Just checking in briefly.

[moderately_mad]

I know I haven't written in a long time but it did surprise me this morning when I realized it has been almost two months. That's just crazy.

I am fine. Life progresses.

Lately I've taken up a handwritten journal practice called Daily Pages ala Julia Cameron. Even so, I've only been doing that for about a week. This particular winter has

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[lady_savant]

I Don't see anything wrong with feeling good about doing right by your child. It sounds like he is thriving just fine and he does have opportunities to learn to get along with people he doesn't like. Even if he likes everyone in his Karate class right now it doesn't mean that he always will or that he won't have difficulties with the people he does like.

Your right in life we make trade offs. No one can travel down all the paths there are in life. But that's not really a bad thing. It's great hearing from you. I had been wondering recently where you had gotten off to. Glad to hear it's going well.

[spade0014]

Personally, I'd rather have a good intellectual standing and -then- learn how to live in the real world and interact with others, both those I like and those I dislike. What's the point of being brilliant socially if you've got no friggen BRAIN to back it up? With that in mind, I think you're doing right by Lilbro. He's got that natural charm thing going for him anyway. There's a t-shirt I want to get him that has a mock-up of the CHA attribute box from a D&D sheet on the front, with a "20" scrawled in for the attribute score. Here:

[zahgurim]

Good to hear from you again! I wondered how things were going with you.

Don't be a stranger.

[wren08]

Welcome back :)

Don't worry about what other people think. Most people are afraid to try anything that isn't just like what the last 10 generations have done. You know what you are doing and they're just trying to make you doubt yourself so you won't be so far ahead of them.

[poets_hand]

I totally disagree with those who say our kids need to learn social skills at school or sports. What are they learning? How to be bullied? How to bully? How to give into or rebel against peer pressure? How to play head games?

Somebody put it to me this way once -- When else in life are you going to be working with 30 people all of the exact same age and maturity level as you? Kids that are home/virtual/unschooled learn how to interact with people of all ages and maturity levels, which to me seems like a much more valuable real-life skill.

And I find your posts not only interesting, but inspiring. So there.