than I could. The funding and skills of the public school system for disabled kids is lacking in many areas but it still far surpasses anything we could do, so off he went.

Then we decided to buy a house and have another kid. It took a year to find the right house in the right school district but we finally did three years ago. We put her in Pre-K and it was great, well good enough I thought. Then she started Kindergarten this year. She is doing well according to their standards but not to mine. But really what I getting at with this is something else.

A few months ago we got word that her school is being re-districted and she will be going to a school on the other side of town that is CRAP. So, we've talked to her teacher and decided that she can finish out the year at her school and we will spend the rest of the year getting ready for the transition to homeschool. YIKES! I'm terrified to say the least but I'm really glad to see fellow atheist homeschoolers out there!

Permalink Reply by Sarah on January 21, 2010 at 11:48am

Stephanie, you can do it! If you don't know already, you can call or email me anytime and I'll help you in any way that I can. I bet Kate and Lisa would say the same. There's a lot of great support in our area, and a really welcoming online group for secular homeschoolers in Atlanta. Check out the CHE-NGA Yahoo group. We're all on there!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CreativeHomeEducators-NorthGeorgia/

Hey, want to get together some weekend so the girls can play and we can talk?

Permalink Reply by Stef on January 21, 2010 at 11:55am

Thank you Sarah!

I would love to get together, Aly would really enjoy that and I would love some adult girl speak!

Permalink Reply by Sarah on January 21, 2010 at 4:13pm

Cool! What do your weekends look like? Brian actually works weekends and is off Tues-Thurs so we can really meet up anytime that works for you :)

Permalink Reply by Stef on January 21, 2010 at 4:56pm

Yeah!!! I'll take this to PM with the details.