Homeschool: Pros Cons
By earnwithme
@earnwithme (27)
United States
October 19, 2006 8:04pm CST
For children with attention problems, what are the pros/cons of homeschooling?
4 responses
@ljcrowefamily (323)
• United States
30 Oct 06
What do you mean by this? Are you saying that school is not important? I think education is extremely important and that's why we have a home curricula of learning. We focus on what the kids are interested in, and they do play too. It's just that even when you are digging a hole in the sandbox you can still explain about layers of dirt and explain to them why rocks look like they do, etc.
@ahalapia (942)
• United States
28 Oct 06
I have been homeschooling my daughter for 3 years now with much success, she has ADHD and with this approach I have one on one interaction, no other kids to contend with no distractions, like in the normal school enviroment, it was even suggested before we started by one of her former public school teachers because she thought my daughter was getting lost in the system, from that year on we have been homeschooling and I wouldn't turn back, we love it.
@ljcrowefamily (323)
• United States
28 Oct 06
That's wonderful. However, I hope you are considering that you daughter will eventually have to live in a world where there are distractions, so using your homeschooling time to slowly and safely introduce those situations in a controlled environemnt can be very beneficial to her for once she is out ono her own.
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
28 Oct 06
I think you definitely get more focused attention for your child/children that way. It is not personally a choice I have really considered. For one thing, I must work for pay, at least part time, and so it would be hard to give the home schooling the time it deserves. Also, I think that there is much to be said for the socialization opportunities with other kids at school.
Of course, school is a different place now than it was when I was younger, and some aspects of it can be pretty scary. What we decided in our family is to do without if necessary in order to pay for it, but we sent our son to private school.
@ljcrowefamily (323)
• United States
28 Oct 06
You can get socialization opportunities in the homeschool community that are much more natural than those forced in school by having to buddy up with the partner your teachers chooses. Also, you can work and do homeschool. I'm a single mom and have managed it with two kids, both with special needs.
@kesfylstra (1868)
• United States
28 Oct 06
My little brother-in-law is ADHD and was kicked out of school in the second grade. He's been homeschooled for a little under a year now, and is going GREAT! He's finally showing the true intelligence we always knew he had, and progressing leaps and bounds in his reading.
@ljcrowefamily (323)
• United States
28 Oct 06
You can give your child one on one in homeschool where they will get a one to thirty or more ration at school. If your child has serious attention difficulties and you don't want to medicate to accomodate the schools, go for it. However, know that the same deficits that your child has at school will still be there at home. Either path can be a rocky road if you are not prepared to deal with a student who is ADHD.
