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Kris

About Kris

Kris Bales is the quirky, Christ-following, painfully honest voice behind Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. She and her husband of over 25 years are parents to two homeschool grads and one high school student. Kris has a pretty serious addiction to sweet tea and Words with Friends. She also seems intent on becoming the crazy cat lady long before she's old and alone.

5 things to do when you don't feel like starting school

5 things to do when you don’t feel like starting school

August 20, 2019 //  by Kris

Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. A note from Jamie: If you've been waiting for the perfect time to buy Introverted Mom, (afflink) you might love to hear that Amazon just discounted it by another $1 - currently 42% off!! It's the time of year when everything is …

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Category: inspiration

Our personal experience with teens and part-time jobs

June 25, 2019 //  by Kris

Our personal experience with teens and part-time jobs ~ Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers When my husband and I were young, new parents, we said we wouldn't make our kids work as teens. They could if they wanted to, but we wouldn't require it because they had their whole …

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Category: a mom's education

Pomp and Circumstance: Planning your teen’s homeschool graduation

May 2, 2019 //  by Kris

Planning your teen's homeschool graduation ~ Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. I still remember my high school graduation. Giddy with excitement, I marched on the football field with about 350 classmates. The moment I'd worked toward for the last 12 years was happening! I …

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Category: organization

How homeschooling is like remodeling

March 7, 2019 //  by Kris

Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers After 25 years in the same house, we’re near the end (hopefully!) of a major remodeling project for our kitchen and master bath (with smaller projects to follow). For the last several weeks, the project has had a monopoly on my thoughts. …

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Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 17-, 19- and 23-year-old )

January 10, 2019 //  by Kris

Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. A note from Jamie: Welcome to our 9th annual Homeschool Day in the Life series! So happy to have you here, and so grateful for Kris kicking our series off with today's post: Are you ready for full transparency? I was dreading this …

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