>>96749
>3 children that I homeschool
i don't think you can even have any hobbies or interests with that

>3 children that I homeschool.
Honestly if you're in a position where you're homeschooling multiple kids you've failed. That sounds like misery. That sounds like either you fucked up on choosing a good area with good schools to have children in, or you're in some kind of fundie cult that doesn't trust mainstream schooling.

I get it if you have maybe ONE kid with developmental issues who isn't ready for public school, but if you're homeschooling all three something went wrong somewhere.

Send the gremlins to a real school! If they're going to be taught by a depressed basket case it can at least be an actual teacher. It'll do them good to look at a slightly different miserable woman for part of the day. Variety is the spice of life.

>>96755
>>96751

At this point they're so far ahead of public school kids it wouldn't make sense. My husband and I weren't impressed with public school and outcomes from homeschool were so much better, not any kind of cult or political extremist. We just do school in the morning, with some self guided learning activities in the afternoon (eg reading, playing tablet, watching documentaries, maybe the occasional experiment or craft, etc). Not sure why you guys are convinced it's hard. Compare 3 kids to a public school teacher trying to wrangle 40 at a time.

>>96759
how old are you?

>>96760
I just turned 30 a few months ago

>>96759
The teacher goes home to a separate personal life. Do you get to end your schooling day and go somewhere without those kids?

You haven't convinced me you're not in a cult, btw. If your husband makes so much money why not a private school? Why not pay for a tutor to come in a few times a week and help you out with certain subjects? Do your kids even have friends outside the family?

If I were you and had all that money I would unironically develop alcoholism and a coke habit for fun

>>96765
Lol fair. The only private schools near us are Catholic or Jewish, and we're neither. We've looked at coops but they're all the stereotypical homeschool extremists we want to avoid. We're talking about starting one for normal people. Tutor is tricky, it's technically illegal in our state as home education is required to be done by the parent, otherwise it's legally a private school which requires accreditation.

Friends are tricky now with covid. They had friends from activities (gymnastics, ballet, etc) but they stopped hanging out when all of that was cancelled. They still play with the kids across the street about once a week.

And my husband takes over when he gets home. I go up to our room and close the door. I have a good cry while I scroll through TikTok for a couple of hours. He handles dinner, cleanup, bath time, and bed time so I can get a break.

>>96772
I developed a shopping addiction instead, but because of my contamination OCD I don't open the boxes and they just sit in our garage/mudroom until my husband takes it to goodwill… There's usually around 100 unopened boxes…

>>96774
Were you depressed before covid? Would you say that having the kids in the house 24/7 to avoid a literal deadly disease might be putting extra pressure on your anxiety and OCD?

>>96774
I’d honestly be interested in how your kids turn out. Every homeschool kid I’ve known has turned out incredibly socially mail adjusted but while I’m pretty suspicious of your info graphic I’m at least willing to believe that a big part of the issue is the religious extremism on top of being homeschooled since those types of parents tend to actively stunt their kids

>>96774
>>96772
tinfoil: her husband has a coke (or any other stimulant but coke is the most likely one ig) addiction, otherwise i don't think a man could handle both hard work (i suppose it's a hard job or at least was a hard job in the past) AND household chores with 3 fucking children

>>96778
wtf does your husband do for work that he's raking in 250k a year?

>>96780
Considering the depression and anxiety she’s probably fucking up her kids anyways

>>96783
He's a senior engineer at a large tech company.

>>96780
This is what I'm thinking. I've known homeschooled kids who weren't religious, but those are almost always kids with autism who got coddled by overprotective parents instead of mainstreamed. Never met a homeschooled kid who can survive in the real world.

>>96786
why 3 kids though? you guys could've had such an easy, comfortable, free life. you're so young and you're saddled with 3 kids. no offense and i can't speak for you but that shit would drive me nuts even if i was totally sane before.

>>96785
eh, i think a lot of parents have depression and anxiety.

>>96781
i think they should probably get a housekeeper/nanny before they both lose it. it's a lot of stress to go to work, come home, do dinner, clean up, clean the kids, and put them to bed. this does not sound sustainable.

>>96788
I've always wanted to be a mom with a big family. We wanted more kids, but I'm obviously not in a place for that now.

Mental illness was manageable until covid. Now I'm just a mess.

Ask your kids what they think your hobby should be. If you all agree on something interesting to try it could be fun, and you can compulsively shop for the supplies/equipment for that hobby for a while. Dump it once you're bored, the kids can keep the supplies if they still want to use them.

Moved to >>>/feels/61179.