On Air
November 22nd, 2009
I had the opportunity to appear on CFRU’s Family Matters show this morning, talking about fathers who stay at home and who homeschool their children. Though both of my kids are preschoolers, which probably disqualifies me as a homeschooler in a technical sense, there are few enough homeschooling fathers that just my interest in the idea qualified me to appear on the show. I am rarely as satisfied with what I say as I am with what I write, and this was the case again this morning, but it was an interesting experience for me, and I do not think that my comments misrepresent me.
Those who are interested in hearing the audio can find it in CFRU’s Program Archive, but the site does not provide links to individual programs, so you will need to select “Sunday: 2009-11-21″ from the initial list and then “8:00:00 – Family Matters” on the list of the day’s programs.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Are you planning to homeschool them when they’ve reached that age?
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Lauren,
We are still not exactly decided what we will do, but, yes, it will likely involve homeschooling in one way or another. My ideal would actually be to have them in the mornings and to homeschool them in the afternoons, but this might create more stress with their teachers than it is worth.
November 24th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Luke,
I enjoyed this, especially your jab at gender roles.
The heterocentric focus of it was very hard for me to relate to. I cannot imagine being in a relationship or social space where men having friendships and spending a lot of time with women was threatening or taboo, but I inhabit a milieu that is unmarried – on principle or due to legal exclusion – and oftentimes non=monogomous even in long-term relationships… not to mention oftentimes not straight!
From your response, this fear of male/female friendship is very foreign to you as well.
Good stuff.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
d,
My difficulty is that I inhabit various kinds of communities with various kinds of assumptions, but that I do not fit entirely in any of them. This is certainly the case with the homeschooling community. While other homeschoolers and I usually have similar assumptions about the importance of family and learning, we very rarely have similar assumptions about how these things should look and how they should be accomplished. The nature of gender roles would only be one example among many where my understanding would be very different from many people in that community.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Thanks Luke for being on my show. I enjoyed your thoughtful answers and working with you. I’m still keeping you in mind for a show on adoption.
Like you, I often listen to what I say and cringe as I remember all the other things I would like to say. I really enjoyed what you and Nigel shared and one listener said she was fascinated. Your thoughts really helped her to understand what it’s like to be a stay-at-home Dad.
I’m working on having the MP3s available on the blog http://www.cfrufamily.wordpress.com.
January 17th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Wendy,
You are very welcome. I enjoyed the opportunity to be on the show.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:31 pm
[...] on CFRU, the University of Guelph’s public radio station. Some of you might remember that I was on the show once before, back in November of 2009, discussing the subject of homeschooling. Wendy told me after that show that she might contact me again when she did a show on adoption, [...]