Just a point of clarification!

A week or so ago I wrote about some things I have learned over the years about homeschooling. One of my points was this:

My Domestic Church: 10 Things I Have Learned about Homeschooling: “8. Now by order I don’t mean ‘we’re putting the house on the market and need to get top dollar’ clean, or ‘featured on the tour of homes’ clean. When you homeschool, kids are in the house 24/7. The place is going to look lived in! Order is relative. These years go by super fast. I can be super housekeeper when mine are gone, which realistically for me will be over the next ten years, (cept for Rosie!) I want to be enjoying movies, books, philosophy, parties, sporting events etc. with then NOW instead of fretting about the shine on my wood floors.”

I DID NOT mean to infer that moms who are getting a house ready to sell were somehow neglecting their children!! I’m sorry if some of you took it that way. I have known many families that have had to move their households (in fact most of my homeschool group friends have moved out of the city and into the suburbs!) And although the activity of moving was very intense, I would never accuse them of neglecting their kids!

What I meant was that the standard of cleanliness and organization needed to present a home to complete strangers in the hopes that they will put in a great offer is NOT necessary and not practical in a homeschool where kids and teens are present all or most of the time! I was using those phrases as adjectives to describe, and not judgments to be made. I hope that clarifies.

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