Danielle
Heidi Here
Danielle,
I just spent the last hour at your homeschool site and I have to tell you I am so upset with myself for not keeping track of all the learning we have done over the past 9 years of learning together at home! I want to thank you so much for showing me "how" to record what we learn ,I really Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Heidi----- Original Message -----
From: Danielle Conger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Discipline (was Christian and Unschooling)
Thank you for sharing that link, Sandra; it's one I hadn't read all the
way through.
This morning was our monthly La Leche League meeting, and across the way
in the same church was a MOMs group meeting/ playgroup for SAHMs. When
their meeting was over, one of the coordinators came over and handed us
her card and asked for a LLL flyer that she could pass around to her
moms. That was really nice, and my kids (7, 5 and 4) were enjoying
running around with her two little girls, maybe 5 and 3 or 4 and 2. The
mom was telling me there were kids of all ages in the group, though they
didn't come during the day, of course, because they were in school. I
just smiled and nodded and thanked her.
Once we were done exchanging info and that mom was trying to get herself
and her kids ready to go, I could hear her yelling at them in the hall
to sit still, I'm-tired-of-this kind of stuff, etc. and I was thinking
to myself, "no, I don't think we'll be joining those playgroups."
Well, Julia and I went to the bathroom while Sam and Em stayed in the
foyer with one of our LLL leaders, and when I got back, the MOM's group
mother was looking at Emily, saying "Well, I don't know what you mean"
with a puzzled look on her face. I said something like oh, what did she
say kind of thing, and the lady said, "She said that you don't ground."
I just laughed and said, "No, we don't punish," leaving the astonished
woman in my wake as I went to retrieve the rest of our stuff from the room.
The other LLL leader followed me in and related that the MOMs group
woman was yelling at her daughters and telling them not to move from
their chairs or get up again, so Emily walked over and very politely
complimented the woman on her jacket, told her that her mommy had the
same jacket, but that her mommy didn't ground her kids. *roflmao* The
other leader and I were laughing so hard (quietly); she was just
cracking up that Em first did the whole fashion comment and then segued
into the whole punishment thing.
Em's concept of getting in trouble is when either dh or I are unhappy
with one of them and maybe speak sharply, but she's getting the idea
that other parents out there "ground" and punish their kids, including
spanking, much of this from cartoons and such. Two neighborhood girls
(11 and 9) have also told her all about grounding, to which Em
supposedly responded, "Well, my mom doesn't ground." The girls told her
that's because she was still young and that I would start soon! She and
I had a long talk about that one and why they might tell her such a
thing. *sigh*
--Danielle
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I just spent the last hour at your homeschool site and I have to tell you I am so upset with myself for not keeping track of all the learning we have done over the past 9 years of learning together at home! I want to thank you so much for showing me "how" to record what we learn ,I really Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Heidi----- Original Message -----
From: Danielle Conger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Discipline (was Christian and Unschooling)
Thank you for sharing that link, Sandra; it's one I hadn't read all the
way through.
This morning was our monthly La Leche League meeting, and across the way
in the same church was a MOMs group meeting/ playgroup for SAHMs. When
their meeting was over, one of the coordinators came over and handed us
her card and asked for a LLL flyer that she could pass around to her
moms. That was really nice, and my kids (7, 5 and 4) were enjoying
running around with her two little girls, maybe 5 and 3 or 4 and 2. The
mom was telling me there were kids of all ages in the group, though they
didn't come during the day, of course, because they were in school. I
just smiled and nodded and thanked her.
Once we were done exchanging info and that mom was trying to get herself
and her kids ready to go, I could hear her yelling at them in the hall
to sit still, I'm-tired-of-this kind of stuff, etc. and I was thinking
to myself, "no, I don't think we'll be joining those playgroups."
Well, Julia and I went to the bathroom while Sam and Em stayed in the
foyer with one of our LLL leaders, and when I got back, the MOM's group
mother was looking at Emily, saying "Well, I don't know what you mean"
with a puzzled look on her face. I said something like oh, what did she
say kind of thing, and the lady said, "She said that you don't ground."
I just laughed and said, "No, we don't punish," leaving the astonished
woman in my wake as I went to retrieve the rest of our stuff from the room.
The other LLL leader followed me in and related that the MOMs group
woman was yelling at her daughters and telling them not to move from
their chairs or get up again, so Emily walked over and very politely
complimented the woman on her jacket, told her that her mommy had the
same jacket, but that her mommy didn't ground her kids. *roflmao* The
other leader and I were laughing so hard (quietly); she was just
cracking up that Em first did the whole fashion comment and then segued
into the whole punishment thing.
Em's concept of getting in trouble is when either dh or I are unhappy
with one of them and maybe speak sharply, but she's getting the idea
that other parents out there "ground" and punish their kids, including
spanking, much of this from cartoons and such. Two neighborhood girls
(11 and 9) have also told her all about grounding, to which Em
supposedly responded, "Well, my mom doesn't ground." The girls told her
that's because she was still young and that I would start soon! She and
I had a long talk about that one and why they might tell her such a
thing. *sigh*
--Danielle
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Danielle Conger
Thank you so much! This email was a bright spot in a very sad day for
me, helping me wrench my perspective back to where it should be: my
precious children and our wonderful life!
Sadly, this same gal I was talking and laughing with on Friday was flown
yesterday to a cancer center in DC because the doctors strongly believe
she has Hodgkin's Disease--cancer of the lymphatic system. She went to
Urgent Care for an incredibly swollen neck gland Friday evening,
assuming she had strep, and an x-ray showed a large mass in her lung. *sigh*
Thank you for this gift Heidi!
--Danielle
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
Heidi Here wrote:
me, helping me wrench my perspective back to where it should be: my
precious children and our wonderful life!
Sadly, this same gal I was talking and laughing with on Friday was flown
yesterday to a cancer center in DC because the doctors strongly believe
she has Hodgkin's Disease--cancer of the lymphatic system. She went to
Urgent Care for an incredibly swollen neck gland Friday evening,
assuming she had strep, and an x-ray showed a large mass in her lung. *sigh*
Thank you for this gift Heidi!
--Danielle
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
Heidi Here wrote:
>Danielle,
>I just spent the last hour at your homeschool site and I have to tell you I am so upset with myself for not keeping track of all the learning we have done over the past 9 years of learning together at home! I want to thank you so much for showing me "how" to record what we learn ,I really Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
>Heidi
>
>
Heidi Here
Danielle,
I am so sorry to here about your friend, Please let me know how she makes out. I have and will pray for her.
And for anyone who needs ideas on how to note your childrens learning please look at Danielle's site,(http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html)she really inspired me. Thanks again
Heidi
I am so sorry to here about your friend, Please let me know how she makes out. I have and will pray for her.
And for anyone who needs ideas on how to note your childrens learning please look at Danielle's site,(http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html)she really inspired me. Thanks again
Heidi
----- Original Message -----
From: Danielle Conger
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Danielle
Thank you so much! This email was a bright spot in a very sad day for
me, helping me wrench my perspective back to where it should be: my
precious children and our wonderful life!
Sadly, this same gal I was talking and laughing with on Friday was flown
yesterday to a cancer center in DC because the doctors strongly believe
she has Hodgkin's Disease--cancer of the lymphatic system. She went to
Urgent Care for an incredibly swollen neck gland Friday evening,
assuming she had strep, and an x-ray showed a large mass in her lung. *sigh*
Thank you for this gift Heidi!
--Danielle
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
Heidi Here wrote:
>Danielle,
>I just spent the last hour at your homeschool site and I have to tell you I am so upset with myself for not keeping track of all the learning we have done over the past 9 years of learning together at home! I want to thank you so much for showing me "how" to record what we learn ,I really Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
>Heidi
>
>
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