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Becky:
On the other hand......
public school is a great opportunity for children to be integrated with many differnt children. This is good because they can learn to decide for themselves who they want to be friends with and how they want to conduct themselves. They can often be a better light in the darkness rather than a light in the light! Being tough in a raw , real-life environment can often help children adjust to the working world with less environmental changes. Children can be independant and feel that you, as a parent, can trust them on their own, often leading to a mutual respect toward the parent. It was my experience (with the specific individuals that i knew who here homeschooled) that they were not socially on par with the public school kids.. they had a much harder time adjusting to the working world and were constantly having to deal with pop culture with "virgin" eyes... it hindered them and constantly made them withdrawl to their parents/ family. Some were depressed because when they joined public schools, they were educationally behind, because even though the praents did a great job, they are only 2 people.. it was hard for them to give the girls all the opportunities that a public school could give (including a group setting: band, arts, recess, lunch, .... these interactive classes would have cost an arm and a leg for the parents to join clubs and organizations to get that interaction.. the girls i knew had a hard time socially becuase they were not problem solving and lerning cooperation with peers on a highly saturated level.... 6 hrs a day with constant interaction with diverse peers could not have been accessible in the home.. some of the girls got into grunge and rebelled for being sheltered.. others got depressed and wouldn't leave the house... the sibling who went to public school from the start, did well socially and emotionally and was the only one who went to college.
DONT GET ME WRONG..... the experience I had was from a few individual home taught kids. I cannot say the examples here are true for all home taught students... it is just food for thought....
JUST REMEMBER: You know your children. You can decide how they might do in these situations. You cannot shelter them from reality their whole life, and when they experience it later in life they might have a harder time with it. Public school is safe if you as a parent teach your kids how to respond to it.. to be strong, independant, wise, and to know that they can always come to you for help. By being an active parent in their school, you can be involved with their education. My parents were parent volunteers in kindergarten and continued to be involved (but more passively) through high school.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT IN TO YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION..... and of course, what God WILLS! :)
All the best!
eutychus:
--- Quote from: Becky ---On the other hand......
public school is a great opportunity for children to be integrated with many differnt children. This is good because they can learn to decide for themselves who they want to be friends with and how they want to conduct themselves. They can often be a better light in the darkness rather than a light in the light! Being tough in a raw , real-life environment can often help children adjust to the working world with less environmental changes. Children can be independant and feel that you, as a parent, can trust them on their own, often leading to a mutual respect toward the parent. It was my experience (with the specific individuals that i knew who here homeschooled) that they were not socially on par with the public school kids.. they had a much harder time adjusting to the working world and were constantly having to deal with pop culture with "virgin" eyes... it hindered them and constantly made them withdrawl to their parents/ family. Some were depressed because when they joined public schools, they were educationally behind, because even though the praents did a great job, they are only 2 people.. it was hard for them to give the girls all the opportunities that a public school could give (including a group setting: band, arts, recess, lunch, .... these interactive classes would have cost an arm and a leg for the parents to join clubs and organizations to get that interaction.. the girls i knew had a hard time socially becuase they were not problem solving and lerning cooperation with peers on a highly saturated level.... 6 hrs a day with constant interaction with diverse peers could not have been accessible in the home.. some of the girls got into grunge and rebelled for being sheltered.. others got depressed and wouldn't leave the house... the sibling who went to public school from the start, did well socially and emotionally and was the only one who went to college.
DONT GET ME WRONG..... the experience I had was from a few individual home taught kids. I cannot say the examples here are true for all home taught students... it is just food for thought....
JUST REMEMBER: You know your children. You can decide how they might do in these situations. You cannot shelter them from reality their whole life, and when they experience it later in life they might have a harder time with it. Public school is safe if you as a parent teach your kids how to respond to it.. to be strong, independant, wise, and to know that they can always come to you for help. By being an active parent in their school, you can be involved with their education. My parents were parent volunteers in kindergarten and continued to be involved (but more passively) through high school.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT IN TO YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION..... and of course, what God WILLS! :)
All the best!
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becky,
you do know homeschoolers have all kinds of activities with other children?
its a big network.
lots of people think homescholling isolates the children, but it really doesnt.
http://www.topscience.org/homeschoolers.htm
http://creativehomeschool.tripod.com/
peace
chuckt
Becky:
nope i didn't know that.... like I said, the girls i knew did not have that interaction
thanks for the links!
eutychus:
--- Quote from: Becky ---nope i didn't know that.... like I said, the girls i knew did not have that interaction
thanks for the links!
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thats cool, its growing all the time.
be well
prarrydog:
Becky,
I understand what you are saying and I agree...somewhat. I personally do not have a problem with public school. I do however have a problem with public school at 5 years old.
A 5 year old child, in my opinion, does not, no matter how much you prepare them, have the tools to deal with teasing, bullying, peer pressure etc.. Some may learn to deal with it but I think alot don't.
What my wife and I are leaning toward is to homeschool for 2 or 3 years and then public school. Our reasoning is we simply believe we need to build our daughter's confidence and individuality before allowing others to try and tear it down.
On the other hand maybe dear old daddy just needs to let go. LOL. Yes I admit it , it makes me sick to my stomach to send my little girl into the world.
with love
thanks Becky
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