At War With Your In Laws

I have been married for 2 and a half years. 

From the start my in laws have not liked me in any way whats so ever. 

No matter how much I try I just can not get those people to like me.

I understand I was married and had two kids with my ex husband.

I understand that I am not a perfect person. 

I could understand if my in laws were the kind of people who have been married forever and had two kids and divorce had never happened to them.

However that is NOT the case! 

My father in law was divorced with two kids when he remarried my Mother in law. 

They decided to never have kids of their own and so my husband and his brother were the only kids. 

They did not have full custody of the boys when they were growing up.

So for my in laws to tell me how to raise my children. Well this is driving me crazy. My in laws think that I should  not being home schooling my children. 

When I say my in laws well my father in law is the kind of man who doesn't have a back bone. 

My mother in law runs everything when it comes to my in laws. 

She believes that " home schooling is not a good way to teach children. That we to put our children back into public school where they can ' learn the best.'

That the children need to be able to learn from a real curriculum." 

She goes out of her way to not only tell me face to face what her opinion is. 

She goes out of her way to post it all over every status I post that has to do with homeschooling. 

Making sure that my whole world knows just how awful she believes home schooling really is. 

We have been " at war " before over pretty much everything. From their wanting my husband to divorce me. 

To their opinion on if we should or should not have more children.

Every topic from Christmas dinner to buying

 a house has caused a war. 

My husband is the kind of man who doesn't care about what his family thinks or says. 

Home Schooling is the one thing that my husband and I both believe in. The only way I would want to put my children back in public school is if we got moved to Texas.

As Texas does not have common core and we very much dislike common core. 

We have shared links and explained why we think home schooling is better than any public school. 

I feel like I am all alone in this never ending battle against not only my in laws but everyone. 

I feel like everyone wants to attack us over our choice to home school. 

Our kids love home schooling, they enjoy being able to have a say in what they learn.

I never had an idea of how much drama we would have to go through just over deciding to home school.

These wars will never end I know that no matter how hard we fight. Their will be another battle right around the corner just waiting for us to think we can breathe.

I have read other blogs and books that all say that you have to stand up for your self. 

That their will always be people who want to fight with you for the   decisions you make. Some battles are worth fighting and some battles aren't.

I haven't been a home schooling mom for as long as some of those out there. However I know my kids are getting a great education. 

I know that even through the hard days it is all worth it. 

Watching my children grow and explore the world around them. Seeing the excitement in their eyes when they learn something that blows their minds. 

Those moments makes all the fights with my in laws and random strangers worth it. 

This battle is far from over, it may never be over. 

That is okay with me because I will never back down.

I will never allow anyone to try to make me feel bad for not wanting my kids to deal with common core.

I am proud of how my kids are turning out and the relationship I have with them. 

Home schooling might not be for everyone but right now.

 It is for my family at this point in time.