Child Hates School...at a loss. - Page 2

[PoppyMama]

I don't normally feel it's a great idea to spend the majority of the family income on private school...however in your case I might consider it.  You have a job that you need to do extra work for and homeschooling can be really hard when you're trying to divide yourself up so much.  It might end up a poor situation.  It also seems like you have a child that is not that well suited to public school and that only gets worse as time goes on.  In your case I might take everything else down to the bare bones...rented room/studio, sell blood, etc. in order to put my child in different school.  Sudbury/Free school sounds like a better fit than Montessori for y'all.  It may not be workable but it's something to consider.  A happy life is worth a lot.

[mom2ponygirl]

My daughter has come to work with me several times a week at the state university since she was 5.5 and we started homeschooling.   I was able to cut down to part-time which helped.  However, I would have looked into hiring a college student for baby sitting and perhaps driving her to park days, etc. with the homeschool group, if I had stayed full-time.  You might also work out arrangements within the homeschool community.  Perhaps some driving and watching in exchange for tutoring?

She's 12 now and enjoys hanging out in the lab or the break room.  She's well liked by the grad students and they have some great conversations.  She may have also picked up her own first tutoring gig.  She's been asked to tutor a returning student in algebra starting in Jan.  Her 'student' will be 50 years older than her and is the grandmother of one of her friends. :-)

I'm sorry your little girl has had such a rough time.  I never thought I'd end up homeschooling either, but I'm really happy with how things have turned out.  I hope whatever you decide, she finds a place where she feels comfortable.  (((hugs)))

[bobandjess99]

I think being a professor is a great career fora homeschooling mom.  She can be in your office doing her own work sometimes, and you can  hire a sitter somedays...heck..if she's only 5, chances are she doesnt evene have to be "in school" this year, right? Let her play.  even put her back in a preschool another year if you want. 

Remember..you can do whatever you want.  Whatever. 

[meemee]

instead of jumping into homeschooling when there are things YOU need to take care of life is NOT a good option.

i would change schools first. are you in your neighbourhood school? what about other public school? in the next neighbourhood? is that an option. 

that's what we have done.

dd is happy in her school - kind of, but one of her friends was having a really hard time. so the parents petitioned and now they go to a school in the next neighbourhood. there was an instant change in her dd's behav. it took them abuot a month to do the paperwork and make it happen. 

if all of this fails then hs of course is there. 

but from teh things you write i am not at all happy with how the school works in your case.