Home ed a place to really let rip and debate

[singingmum]

OK so it seemed needed so I'll start.
I HE.It is best fro my dc's in my opinion and that of my dp.
Why? Well a number of reasons really.I'll be short as have tired fingers from posting on other HE threads where anyone who wishes can see the full story.
My dp,my brothers,my friend and myself all attended the same comp over diff years.It was crap.
I actually became bored of learning the same stuff over and over again.My dp and brothers were pigeon holed for having learning difficulties(ie dyslexia)and were taught very badly and left to rot.My friend could learn much but was often left to it and did not do as well as she could.
My son had mega probs caused by nursery and am not putting either of my dc's go through that as my ds is bright but may have aspergers and my dd has dyslexic tendencies.
So as everyone has been letting rip indiscrimenently(bad spelling sorry)I thought I'd put it all in one place.
Let rip ladies and gents

no i do fundementally agree with your post, except the housework, contributing to household stuff. It IS obligatory here. Its one of the rules. That might be a political/feministy or whatever difference though. I am NOT staying at home to clean a sodding house, and with 2 kids at home there IS a lot of mess.

Its seldom that I have to ask or remind my kids to help out or do chores, as they WILL normally help (they are 3 and 2, this will probably change!) but the bottom line is that they are expected to help.

The SN point is a really good one too. One huge plus of HEing for my (NT) kids is that they meet a lot of kids with SN, and those kids normally actually HAVE the support they need. But so do ALL the kids there, to have one or two parents with you is hardly unusual, there is generally a high adult-child ratio with a lot of interaction. So kids with SN aren't anything different at all. If there is something getting in their way of participating, that is sorted out, as with any other child. So SN is not something seperate, its just on the spectrum of everyone having differing needds.

I am NOT making much sense but I hope you know what I mean.

Absoulutely agree that dc's must help with housework when you HE.It's Home economics(at least thats what I tell my dc's so they have to help)
We have a rota for jobs and on each day everyone has to do their chores or it doesn't get done.Although I have most chores even my dp who works has some and that makes the home run relatively smoothly,although can get odd hiccup.Cleaning,cooking etc. are all skills needed to live so why not teach them young.Also dc's do need some structure(although not constantly)and need some boundaries but with explanations not just because I said so,again hiccup happen and we all get those days(normally about ooohhh,once a month).We all do.

Sorry about spelling,had lea rep here this morning and am full of what dc's have done for last few months.Head is swimming.Thank goodness she's really nice.