Windy, Yoohoo, over here!

[Fllight]

Hello

Thought we might be taking over the named cars thread!
Is he your only child?

[windygalestoday]

hiya flight ....no i have 3 ds aged 14 ,12 and 7- all of them have been home ed at some point in primary

ds1 was home schooled by me and n tutor due to a teacher bullying him he was signed off school by the doctor

ds2 has m.e symptoms and school werent supporting him so i home schooled him for 3 years hes now at secondary and thriving gone from being clssed as possible sen to top set student.

ds3 has never been we became v disillusioned with primary school and as ds2 illness can strike up again at any time and often does hes staying home for the forseeable future........

how did you come to think you might do it??

having read some of your other posts is your mum supportive or not?

[Fllight]

Sorry I had to go and do housework!

It must be nice having three...mine are nearly 5 and nearly 1, so they love each other but don't have much in common...I always imagined having a few closer together that would be happy playing without needing help from schoolfriends to have fun!

I can see why you might have got disillusioned with school, after experiencing teacher bullying. That's awful.

I haven't had such problems with Ds's school, in fact it seems like a good one as they go, but he is an end of May boy and thus still very little. He seems to get totally exhauste, and so when he goes he comes home and straight to sleep on the sofa, then up at 6 or whatever and he is cross and tired.
When he was awake he was being awful, really wild and violent and mad. He just wasn't handling it physically...it was a long day as they finished at 3.30, not 3 like some schools.

We staggered on through the first two terms, doing part time then random days whenever he was able to manage it, but he was having such a hard time that I felt awful mucking the school around and decided I had to go one way or another...so I took a deep breath and went in on Wednesday and told them I didn't think we'd be coming any more.

They were quite surprised but they never saw him at home...I missed him, he was not my lovely boy during term.
Anyway we've to get a Dr's note for this term and they're holding the place for him, in case he wants to go back in the Autumn.

I feel bad that he'll miss his friends, but actually on Tuesday they ganged up and roughed him up in the playground so I don't think it's foremost in his mind right now to miss them

I'll see how it goes over the summer. Tbh I reckon four is too little anyway, most of the recep kids are knackered according to their mums. I'm lucky to have the choice.

Mum is still anti but we agreed to disagree last night. It's hard but I think it's the right thing for now at least!

Very impressed at the progress you made with your middle son. That just goes to show!

[windygalestoday]

i think youve just got to go with your instincts i agree 4 is so young for school my eldest ds is an august baby so he ws v young ....you will find the change in him amazing over the next year or so- i do think school is a wonderful place to be if the child is happy to be there but it can be a lonely miserable experience otherwise.
theres 2 years and 2 months between my eldest 2 and they are so close yours will be like that too i expect- mine cant remember not having each other.

My father in law took ages to accept that we were homschooling- but now he sings our praises and is fully supportive.

[Fllight]

Oh that is good to know...I guess I have to prove that we can do it well, then maybe she will calm down! Thanks for being so kind and talking to me about this, I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it! x