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I taught armor. That was not satisfying.

— Shem Egastoslan, Marksdwarf

What is your political leaning 

@realcaseyrollins @LukeAlmighty42

I voted Libertarian right. When I did the political compass, I fell as almost exact centrist, but that is because they asked many questions, that have no value for me, while not asking about the important problems at all.

@sim Yep! Those are wonderful ideas! Also going for walks can be fun too, esp. when they're younger. Having a playset or good backyard space and toys would be nice too, as the kids can still play outside even if you don't feel like going out, and they also have an extra place to go do stuff if you decide to have their friends over.

@realcaseyrollins Yeah, I think that it would be good to make friends with other parents and do activities together from time to time. I was also thinking about after school clubs being an ideal form for my children to socialise... so things like sports or maybe learning something like karate. It would depend on their interests but I'd want to give them a chance to explore different things there. Also going to play at the park to let off steam!

I love how my Christian college where we're not allowed to curse gave us this book to read lol

What is your political leaning 

@LukeAlmighty42 I'm in between authoritarian and libertarian so I voted centrist

Once again tried a headless pi setup, once again failed. Maybe I should just buy a starter kit

A comic. A man steps in shit, and exclaims such. He checks his foot, and we see that he has racism written on the sole of his shoe.

@sim Ah, okay. I suppose the HSLDA would not apply then, that's an American organization.

Most Christian curriculums for math (like Math U See) doesn't have any ideological overtones at all, but a lot of other subjects like History and English do, so I would look out for that.

@sim I'm not 100% sure about free resources, save Khan Academy (which is quite excellent, I'd still recommend it as a supplement to other curriculum).

The big thing I really wanted but was never able to have is a stable social group/life. Making sure kids can go out and interact with others and have real friends is very important! Homeschool Co-ops are a wonderful way for homeschooled kids of different families to interact with each other. Once a week, the families meet together (oftentimes in a church building) and some of the parents teach classes to the various children. The children can then congregate afterwards.

If your kids make friends, then it would also be a good thing to let them hang out at their friends' houses from time to time for playdates too.

@sim IDK if you are religious (if so, not all of these will be appealing) but some commonly used curriculum in the homeschool community is Abeka, Math U See, Teaching Textbooks, and Sonlight.

There's also the HSLDA, which helps people make sure they can homeschool legally.

Learning about homeschooling right now.
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