This is my major beef with home schooling. Better to fight for alternative educational systems and schedules which better respect the physiology of adolescent sleep patterns. Meanwhile, my husband is working from a home office. Yes, our income is probably lower at this time than if we were both still in the rat race full-time. But we both have time for the children and each other.
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