Well , I wouldn't worry about it at this age. In high school, many school districts allow you to do one or two classes. Or community college.In the younger years you could enroll in some summer classes taught by parks department or scinece centers.art centers etc. Seems like it is probably a pretty easy skill to learn. OR, if a kid hated that kind of question-answer, you could find schools (including colleges) that are more discussion based and skip thenorm altogether.

:iagree: Walking away was the only thing that helped. And lots of good hard exercise during the day to help deal with all the extra testosterone zooming through their bodies.

I was boiling spagetti noodles yesterday and needed a spoon to stir it with, I askedmy son, who happened to be right there, to pass me the noodle so I could stir the spagetti. Of course being the snarky kid he said"WOn't that be kind of hard" It took me a minute to figure out what he was even talking about, I didn't even realize what I'd said.

:iagree: By age 14, I think your daughter should be famililiar with what you would allow her to do. Perhaps the mom should have asked, but she is old enough to know what things she should get permission for.

Our recycling co. sends out notices along with what is/is not recyclable that they need the stuff cleaned. So I do. SOmetimes I even put dirtier container (peanut butter) in the dishwasher first. Around here, recycling pick up is free, so I recycle as much as I can. That way we have a much smaller garbage bill. In our yard waster, we can put food scraps and pizza boxes (grease and all) Then I guess they compost it.

I did that too, but then I was told the calcium in my rice milk interfered with the absorption of iron. Then I took it straight-but that's not very tasty.

I second the timed tests. We did these very rarely. Now my son is having to learn how to budget his time on his tests, I wish we had practiced that more in high school. On the up side though, he figured out his own answer to sitting at the desk. He commutes from home, and last time he stopped at a bus stop futher from school so he had a chance for a brisk walk. Then he had the movement which helps him think, but was able to sit in a desk at quiz time.

I did it for a long time. My son had achecklist, I figured why not me too?

I think the posters who said it had some to do with the fear of unknown hit the nail on the head. I sometimes can be a leave it to my son and let him suffer the consequences, but I felt the natural consequence was pretty tough. And he was a great student who normally worked hard, the essay/application just bogged him down. I ended up scheduling out part of our school time to devote to this. So, a couple of times a week he and I would meet, set goals together, and see how he was progresssing. I tried to be less naggy and more advisor. Breaking it down seemed to help him. And keeping a regular time to talk about it when each goal was set. He was rather grumpy at first- and we had a serious talk about whther he wanted to go to college (he did) and then he was mostly on board. But, honestly, if he had kept up the opposition I might have left him to himself as far as applying,and if didn't do then maybe he wasn't ready- sometimes that really is the only way to learn.

Go look at your school district's requirements for high school graduation. That will give you a good idea of what you need. Then you can map out what credits you will need. Also look at your state college requirements and other colleges requirement. This will give you a good feeling for what you need to accomplish over the next four years.

I did use some of my son's things he did outside of school as credits ( designning websites, speech) So I think it can be a good idea. The theater could count as a fine arts credit. Your only drawback may be that some schools do not want you to list the same things for extracurricular as you do for credit. So, if you count theater as speech credit, you couldn't list it in extracurricular ( and some schools pay a lot of attention to activities. If she continues in theater, you could do for credit one year and as an actiity the next too.

You may have something there. I was wondering why my kid was so non-fazed by it. But he had done debate., and I think he feel the same way your boys did. Once he got over that fear (debating in competition) everything else is a breeze.

I wish I was like that. Wonder Bread, I agree ewww! But a good white bread sandwich yumm. I buy the whole wheat at Csotco, the one I can find the cheapest, but truthfully I just don't like it. I eat because it's better for me than white.

That is what I did. I didn't consider it immoral, I just considered it writing in a langauge they understood. I had to do years, and I couldn't say we started in the middle of one yr and finished the next. It just seemed easiest for the college to understand. The important thing was, he had done the credit. I don't think they really care what year, it is just how some applications are set up.

I think you're right that all this history goes into it. I was one of the people that said I would do it for my mom. But my feeling comes from remembering all the things she has done for me, and gratitude for that. My mom also asks seldom. Your circumstances are differant. If you don't feel like it is something you need to do, then don't.

I do things like that for my mom sometimes. She handles most things on her own. But sometimes she feels as if they just aren't listening to her because ofher age (and she's right) so either my sister or I do it. It could also be due to herage she gets confused about what theirsaying and wants your support.That is for the property management stuff-the family stuff I would hesitate to be in the middle.

Partly because of anemia(tiredness) and my confidence age perimenopause is the time when I said "No, I'm too tired to do such and such, I want you all (family) to help out. I relaxed expectations that I had put on myself and told my family when I felt they were expectating too much. In some ways, I think being hormonal helped this. But what didn't help was the anger or anxienty for no reason-the I want to rage at the world when there is no reason to rage. That iswhere progesterone helped.

My son learned to type on the computer at about 11- that worked better than writing. But I did want him to be able to write on his own( I haven't followed him to college to be his scribe) After he was confident with the writing process (outline ,rough draft, edit) then he worked more on his own. Truthully, writing was a struggle for him Even in middle school/some high school when we increased the depth of the writing, I some times scribed for him. Basically, I just did it less and less. Andrew Pudewa says you can't help a child too much with writing. That as the become more confident, they will be more independant. That is how it worked with my son. As he became more adept at writing he became more confident and willing to do it himself. Separating the two enabled him to be profecient and confident in each.

I think the teacher is right as far as the thought process goes. My son spent so much energy on the physical part of writing that he had trouble then with the writing (thoughts to paper ) part. When I was able to scribe or have him type he couldwork on the thought part of writing. For writing practice, have your son do copywork and dictation. Then he still will get the practice of physcially writing, but he can separate the writing (thoughts to paper) from the physcial skill of learning to write.

Well since it was fun, sounds like the naturalists were helpful even if just a few showed up. What if those kids who attended sent thank you cards- it might leave the guides with a good impression of homeschoolers-as opposed to flakes who don't show up whenscheduled.

My son did Apologia Physics, and is nowdoing Physics in college. He took Physics 1 in CC, and is doing Physics 2 at the University. So far hehas felt very prepared. He usually obtained A's in Apologia too. He studied the study questions and knew what was expected on the test.

I don't think she should feel pressured. We did do CC classes for things that were beyond our limit. But, I have friends who did it all at home. You may end up taking more SAT II tests,(or equivalent) to prove the student knows the material. And, I would have my student do an outside actiity so that she would have some references beside mom and dad ( as well as expereince) But many students don't tak outside classes.

Have her grade her own papers(with the exception of math possbily) and correct them. Then you make check her papers once a week to makesure she is correcting them , and see i she is understanding the material.

You can list whatever you use a spine(Spielvogel or other choice) as your textbook. Then we listed some of ther books (the primary source books and well known books) also as texts. My son was acceptedto the college. We listed history as Ancient History, History of The Middle Ages, World Modern History and Us Government and History ( to fit into requirements)

Thanks. It sounds like it just takes a while to heal. Our dr. seemed to think it would have healed faster. But looking online, and at the hive mind experiences, it just takes awhile. We have an appointment with the ortho dr in 10 days, so he can reeevaluate it.