A Home-based Business, and a Father and a Son in a Spat

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) November 6, 2011 -- The boy whined. He was upset. He refused to do his phonics pages, and wouldn’t be quiet enough so that Kenneth could concentrate on his client’s project on his laptop screen. At seven years old, Larry should be able to do what he is told, Kenneth muttered to himself. It was time to take him in the backyard.

“Let’s get a rake and shovel,” he said said to him sternly before leading him out the door.

“Do I have to do this?” his son complained.

Moved to another spot

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A Home-based Business, and a Father and a Son in a Spat

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Larry chose the hoe and Kenneth told him where to pull out the tall grass in the garden. Larry moved over to another spot, but Kenneth, sensing that any cooperation was a good thing, let him do what he wanted.

At times, homeschooling seemed to have its shortcomings, in that familiarity breeds contempt. Would his son be better behaved in school with a strict teacher? Maybe. And yet, deep down, Kenneth knew that he and his wife had made the best choice in educating him themselves. Simply put, parents knew their children better than any teacher, and could teach him exactly what they wanted, and keep better track of his friends. Homeschoolers are well regarded by good colleges, besides.

The fall weather was still good, with brown and yellow leaves swirling around them in the wind. Together they began to overturn the brown garden earth along the yard’s side fence. This is what it must have been for farmers over the centuries, Kenneth thought. Children working alongside their parents, learning how to work hard, gaining the skills needed for life. Laboring with their hands, close to the earth.

Taken aback

A few minutes passed as their implements churned the dirt.

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