FLA/GA Moms

Hello Permies,

I am writing this with low expectations, yet still hopeful, that there may be some crunchy granola permie moms somewhere in North FL/South GA. All of my daughters friends are very “normal” (and no judgement to them or their parents) but I find it’s hard enough to de-program my kid from everything pushed onto people these days and go against the grain of the world, so the last thing I need is her friends influencing her or glorifying things I’ve worked really hard to keep her away from. We just bought land in the country and it would be too easy to just homeschool her, yet we are stuck having to keep her in her old school (in a city far away), because she doesn’t want to leave her friends at her school. I don’t want to deprive her of her friendships, so I would honestly be over the moon if I could find some kids for her to meet nearby or in surrounding areas and meet up with once or twice a month or so, so that she could see that 1. There are other people like us out there and 2. It is possible to have friends outside of the public school system (and maybe feel confident to ditch it so we can go about our homesteading life)

I’ve made a facebook for the sole purpose of joining some local-ish crunchy mom pages, but have been totally glossed over when I made a post about this, which I assume is because I have a suspiciously blank/anonymous profile (I don’t really do social media or photo posting online), and people don’t want to make play dates with faceless strangers. I get that. But if this is the case, does anyone have any advice on how they overcame this? I can’t be the only parent with this concern -  since the “norm” for most kids is everything that is so far from and the opposite of this holistic natural self-sufficient lifestyle we’re all here aiming for.

You may well do more harm to her leaving her at the old school.
I have moved children, and while they may groan, life for a family cannot revolve around her.
As for being fearful of Facebook, use it in a way it works for you.
I have nothing to do with conspiracy talk, just motorcycle racing, history and mates.
Facebook can do a lot of good.
As for blank profiles, list enough if you feel like so nobody confuses you for somebody living in South America!
An old photo it you must, limited personal details.
I think people who want to show nothing, cannot expect others to deal with them.
Its just the interaction you need.

Hey we are in mid west florida. We are Currently starting an intentional community. It sounds like we would resonate with what you have in your post.

Sending you a mooseage.  

John C Daley wrote:You may well do more harm to her leaving her at the old school.
I have moved children, and while they may groan, life for a family cannot revolve around her.
As for being fearful of Facebook, use it in a way it works for you.
I have nothing to do with conspiracy talk, just motorcycle racing, history and mates.
Facebook can do a lot of good.
As for blank profiles, list enough if you feel like so nobody confuses you for somebody living in South America!
An old photo it you must , limited personal details.
I think people who want to show nothing, cannot expect others to deal with them.
Its just he interaction you need.

Thank you for your input. You’re not wrong about the school system. (I failed to share this in efforts to not go on and on) but I actually share custody with my ex husband and he is very pro public school, anti homeschool/homestead, etc, (yay for me lol) or else I would definitely just rip the bandaid off after finding her some new friends outside of school. I think it’s still a possibility for us in the future though.

I have since added a few friends on FB and a few other things here and there so we’ll see if that helps :)

I didn’t get one, could you try to resend it? :-)

Betty Garnett wrote:Sending you a mooseage.  

What part of north Florida? We are planning to move within the next few months up to Fernandina/Yulee area.