Homeschooling parents, really so perfect??????

Maggie

Oh dear, I don't do Facebook, it always shows people having a great time, doing more, having a better time, being more perfect than you or real life. Best avoided

I have done homeschooling for my daughter when she was in her teens and also for a couple of my primary school age grandchildren, for various reasons. You do start off with the idea of a curriculum and maybe a timetable, but it just doesn't work at home. It's all trial and error before you settle into a routine that works. However, homeschooling under lockdown must be very different, as you can't take advantage of all the resources out there in real life.

As for Facebook, it's a window for narcissists. I have a niece by marriage - a niece-in-law? - who fancies herself to be an incredible baker. Recently she posted on Facebook 150 photos of cakes she had made over the past 4 years. Honestly, who gives a **?

That was, of course, supposed to be a **.

Damn, it keeps deleting my **!

A report came out yesterday indicating that 40+% of layoffs resulting from the pandemic will result in permanent unemployment, nearly one half of the workforce-

Evictions, in this state, were suspended 90 days by executive order from the governor for commercial business but not for residential tenants-

An estimated 3 million evictions could potentially be carried out over the course of the summer- Education would then truly be up to the parents discretion because you don't get to throw people out onto the streets and then require parents to adhere to a specific curriculum, via internet, when they're transient-

As it is, our rural communities don't have internet access- Parents are driving to parking lots of McDonald's and other establishments to connect to their free Wi-Fi in order to do schoolwork-

Great recession is already here

Unfortunately my 2 DGC have to be in lockdown with their father.
Very rigid in his views and believes that much of the work being set by school is a waste of time so concentrates on tables/numeracy/spelling/reading.
A baking activity involving weighing and following a recipe was dismissed as useless.
All work submitted to school is perfect as the children must redo it until it meets his 'high standards'.
He will accept no help or input.
Poor kids won't be back to school until August and although I am behind the way that lockdown is working, I feel for these kids!

rosecarmel that is truly awful. As ever, the poorest and disenfranchised take the brunt of it.

Some of the apps they're being asked to use glitch out, and don't save the work they've completed- It's then lost, and needs to be redone-

They had interviews on the radio the day before yesterday with some younger students and their parents - A portion of the segment was devoted to parents of autistic children, their collective struggles, their support for each other and their complete sense off loss they feel without their children's special education teachers in person assistance-

As it stands, schools will open in September, half the students will attend for 2 days, then the other half- However, if their is a second wave, I imagine that will change-

Off topic, I saw the first going out of business sign up today- Pier 1 Imports is closing all of its stores- The first of what may be many more to come- JC Penny could be next-

I’m surprised how many parents don’t want their kids to return to school. OK there is the virus risk, but is it just as much the kids have got used to the routine and mums don’t want to change it, only to change back in a few weeks. Also they really enjoy the home baking!.

In my case, I wouldnt very comfortable letting my kids go to school till I see how the numbers look like.

It would be way easier for me to send them back to school and take a breather.
I feel my family's health is more important.

I don't think it's because mums don’t want to change the routine Davidhs that they're reluctant to send children back to school just yet. Many of the young parents that I know are struggling to work from home and keep their children focused and up to date with online school work; not an easy juggling act and so you'd expect them to be champing at the bit to get their children back into school. But there are a myriad of reasons as to why their is a reluctance to send them back must yet: compromised health of the child, of siblings, other family members, plus the knowledge that whilst its suspected that young children generally won't suffer too badly with the virus themselves, they can be carriers of it.

Davidhs, parents think it isn't safe to send their children back to school. I don't blame them.

Can I add as well that the parents of young children are now very aware of the needs of their children and they know that sitting at a table, socially distanced from their peers with limited access to equipment will not meet those needs. So the children are better off at home interacting with their parents and siblings.

I take what people put on FB with a pinch of salt.
As I have said elsewhere - people only put on FB what they want people to see.
There are many people in the world who only want to project a perfect picture.

My DC used to complain to me that I only told people the bad stuff. I was never one for boasting!

Facebook. Don't you mean Bragbook

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