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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//  8 Comments

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//  8 Comments

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 lives to work and pay bills. Then, we discovered this …

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Category: a mom's education

Pomp and Circumstance: Planning your homeschooled teen’s graduation

May 2, 2019 //  by Kris//  1 Comment

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 was finished with school and could get on …

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Category: organization

How homeschooling is like remodeling

March 7, 2019 //  by Kris//  4 Comments

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//  5 Comments

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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