Made her Mom Proud!

ladyre · 12-25-2004, 01:50 PM

We were in Maryland earlier this month and found out a friend was within a few weeks of passing away due to Cancer. He died on 12/21 leaving behind a widow and an eight year old dtr of his own. Upon hearing my dh and I discuss his impending death, my dd,who is 10, piped up from the back seat "Heather won't have a very good Christmas, and that is wrong! Can we have a toy

for her, Mom?" That is what we did. She went to her

and got them to donate some gently used toys, so her friend would have a good Christmas. One of my dd's friend's parents went to the church where she is a member and they contributed about 20 wrapped gifts for the child as well. On Thursday, my dd and I met the girl and her Aunt at the halfway point between our houses and delivered all of the gifts. The girls, who hadn't seen a lot of each other since last May, got to have lunch with each other and renew their

hip. When I told my dd that now she was Heather's Santa - she informed me that she was only one of Santa's

ers and that she couldn't be Santa because she was a girl. Yes, she still believes in the big guy in the red suit! And is very proud to have been one of his

ers this year.
I am so proud of my dd for reaching out to someone else without prompting and accomplishing such a worthwhile project.

lulu · 12-25-2004, 02:00 PM

That is awesome! You are sure raising a fine daughter! Good for her and you!! Thanks for sharing that!

ladyre · 12-25-2004, 02:17 PM

I take it as another proof that home schooling her was the correct decision at this point. Even other parents are letting me know that they have seen an improvement in her behavior - as she is a lot less defensive and a lot more considerate of others now that she is not in school.

Thank you.

She has already written

letters to the people who contributed gifts for her friend's Christmas, too.

freeto_2 · 12-21-2005, 06:25 PM

DEAR LADYRE,
IS IT EASER FOR HER TO BE HOME SCHOOLED INSTEAD OF GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL? mY 3 YEAR ODL IS ABOUT TO GO TO PRE-K AND I DON'T EVEN
NOW WHERE TO BEGIN. I HAVE ALSO DESCOVERD THAT SHE HAS A CLEF LIP AND A SPEACH INPEDAMENT. I AM CONCIDRING HAVING HE GO TO A SPEACH THERAPIST TO HELP HER NOT GET BEHIND IN SCHOOL. SHE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE LETTERS:F,T,W,P,. I REALLY THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR HER. SHE IS A VERRY SMART CHILD. SHE ALREADY KNOWS:ABC'S,123'S,SHAPES,COLORES.
I JUST WANT THE BEST FOR HE TO GET AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR COMENTS? ALL WOULD BE APRECEATED.

THANKS,
TAMARA

ladyre · 12-21-2005, 09:07 PM

Tamara,

Homeschooling is a good fit for my DD and myself. We live in VA where the rules are relatively easy to follow compared to what I have heard about elsewhere in the country.

Most public schools are required to provide additional assistance if your DD needs it and with a cleft palette that would have to include some sort of speech therapy at the very least.

Is your DD looking forward to going to school? If so, I would allow her to try it. My DD loved her Pre-K classes. She was in public school from Pre-3 through 4th grade.

If you are considering homeschooling, I urge you to get in touch with your local homeschool support group. Yahoo! or msn searches sould get you some sort of contact information at the state level and from there you can find out how to contact your local group. Talk with the people in your area about homeschooling. Each state has different rules about it, so they could tell you more than I could. If you have general questions, you can always post them to the homeschooling part of this board, or contact me privately on this site.

Good luck and remember that you have a lot of time left to decide what you are going to do and in most cases, you can change your mind later if you need to do so.

Keep in touch about what you decide. Homeschooling works for us, it may work for you, too.