We have had a mega difficult year as a family, my Dad having cancer, surviving that only to be told that he has a rare incurable muscle wasting disease. Several other fairly biggish issues, and now my disabled for 20 yrs dh with me as his carer, is being assessed as fit for work! (Cue lost forms, a hideous medical and now a sword of Damocles hanging over us while we wait to find out if we will suddenly be £500 a month worse off and basically both be expected to find a job)!
Anyway, ds (7) is obviously more aware of all of this than perhaps a child who went to school. He is an only, but has lots of friends and gets lots time playing with them. He also has a dog who is his constant companion and best buddy.
We all love home schooling; were completely autonomous until this year, do a little tiny bit of 'you need to sit and do this' type stuff now, just to help him to learn that you do have to do stuff you don't want to sometimes, and that it won't kill you!
He will not go anywhere without us, apart from a few friends houses to play and Nanny's or his aunties. He gets very anxious about stuff and has had a few nervous tics this last 12 months, they all pass but then another one develops. I am really beating myself up and thinking that if we were 'normal' and he went to school he wouldn't overhear so much stuff and have these tics (although we try and tell him as much as we can, if obviously aimed at his level of understanding with much reassurance.) Also worry about the fact that he is too anxious to go many places without us, most 'schooled' kids are leaving their parents for whole days at the age of 4. Are we creating a big mess; should we send him to school? Every fibre of our family is saying no, but then I see our 'normal' friends kids who seem to take so much in their stride and I worry that we are doing our ds a huge dis-service even though I believe passionately in HE.
Pls let me know what you think, and thanks for reading this massive essay!!!
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dandycandyjellybean · 20/04/2013 21:13
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