Stereotypes In Homeschool Mothers

Throughout the united states, there are many jobs that see to be so common that they are overlooked in regard to importance. One of these jobs is hardly considered a job by some. Its called being a stay at home mom. Or more specifically, being a homeschooling mom. Lately society has been wrapped up with the idea that stay at home mothers are considered “lazy” or lack the ability to pursue “real” carriers. When in reality, for the vast majority of homeschool mothers that is hardly the case. Upon interviewing a local homeschool mother that lives in Madison Mississippi, I found that these stereotypes in this case were far from true. I needed to find out what a day in the life of a homeschooling mother was like.

Pulling up to the house of Mrs.Chestnut, it was nice, a suburban home that no one could tell belonged to a mother apart from the very obvious toys and bicycles scattered across the yard. Upon entering the home, I …show more content…
Clearly, this was demanding. It was like a teacher at at school except your hours aren't over from eight to three. When she returned she went over her daily schedule. She wakes up at six every morning just to get time to herself, and then at Seven everyone hits the ground running. After breakfast, the two younger children play for an hour while the middle child and two older ones work on the school they can do on their own. She then takes individual time with each child to make sure they are understanding everything correctly. “The children themselves have very concentrated hours.” She says. “ Since we are a homeschool family, everything is quite flexible. I have instilled a simple rule, If you understand everything, and have completed your work, you’re done. Its a bit of a change from the average public or private school students. Some school days for us are three hours, some are eight. Its all what they make