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Homeschooling...how do you know if its right?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 37203" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Well....I guess I could be somewhat of an expert.....since I have been homeschooling my difficult child off and on since he was in the 5th grade.......however - I am still not sure it was/is the right choice /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif</p><p></p><p>I guess if I had it to do over again, I would have allowed the school district to place my difficult child in an alternative school (which we had been ordered to do) instead of pulling him out to be homeschool. At the time, I was worried that in an evironment like that he would get worse, so I did not pursue it. He actually was in alternative behavioral private school for a year after that, where he did get worse - so my intuition was well founded - however, public alternative school may have offered him and myself more resources than private.</p><p></p><p>The cons to homeschooling are that it completely changes the dynamics of your mom/difficult child relationship. Suddenly you become the "teacher" and "mom". Not only is it confusing to the kid, it is more than taxing on you. You are playing dual roles all day long - without a break. You can expect more fights and opposition than the normal parental "take a bath" stuff. </p><p></p><p>The pros are that my son no longer felt "dumb", "labeled", or targeted as the bad kid. He could work at his own pace, we no longer had the homework wars, and we were free to learn about what really interested him in science, or history, instead of the pre-programmed stuff most schools insist on in order to meet standardized testing.</p><p></p><p>If you do actually pursue this here are my suggestions:</p><p>-go to a neutral place like a library to do the work</p><p>-look at computerized homeschooling, which grades and assigns things automtically</p><p>-join as many social homeschool groups as possible - these can offer a social outlet, as well as field trips and curriculum tips from other parents</p><p>-possibly get a tutor for things like math that you may not feel suited to teach</p><p>-enroll him in at least one "class" like art of PE through your local Rec Center</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 37203, member: 3301"] Well....I guess I could be somewhat of an expert.....since I have been homeschooling my difficult child off and on since he was in the 5th grade.......however - I am still not sure it was/is the right choice [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif[/img] I guess if I had it to do over again, I would have allowed the school district to place my difficult child in an alternative school (which we had been ordered to do) instead of pulling him out to be homeschool. At the time, I was worried that in an evironment like that he would get worse, so I did not pursue it. He actually was in alternative behavioral private school for a year after that, where he did get worse - so my intuition was well founded - however, public alternative school may have offered him and myself more resources than private. The cons to homeschooling are that it completely changes the dynamics of your mom/difficult child relationship. Suddenly you become the "teacher" and "mom". Not only is it confusing to the kid, it is more than taxing on you. You are playing dual roles all day long - without a break. You can expect more fights and opposition than the normal parental "take a bath" stuff. The pros are that my son no longer felt "dumb", "labeled", or targeted as the bad kid. He could work at his own pace, we no longer had the homework wars, and we were free to learn about what really interested him in science, or history, instead of the pre-programmed stuff most schools insist on in order to meet standardized testing. If you do actually pursue this here are my suggestions: -go to a neutral place like a library to do the work -look at computerized homeschooling, which grades and assigns things automtically -join as many social homeschool groups as possible - these can offer a social outlet, as well as field trips and curriculum tips from other parents -possibly get a tutor for things like math that you may not feel suited to teach -enroll him in at least one "class" like art of PE through your local Rec Center Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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