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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 97667" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Another option - make sure, ahead of time, there is a darkened quiet room where she can go to lie down. I've had to do that when attending family functions - there have been times I wanted to be there but didn't have the stamina for the whole event, so I would go rest for half an hour every so often then go back to the party for as long as I could manage, then go rest again.</p><p></p><p>As for school - try our rule, "School work during school hours". The only 'out' is to sleep. We've had this rule ever since difficult child 3 kept getting sick at school and coming home. I found work for him to do, or got him to do his homework. When I ran out of bookwork (or he felt too sick, or really was ill and running a fever) I would put on a documentary DVD for him to watch. It didn't matter if he fell asleep; simply having it on and watching SOME of it was better than watching nothing of use. I also gave difficult child 3 some choice in what topic to watch. </p><p></p><p>There are some really good educational TV programs or documentaries - we can also get them from our libraries, borrowed for free. And often with a sick kid I let them snuggle on my bed and we watch them together, or read a book together. That way we can discuss it.</p><p></p><p>We also have educational programs on TV during school time - a lot of schools either tape them, or watch them 'live' in class. These are really good because by watching those, difficult child 3 always stayed up to date with what his class was watching. One of the best ones is a news program for kids, it explains current events and news stories in ways that kids can follow. I know a lot of adults watch these too, to get a better and more balanced understanding.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 97667, member: 1991"] Another option - make sure, ahead of time, there is a darkened quiet room where she can go to lie down. I've had to do that when attending family functions - there have been times I wanted to be there but didn't have the stamina for the whole event, so I would go rest for half an hour every so often then go back to the party for as long as I could manage, then go rest again. As for school - try our rule, "School work during school hours". The only 'out' is to sleep. We've had this rule ever since difficult child 3 kept getting sick at school and coming home. I found work for him to do, or got him to do his homework. When I ran out of bookwork (or he felt too sick, or really was ill and running a fever) I would put on a documentary DVD for him to watch. It didn't matter if he fell asleep; simply having it on and watching SOME of it was better than watching nothing of use. I also gave difficult child 3 some choice in what topic to watch. There are some really good educational TV programs or documentaries - we can also get them from our libraries, borrowed for free. And often with a sick kid I let them snuggle on my bed and we watch them together, or read a book together. That way we can discuss it. We also have educational programs on TV during school time - a lot of schools either tape them, or watch them 'live' in class. These are really good because by watching those, difficult child 3 always stayed up to date with what his class was watching. One of the best ones is a news program for kids, it explains current events and news stories in ways that kids can follow. I know a lot of adults watch these too, to get a better and more balanced understanding. Marg [/QUOTE]
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