To not take ds again

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I homeschool and ds (6) has wanted to go to gymnastics for a while, I found a club, 15 minutes from home that is for homeschooled children.

I took ds for the trial class today. He absolutely loved it, has come out sweating and full of spirits. Including ds there were 8 children.

But. The behaviour in the class was appalling, kids shoving each other, being horrible, one girl called ds an idiot and shone her middle finger and shoved him, teacher unaware and not stopping any of the loud noise or messing around that was going on.

I'm stuck, he desperately wants to go, but I think it's not what I was expecting at all... Would I be unreasonable not to take him. I've told him to ignore the girl but the general behaviour was below what I was expecting.

Why can't you take him to a standard gym class rather than one specifically for home school children?

Don't be defeated so easily. Try a different class.

Why can't he go to a different after-school or weekend class? Is he not allowed to mix with children who attend school? You were not happy with the trial session but it looks like gymnastics is something he will enjoy - explore other options.

Either try a different gym club or try a class with children who go to school- I would not tolerate that sort of behaviour in my dance or acrobatics classes that I teach. Either those particular kids are not receiving the discipline they need to behave in class or the teacher is lax. I would give their general class a go, and if there are the same problems, find another club.

Never mentioned not mixing with school kids, you're reading into it what isn't there. Of course he can and he does. It was more for him to have other kids who he could relate to in one way. I think I am going to look for another class. I want him to go to a class that has good discipline. The also good thing about the class was its during the day, so no evenings, me being lazy.

Ah well, I'll look around later