Actually, you didn't respond in kind at all. If you read her post carefully, as I have, she is probably fairly jealous of the time you and others get to spend with her children. It might have been polite, and yes, Christian for you to encourage her to look at other ways that she could use the few hours she has with her children rather than deal a sharp retort from someone who has what she would like to have.
A soft answer turneth away wrath......She asked for help in an oblique fashion, what she got was anger, accusations, and more guilt piled on the back of someone struggling already.
I hope you are pleased with yourself for 'responding in kind' and adding to the burden of an overworked, overwrought mother.
Have you read further? They apologized and made up.
This is Lucky9teen’s post “But for some reason, on these kinds of threads, it seems if you aren’t a homeschooler yourself, you’re a bad parent or not willing to sacrifice for your children, blah blah blah. Let the attacks begin...
Hey, HOMESCHOOLERS, some of us NEED to work in order to pay for things like RENT, and UTILITIES. And as much as we’d love to homeschool our precious children, having a roof over our heads and food to eat, is a a bit more important than sending our child to a government school.”
First of all, I have already apologized for letting my emotions get in the way and explained that over the last 6 years I have had to constantly defend myself against the attitude that it is an affront to YOUR character for me to homeschool my children.
Second, there was no cry for help in the above statement. It was a provocation. “let the attacks begin” “HEY HOMESCHOOLERS”.
Third, she has didn’t come off as an overworked, overwrought mother. She came off as insulting to me. Saying that SOME OF US just CAN’T homeschool is an insult to the sacrafice that homeschool moms make everyday. It makes it sound like we are a priviledged lot without a care in the world.
Fourth, I have already stated that I was not proud of the way I handled it.
You think that I don’t have guilt for not being able to give my children the best? You think I don’t work hard to keep a budget balanced, my children schooled, three meals cooked, keeping the house liveable with 3 children in it all day? Being a mom is hard whether you stay at home or work.
Yes I did respond in kind. She was hateful and insulting and so was I. We have since worked it out.