Hello. Sorry in advance, this is going to be a really long one.
I have two children, one in reception and one in year two. I'm a single parent, currently on benefits due to my health. I wanted to become a teaching assistant to fit in with schools hours and term time so am in the process of gaining a qualification and have been volunteering in my childrens school. My gosh it is breaking my heart seeing the way some of the teaching staff talk to and about the children there ( and in front of me, knowing my children go there). Before my daughter started school I was seriously considering homeschooling, she barely went to preschool as I didn't see any reason to leave my child at preschool when she could stay with her mummy. We did plenty of playgroups,daytrips, softplays etc etc so she didn't miss out on socailising and learning through play. I think part of the reason I ended putting her in school as I moved around a lot as a child probably why I'm so shy and wanted her to have longterm friends.
It's really important to me that my children grow up to be happy, kind and compassionate people (not just smart) and I feel thats more likely if they're schooled by someone who's patient, who genuinely cares about them, who has time to go through things they dont understand etc ie their mother. There's a few things thats holding me back. For example, I'm on benefits at the moment but I would like to one day support myself financially, how will I do this when homeschooling, I have no family or support system so can't even have anyone babysit if I were to work nights. My TA qualification-and then later teaching training- would have to go on hold for at least 6 years til they're both at secondary school). Just to mention a couple of things. But, my children are most important than those things. I'm a very keen and fast learner so I have no worries about me learning and teaching them at all. My concerns are more finacail as my only income is benefits and I cant change that anytime soon if homeschooling
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Trying to decide wether to homeschool. Stressed.
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BerrySquash · 03/05/2016 22:44
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