AIBU to be a bit smug?

[CheerMum]

Hi all. I have been mooching on AIBU and various FB threads from my friends and they all seem to be moaning about the topic/amount of holiday work their kids have been given. Am I being a tad smug to be thinking that my daughter has spent today with three of her HE friends celebrating her 11th bday rather than spending half the day sat on the floor in assembly, and that she DOES have some work to do over the next few weeks, but that it is designing Olympics themed dolls for her current topic?

My non-home educated daughter would, at 10, find a summer of designing any dolls, themed or otherwise, a rather babyish activity. I think you also miss that being educated at school is not the only education children get; parents do all sorts of things with them at home: reading, visiting, talking etc. So, unless you have something else planned for the summer, I don't think a few dolls can be called an education. That is playing and, perhaps, learning but not an education. YABU to be smug as I don't see anything to be smug about.

I agree with LeBFG, actually.

I'm genuinely glad you're content with your home education choices, but I wonder that you generalise about school children and their parents.

This is exactly why I didn't post in AIBU as this was meant as a light hearted thread, not a serious discussion of the merits or otherwise of home ed v school

Would it have been better if I had said I was feeling self-satisfied? The smugness is a reflection of how happy we are with the way things are.

I have never had a go at someone for their parental choices and was merely celebrating the fact that we feel so cheery whilst so many others are moaning.

And as for those who have felt the need to use insulting comments...

I think it also misses the point that the 11 yr olds are not just 'sitting on the floor half the day in assembly' they are especially designed for them and are celebrating their achievements and time in school and one that an 11yr old wouldn't want to miss for anything, when they are about to move on. They also won't have any holiday homework because they are between schools.
However-it really doesn't matter-it is what OP's DD enjoys that is important-I just don't think there is the envy she seems to imagine since the word 'smug' seems to conjure up that they would change places if they could.

Cross posted-self satisfied is better-I would just settle for happy.

YABU. It's the smugness of those who are convinced that everyone else would just be so much better off if they would just wake up and do as I've done....sigh. As though every parent that chooses 'traditional' education is a victim of false consciousness.

And your 'Olympic dolls' work doesn't sound any better than the worst shite my DSCs have done at school.

self-satisfied means smug.So thats no better.Happy,yes.
Dont forget Home ed section is open to everyone,not just home-ed people.
It is not how Mumsnet works.

Dont forget Home ed section is open to everyone,not just home-ed people.
It is not how Mumsnet works.

Although I'm sure some people would like it to!

But if your dd's birthday was today, I can't see the difference between HE and SE. We can all do topics with our children if we want to. SE children aren't locked in a cupboard when they're not at school contrary to what this board seems to think.