Archive for September, 2007

Unschooling is best for children with ADD/ADHD

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

The main criteria for ADD includes such things as distractibility, impulsivity, restlessness and difficulty staying on task. Today schools also say that if your child is bored, frustrated or daydreams then they have ADD, which is not true. What is true is that most of the time children who do have ADD/ADHD score [...]

Should everyone homeschool?

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Many homeschooling families believe that everyone should homeschool while others believe that homeschooling is only beneficial to a few select families. In my opinion though, there are very few children who would not truly benefit from homeschooling. Of course, parents benefit from homeschooling too.
So, how do parents benefit from homeschooling?
Lots of parents undergo [...]

Labor day week

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I must admit that this week has really thrown me off. I think that it’s because of the holiday and thus the 4 day week. However, we usually only have a 4 day school week anyway so I’m not sure that I can really blame it on that. I think I’m just [...]