❤️I homeschooled my kids from 2001-2018. So many people would tell me how I should not do it, should not be able to do it, "how does that work anyway?", "how can YOU teach them if you are not a teacher?" blah blah blah. Even after they just complimented me on how well behaved they were and what good manners they had. People have not understood. We lived on one income and were poor by most people's standards because of that. I would not trade for any cubicle accounting job. The kids are only young ONCE. They are only children ONCE. It is a lifestyle choice. You live within your means. My kids did not have the latest anything. They had recycled clothes. They were happy kids. They tell me their best memories with me are reading together, doing English together, playing at the park, hot chocolate while driving around looking at Christmas lights. Their best memories did not cost anything. I treasure those times as the best of my life. Now we are very close. You cannot BUY that.