My son is in first grade and has never been to any kind of school. We, o.k I am having many problems this year. I should remind people who do not know me, that I have homeschooled my 3 older kids off and on and I have a 3 y/o at home with me. My three oldest are in school right now.
My ds is almost 7 and is giving me quite a bit of problems getting things done and being nice to his sister. Today I was trying to play a simple number game with my ds when my youngest bounced over and interjected an answer. He happened to get the answer right. I smiled and told her she WAS right and my ds turned around and pushed her to the ground. When I told him that was not nice and his sister, just wants to play with us. He stomped his feet and yelled that he hated her and he did not want her around.
This is just one problem. He is always moaning about doing school work. Nothing is is fun if it involves school work. My days are fun. I am starting to question if this is what he should be doing. I really do not like school. My other kids go because they had gone to preschool and loved it. They had experienced school and so, given the choice they prefer to be around kids their age, over being home with mom. (Even if it involves more work!) My Ds does not want to got to school, but he has never been before.
I don't want him to look back at these years and hate me for never letting him go to school. I also don't want to hate me for making him go to school.
I know there are people that NEVER consider school an option. I am not one of them. I don't think school is all bad. I just don't thing it is ALL good either. I beat myself up every day about if my kids are happy and safe in school. I also worry about whether I really am doing my best at hsing.
I wonder how healthy it is to keep my ds home if he does not seem happy when we hs and how healthy it is for him to have no friends.
I wish it were easier for me.
My ds is almost 7 and is giving me quite a bit of problems getting things done and being nice to his sister. Today I was trying to play a simple number game with my ds when my youngest bounced over and interjected an answer. He happened to get the answer right. I smiled and told her she WAS right and my ds turned around and pushed her to the ground. When I told him that was not nice and his sister, just wants to play with us. He stomped his feet and yelled that he hated her and he did not want her around.
This is just one problem. He is always moaning about doing school work. Nothing is is fun if it involves school work. My days are fun. I am starting to question if this is what he should be doing. I really do not like school. My other kids go because they had gone to preschool and loved it. They had experienced school and so, given the choice they prefer to be around kids their age, over being home with mom. (Even if it involves more work!) My Ds does not want to got to school, but he has never been before.
I don't want him to look back at these years and hate me for never letting him go to school. I also don't want to hate me for making him go to school.
I know there are people that NEVER consider school an option. I am not one of them. I don't think school is all bad. I just don't thing it is ALL good either. I beat myself up every day about if my kids are happy and safe in school. I also worry about whether I really am doing my best at hsing.
I wonder how healthy it is to keep my ds home if he does not seem happy when we hs and how healthy it is for him to have no friends.
I wish it were easier for me.
i can honestly say if my child/children and i consistently disliked homeschooling, i would consider another option too. we've only been homeschooling a few years (and honestly, i hope we always do it - i love it!), but there have been several times already that i have had to rearrange our plans, schedule, curriculum, etc. to better suit them (or me). if you have already tried this, than i do understand why you're feeling torn. my dd enjoys picking out her own curriculum and choosing what we study. i have specific subjects we need to cover, but i try to involve her a lot in how we cover them. maybe something like that would help? or maybe you & your little guy could use a date night? i know when one of my kiddos and i (or dh) are having a hard time with each other, often if we just get out and really enjoy each other, other areas where we feel stress or imbalance tend to work itself out. anyway. hugs to you.
