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Am I crazy?
As if being single doesn't add to the challenge of raising a RAD kid, I also have absolutely no support structure around me other than occasional (hopefully weekly) visits to the therapist. One of my main catalysts right now was interviewing for a job and learning that they were only interested in someone who could work evenings and weekends. It started me thinking that right now probably most of the available jobs would have similar scheduling requirements and to take a job with those hours I would only be able to see my daughter in the morning before she left for school. If I homeschooled I could spend the day with her before turning her over to a babysitter when I left for work.
I also want to homeschool her because I don't believe the school will do anything to adapt their program to fit her needs. They even balk at the idea of admitting that she may not be able to learn in a standard classroom with 20 other kids. Balk? No, they just plain refuse to acknowledge that she could do better if she was given a chance.
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You are NOT crazy. This is a current consideration of mine too. R is so...impressionable, and reasonable that I just don't really trust her ability to filter the worldy ideas of "friends" and others. She believes people. She likes to be liked. She wants to be pleasing, except when she doesn't and then she digs in so hard and mean... and while I have tools to respond to her appropriately they a. don't and b. won't and c. can't. She lieks learning and wants me to do play school with her all the time- thats how I've tutored her all year......
so no. its not crazy. Its a thought.....
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I regularly read 2 blogs of moms who have adopted from foster care and homeschool, one is a single mom and one is not.
I personally find homeschooling makes it easier, not harder, to get other things done.
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I homeschooled my RAD daughter for 3 years. It was hard, hard, hard, but rewarding. I found that we could finish school work fairly quickly. In your case, that would be great because that would give you time together. I also altered the day's agenda based on my daughter's mood. Example - when she was in high ODD mode, I knew it was not wise to have her do multiplication worksheets. Those days, we may review multiplication in a different way. Schools are not equipped to deal with RAD kids. As a result, homeschooling is less stressful in some ways. Much less triangulation, thats for sure.