Homeschoolers Are Quirky!

I mean that in the best possible way.

Wink!

I used to wonder if it was just our 

family but as time rolls on 

I notice it 

in the lives of and 

on the blogs of other 

home educators.

Their kids are just a tad

different too.

They are different in that they are not 

afraid to be so.

They wear funny hats,

they dress up and make movies

on a whim.

They might spend hours researching

an interest that no one has assigned

to them....just because.

I've noticed that homeschoolers 

often don't put themselves in an 

age range box.

If they are playing with younger kids

they aren't afraid to act silly....

all the while being perfectly comfortable 

speaking with their elders at church.

What's up with that???

LOL

I've noticed that home educated 

children tend to grow up 

to be unusually 

close to their siblings.

They are the best of friends 

in many cases.

Interestingly,

Many of our home educated friends

head into service and missions

not because their parents make them go....

but because they have heard through

their schooling years about missions

 

and have learned compassion

in a way that is as natural as breathing.

But, yes, there is no doubt at all that 

homeschoolers are a bit quirky.

And that is good.

They will not be pushed around

or led down a distressing path....

unless that is where they choose to go.

They are definitely 

a group who thinks for themselves.

A group who doesn't follow the crowd.

Must be the influence of parents

who aren't followers.

Parents who do the unusual

and do with less so that their

young people have this opportunity.

Parents who develop thicker

skin to deal with the stares,

the snide comments 

and the 

skeptical questions.

Parents who decide that some things

are more important than academics and

yet tend to turn out highly sought after

students for colleges all around the Country.

Yep!

Could be because the parents 

are quirky.

Just sayin'!