Heather Woodward

Brenda,

I may have opportunity to work in Germany - you noted that homeschooling is illegal in Germany - are you legal because you are an American citizen - or because you are military. I was just curious, because this will be a deciding factor for me. If I am an ordinary working person - but an American, am I allowed to homeschool/unschool while living there?

Thanks for any info :)

Heather
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Playing with the neighbors


> So my solution is NEVER LET THEM PLAY WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
>
> <LOL!>
> Not really, but sometimes I think the get more harm than good from playing
> with some kids.

Please go on, Sandra.
How DO people cope with this? Avoiding the neighbors isn't an option for
us. We live in Army housing, 18 apartments to a building, 26 buildings in
the complex. There are 23 children in my building, 21 of whom are 6 and
under. It's a zoo. (BTW, my son is almost 6)

I can't schedule my son to only play with unschoolers; I haven't met any in
Germany yet. I can't even just play with homeschoolers; there are only
about 10-15 families in the 1-hour radius that our homeschool support group
covers. I believe all are school-at-home (I keep my mouth shut!). And, the
only folks we see most days are military; my German is weak, and
homeschooling is illegal in Germany, anyhow.

My son only likes to play with a few of the kids in the building, but they
create real problems sometimes. I know they're constantly after my son
about why he doesn't go to school, why he reads so much, why he's so wierd
(he's very quiet, and doesn't often do what "everybody" is doing), etc. We
reap problems from this often in the form of nightmares. I keep him at home
a fair bit, and schedule activities out when possible (the Army doesn't
offer us much, and it's usually with the same kids.). But I also worry the
child has to have friends!

Ideas, anybody? I have to go home in a month or so, and deal with it again!
<sigh>

brenda


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