tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864774664374905238.post8587036703286779632..comments2023-05-25T10:24:20.517-05:00Comments on Miscellaneous Musings of a 6X Mom: Thankful for a week to catch-up and various homeschool musings.Celeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04958942308350578991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864774664374905238.post-10832464441147463332011-11-21T05:10:15.290-06:002011-11-21T05:10:15.290-06:00This is specifically regarding your comment concer...This is specifically regarding your comment concerning your sons needing marketable skills compared to your daughters. I think this needs some rethinking. I've been part of the h'schooling community for a long time, and it's not uncommon to see the mother suddenly needing to take on the sole financial support of the family, due to accident, illness, or death, or other abandonment. Right now our family is helping to support a young widow, mother of seven, children aged 2-12. Her husband suddenly dropped of heart failure at age 41 (congenital condition), and now there's no income. She never trained for any marketable skills. It's very sad, and extremely difficult for her. Regardless of the family choices my daughter makes in the future, it's of great concern to me that she has some sort of training that will allow her to support herself, or her family if she decides to have one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com