Yes! I have 8 kids. Yes! I homeschool. But that doesn't mean that all homeschool families are alike. They differ just like every other family. We LOVE technology! We love kindles, computers, video games, TV, cell phones etc. It's good to be unique! I would encourage your family to be only what God has designed for your family.
I find it interesting that almost every time we are out with all eight we get these questions."Do you want to be like the Duggars?" "Do you wear skirts?" "Are they all by the same man?" "Do you use only one letter for all the kids?"
I want to answer these questions. Yes they are all by the same man!!! The next question I usually get is, "Do you want to be like the Duggars?" I respond with; No I do not! I want to be what God created our family to be. On Tv their life looks wonderful and it may be; and I think they are a great family. But no one should strive to be like someone else. The only thing that makes us alike is that we are brothers and sisters in Christ.
"Do you wear skirts?" The answer to that is; not all the time. I love skirts! They come in an array of colors and shapes but I also love my yoga pants too. I mean, they are so comfortable! Anyway, I think skirts are great but why does that define a homeschool family? Is it Modesty? Because I believe you can be modest in jeans or what ever you want to wear. I know there is a lot of controversy over leggings. I do wear these but always have something covering my rear end.
1 Peter 3:2-5 says Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.
One time we were at Costco and we had the whole family. It was warm out so the girls and I wore skirts. A lady came up to us and said "Oh you all look lovely. You don't see families dressing like this. I bet you homeschool too!" While it was a nice comment it seems like, Hey! You're wearing a skirt you must be this, this and this....I want to wear what my husband likes me to wear. It is his headship that I am under. And he likes to go shopping with me. :)
Finally, no I don't use just one letter of the alphabet. I am not bias. I like all the letters of the alphabet. At one point my husband said, "We are not going to use the same letter twice!" I thought it was funny but we kind of stuck with doing that!
If you are a homeschool family I'd love to hear in the comments some off the wall questions you've been asked.
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