Yet another rant....

After almost two years of officially homeschooling, why on Earth do I let what other people say affect me so much? Why should I care what other people think about my daughter being homeschooled? How come I let others make me doubt that what I am doing is best for Brenna and our family? I know the comments that are made are out of pure ignorance and that I should not take them to heart. Some people have such nerve though, saying things about homeschooling when they just absolutely have no clue what they are talking about. Go and research and read about it before you make your snide remarks. Then if you still don't agree with it then fine. At least you know all the facts and aren't making idiotic comments about something that you know nothing about.
Today at the grocery store I was checking out with this man who has worked at HEB for ages. I have known him for a very long time - nice guy, very friendly but you can tell he is a "too the point" type person. While he handed me my receipt, Brenna was kinda climbing on the shopping cart and I told her to be careful and that I didn't want her to fall. He looked me straight in the eye and told me that I needed to read my own shirt and that's why she was acting that way. I was wearing my "Warning: Parent of an Unsocialized Homeschooler" tshirt. I looked at him and said that she is acting that way because she is a kid and she is 6 and it has nothing do with her being homeschooled. Oh that made me so mad though!!!!! I left that store fuming. Why in the hell do people think that way? So if my kid were climbing all over the cart and if she were attending school then it would be okay and normal? Because I have seen kids do MUCH worse then THAT at the store. Don't think I will be wearing that shirt out in public anymore though. Don't want the assumptions placed on my daughter and me.

I have another family member as well who is so against me homeschooling and thinks that Brenna is suffering socially because she is not in school and that I am ruining her. Do I have her locked in a closet all day? Does she not interact with other people on a regular basis? Can she hold a decent conversation with other people? Does she have friends she plays with? Socialization does not necessarily happen JUST at school. In fact, there is little socialization happening at school - or at least the kind that I want my daughter to learn.

I'm just going to stop here because it is late and I am tired and also because I am being redundant. I have talked about this on my blog before and I don't feel like going off on another tangent and repeating myself. Everyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows exactly how I feel about all the socialization crap. End of story.
I know that as long as I homeschool I am going to get all the crap and all the assumptions that come along with it. I really just need to learn to deal with and not let it affect me so much.