A Beautiful Mess written by Jessica Prukner As a veteran, 7+ year homeschooling mom, I constantly get asked, “Why did you choose to homeschool?” In the current day, many homeschooling families don’t feel like they really had a choice but were forced into their situation thanks to the pandemic and virtual schooling. But that wasn’t our story. When our oldest was in kindergarten at a private Christian school we started our family travels, which gave us a grand tally of five weeks of absences. I kindly asked the school to provide me with my daughter’s work and let them know she would not fall behind. Instead of working with me, they notified me that anything over two weeks missed would receive no credit. I didn’t really mind this policy her kindergarten year, but I knew we weren’t going to stop traveling, and she wasn’t going to fail every grade.
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