Time4Learning.com Thoroughly Vexed

     I am often a free spirited, crunchy mama. I homeschool to improve the minions lives. We have been using Time4Learning since 2010. Usually, we use T4L as a supplement for Easy Peasy All In One Homeschool (Highschool). This year we decided to shift solely to the upbeat online t4l program. In December we received two weeks of service for $14.95. We assumed they took a Christmas vacation. Surely, our family would be credited those other 15 days. Such was not to be the case. We let that incident go as a glitch (big mistake). My children, especially my autistic 17yr old, has not been able to fully enjoy the program. He cannot log in on a daily basis. He either shuts down or rages against his bedroom furniture. I have to spend hours explaining these down times are not his fault. I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME & ENERGY to call T4L every BLEEPING day.

     This month, April, takes the cake on how greedy these "people" behave. My family is on one income [typical of homeschoolers]. They billed us TWICE for April, claiming our service outage from March 13th to April 5th is billable. They care nothing for your children.  Time4Learning is NOT an education program, but a cash cow. I called VERY upset with our experience. The customer service team acted like a 10 day service extension, was The United States Powerball Jackpot. Do NOT give these "people" your credit card information. I don't really have time to start from scratch for my dyslexic daughter and aspie son. We are at the end of our homeschooling year. My DD suffers from anxiety. I fear cutting off the program will shove her into a dreadful bout. On the other hand, if I don't stop the program, they will keep running my credit card through the roof. My son likes everything to be a video. He doesn't excel without strong entertainment. I feel trapped.

The business portion of T4L is giving me double aneurysms.

                           Homeschooling Community: What would you do?


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The unthinkable has happened:

 My child is now an adult. She will soon leave us, never to return as a child. Our job as the guiding force in her life has ended. I don't know if her dreams as a graphic/animation artist will come to fruition. I do, however, believe she must feel certain of her worthiness. The world needs more whom deny social convention, safe jobs, and counting beans. We are filling our bank accounts, but not our souls.  I am struggling with VW's upcoming departure. I want to love her back into a tiny, pink sheepskin & satin blanket....smell her soft, baby powder fresh skin...trace her silky blonde hairline with my nose.....hug chunky rolls of flesh that jiggle with each giggle...watch her sleepy blue eyes fade off into a beautiful dream. How did this helpless cooing babe, seemingly in a few short years, become an amazing woman? All that I am lives inside her. Every hard day has made this day possible. I am forever grateful to Chris (VW's father) and the universe for trusting me to be her mother. I know she will do great things, even if they are small, and no one ever knows about them. I raised her to care about all of you. I hope that was enough........