Will this not create anti social Children?
200489
I don't believe it holds any benefits, except make parents more neurotic, being around their children all day.  And who decides whether the parents are competent enough to teach.  Do you need to have a teaching degree for this?\nKids will most certainly miss out on a lot of interaction with other children, which is very important.\nIf you want to give them a better education, send them to private school if you can afford it.
268950
Definitely, children are always copying others especially their parents, and it would be great for them to copy good behaviour rather than bad, also I believe that's why there are so many problems with children these days as parents are too soft and do not teach them good values as well as the older generation!!
302702
kids aren't being bullied, playing in traffic, being kidnapped or bothering you while playing video games. it's the wworld's best baby sitter.\n\nany kid that says violent video games made him do something violent is a liar. i've played these games and i never wanted to kill anyone.
552119
Yes they should.  If rules are good for one, they should be good for all.  But the two of you need to sit down and discuss, first, what kind of rules you have for each set of kids.  Compromise on some if need be.  But make sure all the kids have the same rules or it could look like a game of favoritism is being played.
8237
At such a young age it is not the norm to isolate from all people, including family. It could be a form of attachment disorder, and it could be the blossoming of other disorders. A child that exibits such behaviors needs to be assessed for many things. A good child psychiatrist and therapist can test for autism spectrum disorders, but if the child has good verbal skills, that is unlikely. They can also be assessed for attachement disorders, and other types of disorders. Find a good children's center or hospital in your area.
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Being a foster child myself, I can honestly say that while the psychological transition plays a role- but is strongly outweighed by the need for discipline. Since no one method works for everyone, I would be out of boundaries to suggest any one way to handle this. Since the children are relatively young, the NEW preferred method has been time-outs, in a corner or facing a wall (1 min for each year of age, 3yrs.=3 min.)You would more than likely get a better response if you ask at babycenter.com(excellent place for parents to ask, answer, and vent)good luck! I hope I have been helpful\nIn my class we like to use a (childs name here)-(make sure child is looking at you,by kneeling down to their level)-it makes me feel(emotion here)when you(behavior disapproved of here)method.Also other formats of the same method are perfectly o.k. (disliked behavior here)can lead to (cosequence here) keep in mind,there are natural and preset cosequences for every action. e.g. child refuses to wear shoes while playing in yard, you choose a consequence....and the NATURAL consequence is - they step on a sticker. while the natural consequence is not always this dramatic and I am sure you wouldn't let a 3 or 4 year old out in the yard w/out shoes or flip-flops, its just an example.
203710
Yes, I do believe the things that happen in schools do affect our children.  I also believe this is happening not only in public but also private and parochial schools.  Children are bound to pick things up in a social environment.  Look at us as adults.  We still follow some trends, we drive cars as status icons and we dress and act like our friends of the same economic levels.  Not all things children pick up in school are bad though, where else will they learn social skills and how to interact with their environment.  This allows them to make critical decisions about who they are and who they want to be.  It gives them so say in what is right and wrong rather than constantly being guided.  I think the key is to instill in the children what is right and wrong and establish good relationships w/ them so they will tell you if these social factors affecting  in inappropriate ways.  This way we can assist the child in choosing the right path in life.  In my experience those that came from the catholic schools "came out of their shells" in high school. Good luck
581884
My observations point to a diminishing social response and continual alienation from community interaction. Not withstanding basic social inter-action seems to be the important basis for adolescent understanding and interpretation between right and wrong. The generational conflicts are easily recognized by members of each groups participants and problem solving solutions become a commmunity responsibility. Whereas technology usually doesn't require either community response nor action to become effective.
528024
If your child is causing other children harm their is a proper way many teachers are thought to restarint a kid. Other wise I dont think you are suppposed to.
601977
I agree with you 100%.  I am an Early Childhood Educator with no children as of yet and most of my family, friends and neighbours come to me for advice about their children.  Life experience is sometimes good enough to learn what you need to know.  Not to say that real hands on experience doesn't help but it doesn't mean you don't know anything either.
509164
Heck no!\n\nParents aren't parenting well if that's the case.\n\nJust do the right thing and ignore the parents in this case.
546131
Well it seems you assume that everyone who restricts their kids' time on the internet is worried about what they will do or see there. How about this? Kids should GO OUTSIDE or PLAY WITH REAL PEOPLE THEY CAN SEE instead of spending all their time in front of a computer, or TV, or video games, their only interaction being with someone else's created fantasy and anonymous 'chat buddies' who can lie all they want. This teaches children nothing about social interaction with PEOPLE, gets them no exercise, and does nothing for their minds. I limited my kids because I wanted them doing something other than sitting on their asses staring at pixels all the time. When my kids were young, they got 1 hour TV a day, and 30 minutes on the computer. They spend more time with both these days, but they also spend a lot of time playing with real people and reading. That's how I want it to be. When they grow up, they can sit in front of the screen 24/7 if they want to, but somehow I don't think they will.
183400
Speaking from growing up in foster homes. Kids that are in foster care tend to come with a lot of emotional baggage.Many have been molested,raped,and just simply abused.We act our anger out on other people because the person that hurt us is not there to let our emotions out on that person for what they have done to us.It would be hard for a child of that nature to have to deal with another situation that they havent been really taught to handle.I'm not against your interest I just think that the childs emotional statis should be viewed first.Maybe adoption on newborn babies would be a better approach so they can grow up and understand and be taught the situatian in both point of views.
644698
First, I would give it a try in regular school with the kids - it might help get over your childs shyness & if your child seems to be withdrawling then maybe a Special Education setting would be more appropriate.  What ever it takes to get your child in & through school you do - no matter what.  My Granddaughter was very shy but as soon as she got with other kids in pre-school she just took off and was let's say very "un-shy" - so it really helped her out being with other kids.
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You've brought up something I've been meaning to bring up for weeks.\n\nThere is a frequent attitude in the anti-homeschooling 'circle' that hints at everybody should be like everybody else. They should dress alike, they should listen to the same music, they should have exactly the same education, they should all have the same experiences, they should have the same number of friends, everybody should have the same level of sociability... This is actually promoted in the school system with the whole grading system and trying to have everybody in the same grade level achieve the same minimal standard. It is really a perfectionist view of how people 'should be'.\n\nIt's also a complete negation of who we are as human beings, individuals through and through. While there are certain common tendencies, there is a lot of variation. Obviously, or we'd all be content with just one particular model of government-run schools for the education of our children. :)\n\nI would recommend to people who are so focused about how different homeschoolers (supposedly) are that you read "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. That's where a focus on having everybody be the same can lead. \n\nSo, yes, lab chemists are necessary. They may or may not be antisocial. If people are going to accept that we are all individuals and that there is no one right model for a human being in terms of sociability, education, skills, etc., then they need to accept the antisocial lab chemist as much as they need to accept whoever falls on the other end of the spectrum (the highly social politician?) and everyone else in between. Really, they need to accept that they aren't perfect, that nobody's perfect and that there is no one right way for everybody to be.\n\nIf all homeschoolers turn out to be antisocial and have to take on lab work, then so be it. I'm sure the world could use more lab workers. ;)
134132
I teach at the minute and am the child protection officer at school. I also do support work in a children's home outside of school hours. Obviously both involve working with vulnerable kids. The vetting that you have to go under to get these jobs is immense, so you won't really leave yourself open to any allegations. Once you start, you have to follow set guidelines anyway, so there shouldn't really be a point when anyone can accuse you of anything. One thing to be careful of, is that if you are with a child who is really vulnerable and a bit emotionally unstable, try not to be alone with them, because then obviously if they do make any allegations, it's your word against theirs, and in today's society, you'll automatically be branded unsuitable to work with young people
617301
please furnish me the source of your information that 56% child monsters work. i think that is exaggerated figure. it is better if they go to toilets at home and under unavoidable circumstances some body in school is to take them and i do not think it is wrong