hi everyone
I seem to only be in this part of mumsnet when am in difficulties, but i appreciate the support i get here.
basically my ds is 6 goin on 7 so he would have been primary 3 this year in northern ireland, i deregistered him last november after doing lots of research about homeschooling.
i really want to home educate my kids, but i feel like am failing miserably, my ds just cant be bothered at all and will whine and moan, about any little thing, now you might say ok home ed him autonomously, but my dh will not even hear of that, and would put him back into school at the mere mention of it, and i suppose i like to do a bit of school work with ds as well, although really i dont demand much from him, a bit of reading some writting practice and some math and we alternate science, history etc
the local school is right over the road and dh keeps making comment like 'oh all the other kids are back at school' and the dreaded ' are you doing school with him today'
this isnt the only thing i have to deal with right now, my mum is sick and I'm her main carer and have been out of the house quite a bit with her so for example i wont be doing any school with ds as i know it as am going into a&e with my mum so now i feel guilty and am constantly thinking, 'he could have been in school right now doing all his learning and school work'.
also on top of this i am finishing of a degree with the ou and really need to get out to work at some point this year, which again is suffering as my mum is ill right now, she goes up and down throughout the year.
so am so confused and thinking whats the point and why am i bothering right now when ds wont even co coperate on the days when he had my full attention, its as if he just doesnt want to learn and i know that if he was in school he would have to learn right.
whata m i gonna do its all getting me really down and i just felt like i wanted to cry yesterday
please advice asap, before i have a nervous breakdown
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puddinmama · 02/09/2009 13:34
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