Guest guest Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 We made it through another round! I have chromium picolinate left overs from child #1, I could try adding it. She's been on gluten free before, it did nothing for her. On round she had very little appetite to eat the entire three days. She eats gluten. She loves goat milk, too. I forgot what a hot topic homeschooling is. Homeschooling parents can't discuss that we have problems sometimes or vent that we would just love to pack them off to school, without many people thinking the solution really would be sending them to school. This is typical but it is not based on reality! I would just put her there because of being tired of dealing with her crap, not because it is the best place for her. My daughter has severe dyslexia and expressive and receptive language disorder. She would just be humiliated in school. She then would play the juvinille delinquent tough girl role. I have managed to get her literate. This was a huge accomplishment, and mostly I can't take credit for it. Many curriculums failed to teach her to read and she just had to untwist that knot in her brain on her own finally. She's still working on it and making progress. In the past 3 months she's learned to spell 75% of words. I don't think we have to worry about her going to college. Not that she isn't smart, she created and owns her own petsitting business. She just can't read and write well. And she would rather walk over hot coals then do things like read books " for fun " and write essays on purpose. You don't here me bragging about all of the impressive homeschooling educational acrobatics this kid is doing. She's not that kind of homeschooler and her lack of enthusiasm for learning spreads to the other children, because of her electric personality. She's quite a leader. Furthermore, she is very street smart and in no way sheltered. She and another child managed to form a group to be the antagonistic bullies of the homeschool group we were in, alienating most of the childrens and their moms. So, it is not like she didn't have opprotunities for socialization that she's mucked up and continues to do so. I have the boy's town book " Teaching children social skills " that I am working through with her right now. I think it is great for children like mine who are going to recover from chelation and need to be trained or retrained in social skills. Having needed to train child 1 in social skills towards the end of his chelation, I feel more ready for this and will try sooner with child 2. We have been going over the first six skills since october and she still doesn't have them down. I am making things uncomfortable for her because she won't listen or learn. So, cell phone and video games are gone for the time being. Soon, I plan to have her undivided attention. It's been two weeks of being grounded and she managed to get another two weeks tacked on additional and the cell phone is gone permanantly for continual misuse.. The thing is that we have to find a way to teach our children to live in this society, and that they have to act a certain way to survive in it. That is what we are working on. Chelation is a huge transforming part of this but we also have so much work to do on the behavior. If she needs mood stabilizing drugs, that is probably a better option than a detention home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 ----- Original Message ----- From: andrewhallcutler This is further damage the bureaucratic worldview that naturally comes with public education does - the idea that everything should be DISPASSIONATE, that if there is emotion involved something is wrong. ===>A little distinction here, I don't think arguments should be devoid of passion, however, when the emotion goes past a certain level, people are not listening to the message and I usually fail to see the point of continuing. When I write that we pulled our kid out of public school and then read where I'm advocating public school for all kids/extolling the virtures of public education, what would be the point in continuing a conversation when people are so hyped up they can't read with any comprehension? Rhetorical. For years, I've made my living figuring out when people are listening, and when they're not, what is impeding the process. Dana's reply was passionate, she may have been angry but it wasn't keeping her from listening, the second responder was angry that I was not " thinking " the way she wanted me to, ironic as the most frequent reason for home schooling, and I think the quality it is best for, is individuality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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