home schooling

[comesect2.0]

im not sure right now how deep to go into this, but for anyone with child or kids...have you or known anyone to put there kid threw home school....ive been told by old ladys who think its wrong that i need a license...ive been told I need alot of money...ive also been informed that its super easy...i just dont know...but for more than one reason it seems to be the thing for now...cuz my child needs more interactive play time learning real life experiences, but for now since she is a tad different in the way she communicates & would be processed threw my own schooling until her communication skills develop...and I know that means she needs more time with kids her age but situation be what it is maybe things will change comith august... may still stick around tx for a few and say well good luck and enroll her in august and see what happens, but for now if I could do more than Im already doing and not get arrested for not sending my kid to school would work...anyone of you looked into it or are doing it ..to fill me in?...im guessing from what I have not seen on the internet, that calling the school district will point me into how to legally do this....single parent with little to no help here...so homeschool? whats it all about and how?? shes 4 but was born late so enters school late...so got some months to think it really over...

[odontophobia]

from what i know some states do have differing laws in regards to homeschooling.

[comesect2.0]

OK.. thought i read you looked into it so was hoping for more...just gonna call school district tomorrow...thanks.

[oldangelmidnight]

Do you have any Montessori schools around? It seems like that kind of environment might be what you're looking for. A lot of them offer financial aid. If not a school, you can look into montessori homeschool approaches online.
Or local homeschooling groups? You can get kids together and trade resources. Find people near you who do it and they'll tell you what it's really like where you are.
We don't home school but there are a lot of people around us in western Mass who do.

[comesect2.0]

alright, yes, from what I heard Montessori is a pretty penny and all we have is some medicaid her mom has a card for, but il defiantly call as well & see whats up...making a list to call tomorrow....I figured there be some people in the neighborhood id eventually get into contact, with provided they are already in whatever method comes to term..thank you.

[odontophobia]

OK.. thought i read you looked into it so was hoping for more...just gonna call school district tomorrow...thanks.

I looked into insofar as my wife was home schooled through middle school and that one my peers at work is having his children home schooled by his wife. It's legal in Michigan and it's definitely an option on the table for my little demon child.

[MSUsousaphone]

Some times home schooling is done right.....some times......a lot of times it stunts a kid socially. I am a licensed counselor and I predominantly work with kids. If your concern is communication and social skills, maybe a different but better route from taking her out of the environment that gives her the best chances to learn these skills is to get her in counseling to have someone that can help teach them to her. Medicaid would cover everything. Most states even have case management and other wrap around services that will come to the home or go into the schools to help with this.

My kids were born late, too. Quints born in Sept that should have been born in Dec. They are in preK now with kids who are anywhere from 9 to 12 months older than them because the schoolboard won't allow us to enroll them on preK at the age of 5. They won't even let us hold them back in PreK. We have decided to hold them back in kindergarten to let them get with the kids they are developmentally inline with. But they are actually doing ok socially at school. You would be surprised how quick a kid can learn when they get around their cohorts.

I am really not a fan of home schooling unless it is done right. With a lot of socialization with other groups. I spend so much time at my practice undoing what it creates when done wrong.

[comesect2.0]

how is it done right besides doing what any parent would do, by just raising/teaching a kid...ya read, ya write, ya go places, talk it out,all walks of life.....How is it done wrong?!!...I had a person come to the house and she was just doing what I do...need to find some social click....kids at the playground keep to themselves or dont even answer when she asks ''hey whats your name'' ....you have just left me with more questions lol

[bloatedsack]

Quints born in Sept that should have been born in Dec.

Holy shit, my wife and I had twins and we always wondered how people with more could handle it.

Quintuplets? You poor, poor man. I cannot imagine how.

They are in preK now with kids who are anywhere from 9 to 12 months older than them because the schoolboard won't allow us to enroll them on preK at the age of 5.

My kids were born on the cusp of the age cutoff for school, we could've made them start on age, and been the same as their peers or hold them back for another year. On the advice of everyone I spoke to, specifically their nursery school teachers and family who are kindergarten teachers, we kept them out for that extra year.

We'd been told that kids who kept back an extra year like that would be more emotionally developed and would do better not only in their learning but social interaction. We were able to afford it, which is why we did it. I don't regret it at all.I am really not a fan of home schooling unless it is done right. With a lot of socialization with other groups. I spend so much time at my practice undoing what it creates when done wrong.

[drolo]

Since we had our kid our wish was to home school him. I just don't believe our school system is doing a good job (at least here in Belgium) and whatever you teach your kid in your daily life will be way more helpful in building his knowledge of the world than school. There is just the fact that homeschooling is almost taboo here and people look at us like we are some kind of weirdos just because we are doing some shopping with a kid during school hours. People get really suspicious when you tell them you kid does not go to school or even daycare.
But I could not care less.

He is incredibly curious and is constantly learning stuff organically as he goes. He can hold a conversation with any adult and is way more articulate than any other kid his age I have met (yeah I know I might be biased .. )

The hardest part has been the isolation though. Being alone doing the homeschooling is really though. Your kid ends up feeling outcast. If you have a community to do the homeschooling then go for it. Otherwise it's a bit hard

He is 5 now and has been staying with my wife until very recently. We just moved to a very small village where the only school has a total of about 20 kids. The different grades are also mixed in one class which I find really cool. It is no Montessori or fancy school but the scale and humanity of it has convinced us to give it a go. So far he has been doing fine. Only part time but it gives him the social contact he was missing badly. I am still happy that we gave him a solid foundation in his first years.

It's all a matter of doing the best of the situation you are in at a given moment.
If you find other people homeschooling it can be really great. If not try to find a school where you like the teachers.
Good luck

[drolo]

how is it done right besides doing what any parent would do, by just raising/teaching a kid...ya read, ya write, ya go places, talk it out,all walks of life.....How is it done wrong?!!...

That's about all they need :-)
The problem is that before the schooling system was introduced this happened naturally and people actually hung out together.
Now the socialization and teaching has been delegated to the school ...

kids at the playground keep to themselves or dont even answer when she asks ''hey whats your name''

Kids seem to do that up to a certain age. Also there are huge differences from one kid to another in terms of their social and speaking skills. That seems to even out as they grow older.

(but that's all just my personal observations ...)

[Jwar]

Bruh. If you home school, just work on that grammar and punctuation. My GOD. LOL!!!

If I could, I'd home school my littlest, but that's mostly out of selfishness.

Getting a child around other children really helps with their development. All the weirdos I've met in life were home school. JK. Some times though it can fuck with kids. My cousins were home schooled and they were seriously fucked up growing up. They all lashed out as teens (worse than what I'd call a normal lashing out) and a few of them moved across the country to get as far away from their parents as well. For them though it may have been the combination of religion integrated into their school. I think they were Mormon when I was little if I recall correctly. It really fucked them up bad dude.

My other cousins were also home schooled and were equally fucked up but in a different way. They were taught zero discipline and only did schooling for around two to three hours a day. They have always had trouble with being in normal social settings and one of my cousins developed a severe "God complex" by thinking he's better than everyone. I attribute that to his mental abuse in his family but also his lack of social skills. Two out of the three are home schooling their kids as well and they are already becoming introverts.


So I'd make a list of pros and cons and if you do it, make for damn sure you get them socializing. It's key to their survival in this world.

[Jwar]

Oh and my 4 year old is in pre-school right now and will go again next year. She is after the cut off too.


If your child has a sort of developmental issue (which you kind of are hinting at? Or maybe I'm reading that wrong), most schools have programs for that. They also have separate services for it as well. They can be inexpensive depending on where you go. Our kids go to Catholic school and they offer some assistance there. We are tithing based, so it helps that we don't make dick for money.

[odontophobia]

Getting a child around other children really helps with their development. All the weirdos I've met in life were home school. JK. Some times though it can fuck with kids. My cousins were home schooled and they were seriously fucked up growing up. They all lashed out as teens (worse than what I'd call a normal lashing out) and a few of them moved across the country to get as far away from their parents as well. For them though it may have been the combination of religion integrated into their school. I think they were Mormon when I was little if I recall correctly. It really fucked them up bad dude.

that seems to happen to just as many kids who aren't home schooled.

[Jwar]

Getting a child around other children really helps with their development. All the weirdos I've met in life were home school. JK. Some times though it can fuck with kids. My cousins were home schooled and they were seriously fucked up growing up. They all lashed out as teens (worse than what I'd call a normal lashing out) and a few of them moved across the country to get as far away from their parents as well. For them though it may have been the combination of religion integrated into their school. I think they were Mormon when I was little if I recall correctly. It really fucked them up bad dude.

that seems to happen to just as many kids who aren't home schooled.

Could be! My experience is just based on what I saw.

Their family would not even let them watch tv or read anything other than approved books. All the girls had to wear dresses all the time and boys wore slacks and button up shirts. It was like Little House on the Prarie on crack.