Homeschooling Works!
Aug 23rd, 2010 | By Jessica Parnell | Category: General Homeschool PostsOkay, you’ve probably read several of my homeschool success stories articles. Perhaps you read the one about the homeschool graduate who received a scholarship to Georgetown; perhaps the one about Brad, the economist in New Brunswick; or the one about Nathaniel and Hannah and their honors scholarships; then there was the Fox News article about the growing recognition of homeschoolers.

As a homeschool evaluator, I have on occasion encountered families who have been through the ringer in a given year. I have met two families who lost their homes in a fire; many who have seen the death of a loved one; several who have worked together to care for an aging or ill mother or father; one family who was forced to live in their car for several months and homeschool in the local library, and two families where the homeschool Mom died during the school year.
I don’t know about your kids, but mine just seem to go wild in December. Their energy level just never drops, they are filled with what we in Pennsylvania Dutch country call “Schnick Schnutz”. No idea what it means nor if it is spelled correctly but it is used to communicate “mischief,” or “silliness.”
You know, there are
Did you know that nearly one million members of our military are parents?

