Home schooling??

[Littletreasures]

hi

just wanting to know your views of home schooling??

i have just read another thread about a 6 year old and sexual favors at school and it is rather distressing. i have being thinking about it for a while but am a little concerned about my kids not being able to socialize as much as they should/need to become independent..

how do you make sure your kids are socializing enough/with the right people?

Please tell me your experience with home schooling the good the bad and the ugly.. DS has just started going to Kindy 2 days a week and has only being 2 times in the past week and has already come home saying stuff like
"mummy i have a BIG BIG doodle" he is only 3 and if he is learning this stuff now what is he gonna be like when he is 6:eek:

what should i do?

[chameleon]

Well I was homeschooled from the age of 12 up.

I don't think socialising is really a problem because there are lots of other ways to make friends than just through school. I did art lessons and indoor soccer for a while, and my sister was heavily involved in dancing so we made some friends that way. Plus we had a few friends who we grew up with and always remained in contact with them. There are also homeschool get togethers. We never went, but if I were to homeschool my kids I would probably encourage them to go to those as well.

There are a few things that my Mum did that didn't really work for us, so I would do them differently, but overall I think it was probably a good move. I think we've both turned out okay:D

I wouldn't mind homeschooling my kids but my husband doesn't like the idea so looks like school it is!

If you wanted to ask me any questions feel free:)

[Refresh]

Hey there.....I understand your concerns...one of the big reasons we homeschool....if you check out the homeschooling setion there are quite a few thread/posts with people sharing their experiences of homeschooling their kiddies:)

I find socialising the least of our worries...infact it is one of the big positives to homeschooling IMO...the socialisation is better:yes:

[lizzo]

Homeschooling aside this is a time when you have encourage your child to 'hang' with nice kids.

You have to figure out which kids are going to have parents with similar values to your own and encourage your kids to be with them. You dont have to say - "you cant hang around those kids because they are bad" - it wont work, you have to subtly drop hints when you see or hear about behaviour you dont like...and vice versa for good behaviour.

Next time your son comes home with some interesting news you need to say that that is silly talk or whatever and we dont talk like that in our house.....and if he eventually becomes friends with a particular child invite them over for a play...gives you a chance to meet the parents plus really get to know the new friend. Then if you think the new friend is nice tell your child exactly that and encourage the realtionship.

This is the time where you need to guide your child and lead by example. If you some silly behaviour on the tele, say it out loud so they know that you dont stand for that sort of thing.

They will soon learn what kind of beahaviours are acceptable and which are not!!!