Well, there have been a few articles out about us again this week. Out of them only the Telegraph had actually visited, met and spoken with us. The rest were written by journalists who had used material previously written by other journalists, none of whom had actually spoken to us. A kind of… Read More
Last night Caitlin returned home from a club happy and smiley-faced. Her friends (yes, she had been out of the house and mixing with other children!) had given her a card for giving such great interviews on the programme 15 Kids and Counting. It made her happy – see her face?! There has… Read More
Why we decided to homeschool: Part Three Over Christmas Mike and I started talking more and more about homeschooling. I was a little nervous about it. After all, I was expecting our eighth child and well, would we be able to do it with so many children? What about GCSE’s and exams? Where would I… Read More
If you haven’t done so already you can read the first part on our homeschooling decision here. It was originally a three parter, but I felt that each post was too long so have edited it into four parts. Part three of this series will be posted tomorrow. Why we decided to homeschool: Part Two… Read More
I’ve been asked about why we decided to remove our children from the education system in favour of homeschooling them. My emailed reply became rather long-winded and as I’d been intending to blog about our decision I’ve tweaked it and decided to post it here. However, it’s long and so in an effort… Read More