tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post440302310378428324..comments2024-01-31T09:14:00.523+00:00Comments on sustainablemum: Strengthsustainablemumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04099701194160334671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-47921034601945000312013-10-12T21:29:33.746+01:002013-10-12T21:29:33.746+01:00It must be very hard to parent the way that feels ...It must be very hard to parent the way that feels right for you through criticism from your family, I hope you can find the strength to do what feels right for your family :)sustainablemumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099701194160334671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-79760049675965547162013-10-12T21:28:00.095+01:002013-10-12T21:28:00.095+01:00What a wonderful thing to say :)What a wonderful thing to say :)sustainablemumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099701194160334671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-11351039404907815682013-10-12T21:21:07.147+01:002013-10-12T21:21:07.147+01:00That must have been so hard, I know I am lucky. I...That must have been so hard, I know I am lucky. I have friends whose parents don't approve of what they are doing. They seem to be in a constant state of turmoil over whether they are doing the right thing. It is hard enough to tread an alternative path without the ones we love trying to undermine us.sustainablemumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099701194160334671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-24772594018143004162013-10-12T20:04:03.108+01:002013-10-12T20:04:03.108+01:00You are lucky to have your mother's understand...You are lucky to have your mother's understanding, my parents were never really convinced by our home schooling our boys, it took both boys making it to university (the elder now has an MBA) before they would truly accept that home schooling can work, and now the younger has dropped out of uni and started working on a farm it is home schooling they blame for what they, not we, see as in some way a failure. Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-48635179249004156982013-10-12T09:21:09.074+01:002013-10-12T09:21:09.074+01:00Thank you, this post really resonated with me! I a...Thank you, this post really resonated with me! I am following a gently alternative parenting path, and get a lot of criticism from family members, but every so often when something is clearly working for us one of them will say "Oh, you Grandad was always telling me to do that with my babies..." Sadly he died eleven years ago and never met the little boy who is growing up in his image, but it's nice to think he might have been on my team!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419296967499719581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151798681951781536.post-42084843753924593652013-10-12T00:50:03.034+01:002013-10-12T00:50:03.034+01:00Such a lovely post! Thank you so much for sharing....Such a lovely post! Thank you so much for sharing. I wish you all the best in your homeschooling adventure! <br />Recently my mother came to visit, staying with us and observing our daily life for a few days. (She has visited before, but usually stays in a hotel) One day, she was very quiet and just looked at me for a bit. When I asked her what was wrong she said, "Absolutely nothing. I was just thinking about you, my child, being a mother to your own child. You are an amazing mother, better than I ever was...truly." It was such a surprise and it is a bit uncharacteristic of my mother, but it really meant the world to me!Lola Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215529779296867987noreply@blogger.com