Spring is here and all the neighborhood kids were outside playing with each other. My son was inside reading a book. They all go to public school together and my son is the only one home schooled. He use to play with the girl next door, she was one of his best friends. She's almost nine and he is seven. There are four girls (two new ones) and suddenly they have become very cliquey and constantly fighting amongst themselves. Most of the other kids are 10-13 year old boys and he's way too young to hang out with them. Recently all the kids started hanging out at the house with no parental supervision and he's no allowed up there.
My son is fine with it and normally he gets tons of time with friends (he goes to an after school program 12 hours a week with his best friend, has 2 or 3 play dates a week, home school co-op once a week). He has three good friends and 3 or 4 other kids he likes to hang out with. He's fairly introverted, but he's also emotionally and socially immature, he has ADHD and SPD. He just seems so naive compared to the girls. I felt so bad I went and coffee with the mother (she's nice so it was no real sacrifice) of only boy his age on the block and invited the kid over to play video games. He sees a counselor and goes to a social skills class to help with his social skills.
I feel like if he was in school, he'd fit right in. I know this isn't true, school was nightmare for him. He was bored academically, overwhelmed by sensory overload, and the ADHD meds gave him nightmares. He's so much happier home schooling. Most Wednesdays, he spends 4-5 hours with his friend and the two older brothers while I hang out with the mom and today we had to cancel. I had to work and DH was working from home, so my son was inside watching tv and playing video games. I know I am being unreasonable, it one day of his life. My son had a great day, I'm the one with problem.
My son is fine with it and normally he gets tons of time with friends (he goes to an after school program 12 hours a week with his best friend, has 2 or 3 play dates a week, home school co-op once a week). He has three good friends and 3 or 4 other kids he likes to hang out with. He's fairly introverted, but he's also emotionally and socially immature, he has ADHD and SPD. He just seems so naive compared to the girls. I felt so bad I went and coffee with the mother (she's nice so it was no real sacrifice) of only boy his age on the block and invited the kid over to play video games. He sees a counselor and goes to a social skills class to help with his social skills.
I feel like if he was in school, he'd fit right in. I know this isn't true, school was nightmare for him. He was bored academically, overwhelmed by sensory overload, and the ADHD meds gave him nightmares. He's so much happier home schooling. Most Wednesdays, he spends 4-5 hours with his friend and the two older brothers while I hang out with the mom and today we had to cancel. I had to work and DH was working from home, so my son was inside watching tv and playing video games. I know I am being unreasonable, it one day of his life. My son had a great day, I'm the one with problem.
the grass is always greener on the other side? i think regardless of the schooling choices we make for our children we will always have times where we think about the what ifs.. But if your son is happy, really try not to sweat it to much.
