Social frustration of 9 year old.
Tonya
Hi. I am having a bit of a problem with my 9 year old son. I have
been unschooling him and his three younger brothers and he is showing
major frustration for friends and going places. I am limited for
going lot's of places because of the fact that I have a one year old
that if you interupt his nap schedual he is very cranky. And the fact
that my older kids like to stay up late and sleep in late. I try to
get out as much as I can and even participate in a homeschool group
once a week.
But My nine year old is not interested in much more than movies and
playstation no matter what we have going on and no matter what I
strew his way.
My family live far away and the ones that live close work and have
school. He is to the point where he is having crying spells because
he wants kids his age to do things with and to play. None in the
group are close to his age. I have asked if he wants to try out school
(even though I am against the idea) but he always says no. But i
don't know if he is basing his decision because he has never gone and
because of the negative things about it that i know he has heard from
me talking to others about it. I really don't know what to do. Does
anyone else have this come up?Does anyone have thier children get
confused because they want more to do than whats at home but don't
want to go to school?
I am trying everything to get him out more and look for different
people to be around but it just doesn't seem to be enough.
I would appreciate some advice. Thanks Tonya
been unschooling him and his three younger brothers and he is showing
major frustration for friends and going places. I am limited for
going lot's of places because of the fact that I have a one year old
that if you interupt his nap schedual he is very cranky. And the fact
that my older kids like to stay up late and sleep in late. I try to
get out as much as I can and even participate in a homeschool group
once a week.
But My nine year old is not interested in much more than movies and
playstation no matter what we have going on and no matter what I
strew his way.
My family live far away and the ones that live close work and have
school. He is to the point where he is having crying spells because
he wants kids his age to do things with and to play. None in the
group are close to his age. I have asked if he wants to try out school
(even though I am against the idea) but he always says no. But i
don't know if he is basing his decision because he has never gone and
because of the negative things about it that i know he has heard from
me talking to others about it. I really don't know what to do. Does
anyone else have this come up?Does anyone have thier children get
confused because they want more to do than whats at home but don't
want to go to school?
I am trying everything to get him out more and look for different
people to be around but it just doesn't seem to be enough.
I would appreciate some advice. Thanks Tonya
S Drag-teine
Is it really necessary that they all be nine? My son is five and plays video
games with a 10 year old. They don't always get a long but they usually play
together very well.
Shannon
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tonya
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Social frustration of 9 year old.
Hi. I am having a bit of a problem with my 9 year old son. I have
been unschooling him and his three younger brothers and he is showing
major frustration for friends and going places. I am limited for
going lot's of places because of the fact that I have a one year old
that if you interupt his nap schedual he is very cranky. And the fact
that my older kids like to stay up late and sleep in late. I try to
get out as much as I can and even participate in a homeschool group
once a week.
But My nine year old is not interested in much more than movies and
playstation no matter what we have going on and no matter what I
strew his way.
My family live far away and the ones that live close work and have
school. He is to the point where he is having crying spells because
he wants kids his age to do things with and to play. None in the
group are close to his age. I have asked if he wants to try out school
(even though I am against the idea) but he always says no. But i
don't know if he is basing his decision because he has never gone and
because of the negative things about it that i know he has heard from
me talking to others about it. I really don't know what to do. Does
anyone else have this come up?Does anyone have thier children get
confused because they want more to do than whats at home but don't
want to go to school?
I am trying everything to get him out more and look for different
people to be around but it just doesn't seem to be enough.
I would appreciate some advice. Thanks Tonya
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games with a 10 year old. They don't always get a long but they usually play
together very well.
Shannon
<http://www.melaleuca.com/> Melaleuca Customer
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paperback books for FREE - PaperBackSwap.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tonya
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 5:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Social frustration of 9 year old.
Hi. I am having a bit of a problem with my 9 year old son. I have
been unschooling him and his three younger brothers and he is showing
major frustration for friends and going places. I am limited for
going lot's of places because of the fact that I have a one year old
that if you interupt his nap schedual he is very cranky. And the fact
that my older kids like to stay up late and sleep in late. I try to
get out as much as I can and even participate in a homeschool group
once a week.
But My nine year old is not interested in much more than movies and
playstation no matter what we have going on and no matter what I
strew his way.
My family live far away and the ones that live close work and have
school. He is to the point where he is having crying spells because
he wants kids his age to do things with and to play. None in the
group are close to his age. I have asked if he wants to try out school
(even though I am against the idea) but he always says no. But i
don't know if he is basing his decision because he has never gone and
because of the negative things about it that i know he has heard from
me talking to others about it. I really don't know what to do. Does
anyone else have this come up?Does anyone have thier children get
confused because they want more to do than whats at home but don't
want to go to school?
I am trying everything to get him out more and look for different
people to be around but it just doesn't seem to be enough.
I would appreciate some advice. Thanks Tonya
Yahoo! Groups Links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingbasics/
[email protected]
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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In a message dated 2/15/2006 3:06:10 P.M. Central Standard Time,
dragteine@... writes:
Is it really necessary that they all be nine? My son is five and plays video
games with a 10 year old. They don't always get a long but they usually play
together very well.
Shannon
No, they don't have to be nine. in fact, my son gets along with basically
all ages from 5 to 15. It's just still hard to find someone in the area that he
can spend time with.
We live in a small back woods town and there is not much happening here.
Tonya
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dragteine@... writes:
Is it really necessary that they all be nine? My son is five and plays video
games with a 10 year old. They don't always get a long but they usually play
together very well.
Shannon
No, they don't have to be nine. in fact, my son gets along with basically
all ages from 5 to 15. It's just still hard to find someone in the area that he
can spend time with.
We live in a small back woods town and there is not much happening here.
Tonya
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