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Ds1 (Y2, aged 7) gets no homework except reading and weekly spellings. However, what really gets my goat is that every time there is a holiday they set some homework. It's almost like they're saying, "We don't 'believe' in homework but, as it's the holiday, we'd better set some as otherwise you will all let your children sit on their arses watching tv the whole time."
Over October it was build a fucking junk robot - ds hates stuff like that (probably because neither dh nor I are that way inclined and we have subconsciously transferred our dislike of crafting to him); at Christmas it was prepare a presentation about an old toy (better task, but we do so much over that period it ended up being a rush at the end) and at Feb half term it was another ruddy craft one .
Now we only have an extra day stuck on the weekend and we have a double-sided reading comprehension and an extension task of a poster based on the same topic. I would say it will take at least an hour to do it well and I bloody-well resent it. I am quite capable of providing enriching, educational and fun activities for my children to do when we have a bit if extra time together, without school stepping in and filling in the time for me. He is learning chess, the piano, football & tennis, and regularly uses a telescope with dh. He also enjoys playing around with his younger brother, watching tv etc. He is doing very well at school, but I would feel the same whatever his levels, unless he was really struggling.
I am a teacher so the holidays are precious to me as being 'my' time to focus on relaxing with the dc, but increasingly I find myself stressing over fitting in some waste-of-time project that someone else has decided they need to do. I imagine it is worse for working parents who aren't teachers as they have to fit it in on top of their normal working day and whatever childcare arrangements they have.
We have three days off. Ds has 3X half day unmovable activities scheduled, which doesn't really leave that much time to do the work. I hate homework - as a teacher I find it a waste of time (except revision at KS4), and now I have it as a parent too. AIBU?
'Subconsciously transferred' it my arse that's a deliberate and successful parenting tactic if ever I saw one
I think you are being a bit unreasonable, but as you're a teacher I can see why it might get your goat.
It's only an hour, it's not a criticism of you, it's good to teach them that everyone, including parents, have to do shit they're not up for.
The more you wind yourself up with seeing it as unfair the more energy the school is making you spend with their homework policy.
It's not a phrase I'd usually use, but you have to suck it up.
YANBU. I hate holiday homework too. We get fined if we want to take a holiday in school time, so why should the children have to do school work in holiday time? Works both ways. Sometimes kids just need to relax and enjoy their free time.
YANBU. I'm a teacher, too, and have never ever set holiday homework, except for exam groups, unless the parent has asked for it.
I'd ask to see the work, marked and assessed, say within a week of getting back.
Yabu wrt comprehension exercise as at Y2 they will be working towards sats surely?
You are very lucky that all they've is the odd bit of spelling and reading!! My dsd has had over an hour of homework a week since she started in year 1!! Now in y3 she gets about hour and half+ although nothing additional in holidays.
Dss has had tons this weekend but as he is y6 he has sats coming up so has had 5-6 practice papers to do as well as his normal homework
My dd had far too much homework in year 4 (new thing that the new headmaster brought in and bloody projects to do every holiday.) The school did a parent survey and people complained about the homework. Now in year 5 they never get holiday homework and the weekly homework is manageable too. (Yay!!) So my advice is to raise it with the teacher and possibly the head too if necessary and try and get other parents who feel the same to speak up too.
wheresthelight In some ways I would prefer regular homework of a reasonable amount above the, 'Oh, it's the holidays! They're with their parents - quick, save them from the mindlessness!" mindset we seem to have. I am at your dss having 6 SATs papers to do over the weekend. That is ridiculous and he would not be doing them in this house, unless he really wanted to (and I mean really, not in a 'I-want-to- please-my-teacher kind of way.) I know ds's SATs are coming up, but I don't see it as relevant. He is 7 and a free-reader. Unless anyone can prove to me that his getting a level 3 now would significantly improve his prospects, I will be doing nothing to try and bring that level 3 about.
You can always refuse for your child to do it, if you want to. Send a note in explaining that you think it's wrong and your child hasn't done it.
I'd be really stuck with holiday homework because I still have to go to work and DD goes to FT Holiday Club.
We get a termly project which involves building something creative. We've had previous projects on constructing the Clifton Suspension Bridge (!); an aquarium; fireworks; and this term is an olden-days house...
I do not have an artistic bone in my body. I hate any sort of craft and don't actually have any clue how to make anything. One term we struggled with the project only to find that a) it doesn't get marked, b) nothing happens if you don't do it, and c) they bring it home again, so now we don't do it.
Is there an option just not to do it?
I just wish my DS was set more homework, I constantly read threads on Mumsnet where people complain their DC get too much homework but my DS, now 13, has never had much homework (4 different schools)
I frequently complain to the school!!
I don't mind relevant and interesting homework, there are rare occasions when particularly skilled teachers have provided us with some very interesting and enjoyable tasks to do together.
But craft homework - we all hate it! It's a pointless waste of our time, and what I resent even more is that next to no attention is paid to it when it's returned back to school, because it is something that the teacher has asked for just for the sake of it, not for any real reason.
Neither of my dc are particularly arty, and would genuinely prefer some maths questions practicing what they have learned at school rather than the dreaded 'make a poster'.
I have never spent an evening doing perfect bubble writing and colouring in my dcs posters for them so that they can go out to play. Never
Ragwort What do you think he would gain by having more homework?
I have considered not doing it, but ds is adamant that it must be done (doesn't stop him moaning like hell when we actually sit down to it )
Yanbu - my Y1 DD had a ridiculously long list of tasks during the February half term.
Make a woodland themed head dress
Learn 40 spellings for a test
Two reading books
An extra ( reading recovery scheme) book with a set of comprehension activities
Ask a parent to tell you a story from their childhood and then draw a picture to illustrate it.
A maths worksheet
She is 5 years old for goodness sake!
Easter holiday homework was :
Practice spelling the 100 high frequency words for a test
Two reading books
A maths sheet
Still too much for a 5 year old I think.
I just wouldn't do it if I felt that strongly about it.
That is tons for a 5 YO Angels
Just one of them would be enough.
100 spellings??
Why do they give them so much do you think?
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Yanbu....dd is snowed under with it at 11 yrs old. I think it is dreadful, they are at school for enough of the day. I teach ks 1 myself and bedides reading and occasional spellings I never set it.
If he's a half decent free reader he'll get L3.
DD2 never did any practice, she couldn't she'd promenade her arm.
HTs face when she turned up after Easter in a full arm cast was a picture
So just don't do it - it's not like they'll take DS out and shoot him or anything
I do not agree with homework for Primary school aged children
We told the Head at our school and the Head of Infants that we won't force our kids to do homework at all, but if they want to do some of it we will support them. Both said they agree, but that they get so much pressure from
deluded/pushy parents who expect quite a lot of it like some ridiculous measure of the school's effectiveness.
It sounds as though it could be a possibility at Angels DDs school PomBear.
What happens if they don't manage to do it all Angels?
DS is 5, last week we had a worksheet, word search, spellings 5 time a week, maths session 4 times a week, reading everyday and a weekend diary. I cannot fit it all in, I work, don't get in until 7 on 3 nights a week and he has clubs on the other 2. Even if I was at home every night I wouldn't get it all done with him.
Refuse to let homework become a battle in the house. I am lucky he likes to do work, but he is only 5 and sometimes won't do it.
AngentZigZag - I've no idea what would happen to us personally if we didn't do it! The head sends out newsletters in which she expresses her displeasure if she thinks parents are not supporting the homework policy.
The school is well known locally for being fiercely academic. I work in a reception class as a volunteer one afternoon a week and I'm shocked at how much they expect of these little tots! DD was given a list of 15 words to learn for a test in reception year. I couldn't believe it. She only got three correct ( a couple of reception kids did 45 words as the parents volunteered them to do the Y1 and Y2 tests at the same time!)
The spelling thing is fairly new. When my DS was in Y1 he would have 10 words a week and that was it. There were no spellings in reception year at all.
I think perhaps the head is worried that spelling will be highlighted in the next ofsted inspection?
We are going away for the entire Whitsun break so if she gets anything more than reading to do I will ignore it and send a note highlighting the fact the we did the February list and the Easter one but that we now want a proper break!
Grump - I struggle to fit it all in and I'm a SAHM! We have clubs most nights and our only free evening gets taken up with DS's Y3 homework.
At a literacy evening at our school a group of WOHMs asked the head nicely if the weekly spelling lists could be sent out on a Friday so that they could spend the weekend going over them with their DCs. They explained how difficult it is when there is no time in the evenings after getting home from work. The list is currently sent home on Monday for a test on Friday.
Flat refusal! I was so shocked.
lecce - I think my DS would gain a bit of work ethic, understand the fact that everything is not handed to you on a plate, the opportunity to self-motivate, plan and just learn something on his own (or with a bit of parental guidance).
and spend less time on the playstation.
I keep reading that children are 'stressed' from too much homework (and I do believe some of the children on this thread are clearly getting too much) but my DS is now 13 and has never been 'stressed' or 'over worked' from homework. I just think 20 minutes a few nights a week would be good. In fact now DH and I do make up our own school work to give him and supervise it for 20 minutes every day.
And yes, he does loads of sports, clubs etc but there is still easily time to do a bit of homework. I keep being told it will increase when he gets to GCSEs but if he's never had the experience of doing homework on time (and getting it marked ) it might be too late by then. .
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
I've decided that coming home from vacation is almost as stressful as leaving for vacation.
Leaving.....must get all the bills paid, the house in order, bags packed, subs lined up and check in with the moms. Coming home.....must get the bills paid, the house in order, unpack the bags, thank the subs and check in with the moms.
I know I shouldn't complain, it IS after all VACATION. But, this vacation, coming home has been more stressful than usual. Taking a vacation just before the holidays is not always a good idea. Staying organized is not my strong suit and this just adds to the melee. Add to that hubby's leg injury...just before we left, he tore a calf muscle ...ouch! Things that were supposed to get done before...did not. So we hit the ground running on our return.
We managed to have a good time despite hubby's leg. The train ride was fantastic...a beautiful way to see the USA. GORGEOUS SCENERY right out our window. We had a roomette which is a large closet but, really quite comfortable and WAY better than coach. Big picture window, comfy seats.....meals and beverages included, peace and quiet when you needed it or you could go to the lounge or the observation cars and meals in the dining room. Hubby's leg was a bit of a problem on the way out...he had to maneuver around with a cane and the Doc gave him anti-inflammatory but, no pain meds. Our car attendant took pity on us and gave us an extra roomette for the second night and the third day...that way DH could leave the bed out and stretch out the leg during the day. On the way back we had a slightly larger accommodation with a day couch and a private bathroom....woo hoo! One thing to mention about the train...if my A$$ was any bigger, I might not have been able to sit in the cubbys they call bathrooms.
We stayed with our friends in Los Altos and got to see my cousin in San Fran, too. A rented wheelchair helped us keep the hubby going...taking it to the beach is NOT recommended......and we avoided steep hills (hahaha!). Called the Doc for pain meds (by this time his leg was black and blue) because...I couldn't sleep...because...he needed the meds. After a couple of days, DH was MUCH better (and so was I). We toured around the Bay area, mostly by car....didn't want to chance the trolleys. I've posted some pics and will try to post more soon.
Visited Sausalito and Santa Cruz, drove up Highway 1 and took in an Indie movie and saw "Beach Blanket Babylon" a hilarious, burlesque type, song and dance show.
Of course, eating was also a big part of our time there and the good news is that I lost weight before we left...because it's all back waiting to be lost again. Lost and Found.
Somewhere, in an earlier post, I may have mentioned....our long time neighbor passed away just before we got home. He had been debilitated for some time...since just before he retired almost ten years ago. I was glad we were back in time for his funeral. Then the day of our return, my mom fell at the mall and spent the night in the hospital....stitches and a concussion but, thank goodness, she's ok. She couldn't drive for a couple of weeks so, that meant I was on taxi duty. On Christmas day, my MIL was T-boned by a woman who ran a red light another thank goodness...she's ok but, the car is totaled. Could have been worse....she was driving a mini-van and the other car hit her's towards the rear. Talk about one thing after another!
Hubby's leg is doing much better, moms are good, we've made it through the holidays, I am slowly purging the house of the goodies and getting myself back on track...no pun intended....by eating my veggies. It's good to be back!
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You review on the iPad2 is a bit short, and agree with John, you could do less with the "really" and "very"
The iPad lacked an HDMI output, was short on pure horsepower, was missing a camera and didn't have Flash, etc.
Apple is back with the iPad 2, a second-generation product that seems to specifically address many of those disses. The result is another high-class offering from Apple, even if it isn't nearly as groundbreaking as last year's offering. Taking a closer look at the iPad 2, you will note the following:
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But here is what i was thinking. I was heartbroken the other day because my dd came to me all depressed and said her friends wouldn't play with her. I askled her way and she said because they were playing Sponge Bob and since she has never seen it they wouldn't let her play. It was a small group and noone else for her to play with. This sort of thing happens a lot. She always feel a little wierd because she doesn't know about a popular teen band or because she is clueless about a movie or TV show or because she isn't dressed in the latest hoochie wear. . Now she is starting to leech on to anything that she quote, mimic or flash to prove that she is just as cool as everyone else. it is annoying . Have I created thi by not letting her atch TV and movies or wear cheap trashy clothes?. I know there are certain uncool (nerdy?) things about her that are caused specifically by her lack of submersion into pop culture. Am I doing her a disservice by not letting her be like her friends? What do you guys think.
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It is very difficult to raise and protect your child when the norm is what it is. It really saddens me. DH has teenage sisters and they commented on a student in their class who is a total geek because she doesn't watch any TV! YIKES!!!
Is is possible to put her in a school that has like-minded parents or to have playdates at your house so they play her games/ toys etc. or to find other parents who raise their children similarly so that these issues do not come up?
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My family started off very poor so we didn't even have a t.v. until I was 4 and even then all that came in was PBS and a Canadian station. And my parents didn't have money to buy trendy clothes or the latest fad toy. I was an only child so I played alone a lot and cultivated a very vivid imagination. All of these things made me "weird" when I got to school. I had a really hard time with being weird but ironically when I would try to fit in the hardest is when I would be made even more of an outcast. It took me until High School to figure out who I was (after years of trying to fit in) but once I did that not only was I infinitely happier but I also "fit in" more. I stopped trying to learn to play Basketball (which was the cool thing to do) and started taking figure skating lessons. I stopped caring what the latest trends for clothes were in our school and wore what I felt expressed me. It took me a long time to learn it, but the most valuable lesson I learned in school was that it was ok to be different. I just had to carry off that uniqueness with confidence. And now looking back, I'm actually glad I wasn't "popular" because I learned to think for myself and to be true to myself. Was being different difficult? Absolutely. But I wouldn't change it. The only thing I would change is to have gained that confidence earlier.
So I don't think you should help your daughter fit in, you should just help her realize it's okay to not fit in. Although that's easier said than done and is probably a lesson she will have to learn on her own. It's hard thing to watch though, I'm sure.
It is tough as a parent to see your child not get along with a group of children. But really, you don't want your children to be like them anyway. If you teach your child how to get along in general, and help them learn good social and friend-meeting type skills, they will eventually gravitate towards the kids that are more like them.
One of my good friends in high school did not have a TV in her house. We didn't know until senior year because our group of friends just didn't talk about TV shows. I find that interesting thinking about it now, because I do recall hearing a lot of talk about Beverly Hills 90210 and other shows on at the time, but I never once watched those things.
AnnaReilly is so right about trying too hard and not fitting in. When we need to try to fit in, that just means we aren't working with the right group of people. There is a natural group of people that are like you (in this case, that are like your daughter) and it is more a matter of finding them than of trying to fit in. While she is still young, you (as a parent) can aid this process by seeking out other families who think along the same lines as your own and introducing your children. Even if these children watch Sponge Bob, they'd probably be less likely to ostracize your child for not watching it, kwim?
I think that it is super healthy to raise our kids this way, and that we shouldn't let worries about 'fitting in' get in our way. There is an 'in' for them, they just have to find it :-). I am not going to compromise what I perceive to be my child's wellbeing so that she knows how to pretend to be the world's most annoying cartoon character, and I'm sure you weren't really thinking of doing so either.
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Anna Reilly, you and I apparently had the same childhood, only in different places. Speaking as a major reformed geek who now teaches high school, with its myriad of mini-hos and people who regard "classical literature" as anything which preceded the birth of J. Lo, I can tell you -- the ones who are going to benefit in the long run are the weirdos. Two words for you: BILL GATES.
That's my .02 on it, anyway. F*&k "Sponge Bob" and all his ilk. Stand strong. You're not the only one!
I've been working with my dd to say things like "you're right, I don't watch sponge bob. But if you teach me the rules of the game you are playing, I'm sure I can keep up." We've also discussed that if her people will only play with her when she's doing something they want, then they probably are not true friends.
We're lucky, mostly, that our oldest has a very firm sense of self, and will shrug and walk away in a case like this. And the fact that she's modeling that appears to be instructing my 3 year old as well. I think we would have a lot of tearful nights if she had a different personality, but I would still guide her the same way. . .
I also think that finding a group that she does fit in with is important, even if that is ajust another family who she has a play date with once a week. The ostracism that your daughter faced was due not to her not watching TV (I have seen many times a child who knew nothing about the character he was portraying playing well with a group) but about that group just deciding not to like her. My guess is that they would have founf a way to exclude her from whatever game they were playing.
And yet nearly everyone likes her, and I can't remember the last time anyone exclused her. I really do think think that raising kids this way leads to kids who generally feel good about themselves however they are, and don't need to rely on others for that feeling of okay-ness...
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First let me say TV is limited and that my daughter doesnt wear Hoochie clothes.
I have been the kid kids didnt play with and so was my husband. As a elementary age child I was often made fun of and picked on because we didnt have this or that, I couldnt watch the cool stuff on TV, I couldnt even watch Smurfs, and we were not allowed to listen to pop or country music. My mother dressed us in drab clothes and we werent allowed to eat certain foods.
Now yes, kids have no choice and have to be parented the way their parents see fit but it seems that some parents forget the social pressures and problems their children may have to go through. They feel their kid will learn to live with it, give them good character, and eventually share in the values of their parents and educate the masses. :
The truth is a lot of us geeky, weird kids with the off the beaten path parents at times were really resentful. I was angry at my parents a good bit of the time because I felt they were being unreasonable, and in some ways they were being unreasonable. I felt disconnected from my family at times because of this as well. If I talked about it with my mom, she would give me the song and dance about how good it was for us, how moral and right, or healthier it was. And then it made me sad that she couldnt relate to where I am coming from.
One of the saddest things I see among natural/ap/granola mommas is that they seem to lack a balance between the world they want and the one we live in. No clothes dont matter in the big scheme of things but is it all that terrible for a child to have a few new, nice things or popular fashion article of clothings. Appearance is important and if kids are looking like waifs what does that do to their self esteem. Yes that peice of quilted organic hemp dress looks good on them and its cute and it sends a ecological message, but your 8 year old really doesnt care about what the kind of message YOU want to send, she wants to wear that cool glittery shirt that says "sweetness" or "all girl". (This is only an example) So you dont let your kids eat artificial coloring or eggs and they go to a birthday party with a cake that had Red dye 386 and had 8 eggs to bake it. They really want that peice of cake but you say no, they get upset, and what point have you really proven? what message have you really sent when all the other party goers see your hurt child? O, and this has happened twice at my childrens birthday parties so I know it happens.
I've worked hard in trying to create a balance for our family. We try to eat healthy and organic but its not all that unusual for me to pull into the golden arches and get my children some french fries. Yes, my kids have hand me down, resale, and clothes from the salvation army, but they also have several new, unused outfits to call all their own in fashion along with some snazzy new shoes. We have wooden toys, we have plastic toys, we have Barneys, Elmos, Strawberry Shortcake, and Disney stuff around mixed in with their homemade dolls and waldorf dolls too. Of course there are some things we are not going to bend on, but for the most part I want my children to have a balanced, fun filled life.
Its important to me that my children carry our values into the world they live in, but I also understand that they are going to have their own values and make their own decisions. I also know that if I push to hard, force or pressure them into living and being a certain way they may be resentful, hurt, and just plain out rebel later on.
On The Fence for sure,
All kids are weird. Just like all grown-ups are weird. Even my best friend in the entire universe does SOMETHING quirky or odd. Think about it.
I once told a friend she was a "prep" in high school. She was flabbergasted? "Me? ME? A "PREP"? I wasn't a prep. Pfft!"
Uh, yeah she was. Her and her closest friends were all Molly Ringwald in "The Breakfast Club". Her telling me she wasn't preppy is like the quarterback telling me he never played football a day in his life.
But SHE thinks she wasn't popular and that she was probably pretty weird.
Well, that makes her weird, imo.
I knew all the cool stuff and was popular (at least with those who didn't think I was going to beat them up...that's another story). But as I look back, I would have been a bit better off being categorized as "weird" rather than "cool". I mean, it's nice being cool and all, but weird has more long-term perks.
The biggest perk: you don't have to go through an awkward adjustment period after high school when new people aren't aware of your ultra-coolness and you're suddenly WEIRD.
(I have to say, though, "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"...Spongebob is cool because he's weird.)
Throw out the tv and the meat and whatever, but hang on to the soap and a toothbrush and I'm sure your kids will be just fine.
My oldest is almost four, so he is not that old yet. But he has no problems fitting in, I think due mostly to the fact that we hang around like-minded people and their kids. Of all his little friends, most of them are no-Disney, no-cable, homeschooling familes so he fits in really well!
I myself feel weird every so often, coming from a very mainstream extended family, but I take comfort in knowing I am doing the right thing, and in my faith~ we are not of this world, etc. I hope by the time ds is old enough to realize he is different from some other people out there, that he will also be old enough to understand the reasoning behind our choices and get strength from knowing we are doing the right things, and from our faith.
All in all, I think "weirdness" is all relative. If someone came into our house all wanting to play spongebob and wearing the latest hoochiewear, my son would no doubt think *they* were pretty weird! (Rightly so, when you think about it!) Maybe you could just try to help your dd make friends with kids that share the same values?
Yes, I was weird.
But I also learned to be myself and not rely on others for an identity.
I would not trade it for anything in the world.
I homebirthed my own children, did not vax them, fed them healthy with lots of vitamins, homeschooled them, and I know how to stand up for myself.
No one can tel lme what to do!
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My parents always told me that their goal wasn't to raise children, it was to raise children who would grow up to be mature, responsible, holy adults.
I think it is much more important to instill in our children self-esteem and confidence to "go against the flow". We need them to have the character and knowledge so they make the right choices when they grow up. Children who are taught to follow the crowd when they are children grow up into adults who follow the crowd.
I think it is important to know why you have certain rules or ideals that you follow, and to explain them to your children. For example, when I was growing up we could wear whatever clothes we wanted as long as it was modest. We knew the rule, and we knew why the rule was in place.
My parents also didn't have a lot of money to spend on clothes for for us, so if we wanted something expensive we had to pay for it with our own money. Sometimes, I did that, most of the time I didn't. However, the important value my parents did instill in me is that clothes don't matter, and we were taught not to judge others on their appearance.
We also didn't watch a lot of TV and weren't allowed to listen to popular music. When other kids talked about it, I couldn't join in. Did I feel like an outcast, sometimes, but I also learned not to follow the crowd.
At home, we only had healthy foods, and in my lunch I never had the chips, and cookies the other kids had. But, if I was at a party of something, we certainly ate chips and cookies, That taught us that those foods are okay for special occasions, but not good to eat all the time.
I also think it is soooo important to teach your children to think for themselves and not be influenced by what everyone else was doing. It may be allright when they are six, and everyone else is watching SpongeBob, but what about then they are 16 and everyone else is drinking, smoking, having sex? It may be alright to wear a glittery, pink shirt when they are six, but what about when they are 16 and want to wear tight, skimpy, slutty clothing around homronal teenage boys If they don't learn to think for themselves and follow the crowd when they are six, they certainly won't be able to when they are 16.
Because my parents instilled these values in me and my brother we were both able to go to college and not do the drinking, sex, smoking pot which everyone else was doing. We had the tools to find friends with similiar values. While everyone else was getting drunk at frat parties and having sex with people they didn't even know the last name of, we were able to pursue other interests and have a great time.
Disclaimer: I am not trying to judge anyone for the above behaviors. If you don't find anything wrong with aforementioned behaviors, fine. Those are just behaviors which in my moral code are wrong and I want to instill that in my children.
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I suffered much in jr. high with parents who, with rightful disdain for 80s youth culture and whithout much money, refused to buy me what I needed to "fit in"
Not sure what I feel about it now. I now understand my parents' perspective, but my suffering at teh time was real.
Now, perhaps I wouldn't have fit in now matter what - but with twistabeads and guess jeans, at least I wouldn't have "fit out" . . .
Don't know the answer.
OT - Undercurrent in a couple posts that girls dressing provocativly puts them at risk of sexual assualt. That seems way 1) inaccurate - sexual assault etc has nothing to do with short skirts 2) part of a "blame the victim mantality" that we still see in reference to rape etc. Thought I'd mention this since I think it is something ingrained in us by our culture that we have to constantly fight against.
|OT - Undercurrent in a couple posts that girls dressing provocativly puts them at risk of sexual assualt. That seems way 1) inaccurate - sexual assault etc has nothing to do with short skirts 2) part of a "blame the victim mantality" that we still see in reference to rape etc. Thought I'd mention this since I think it is something ingrained in us by our culture that we have to constantly fight against.
However, I do feel it puts them at the risk of emotional assualt. By this I mean, boys and men who leer at them, look at them sexually, only see their bodies and neglect to see them as a person. I have talked to guys about this. They have told me what runs through their mind when they see girls dressed sexily, and they aren't thinking how intelligent or creative they are.
This isn't the way things should be, but it is the way things are. The body is a beautiful thing and we should be able to show it off however we want, but we have to live in the society we are in.
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|Originally posted by chellemarie
I have to add...the only weird kids I can think of who didn't benefit from being weird were the weird kids who smelled bad...and that one girl with the really REALLY bad teeth.
Throw out the tv and the meat and whatever, but hang on to the soap and a toothbrush and I'm sure your kids will be just fine.
And I have to agree, keep the soap and toothbrush.
Go to a birthday party and not eat the cake? That's just plain rude unless you're allergic to one of the ingredients.
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The truest answer to violence is love. The truest answer to death is life. The only prevention for violence is for the heart to have no violence within it. We cannot prevent evil through any system devised by mankind. But we can grapple with evil and defeat it, but only with love—real love.
Anyway, I was curious if most of your comments are coming from children (you or yours) who went to public school. Does it even matter? I was wondering if it's worse there than if you homeschool. I plan on homeschooling, but I we have close contact to all our mainstream neighbors.
For whatever that's worth.
I also eschew TV and all that junk. I don't think I will isolate her completely from it though. If she wants to be into fashion (does it have to be trashy clothes? I don't think so) or if she likes popular music I will let her indulge in those things.
I will be stringent in teaching her to NOT be one of the crowd. I believe that raising our children to stay out of the group mentality is extremely important. In terms of the kids rejecting your daughter, there's not much you can do about that as you have already started down the road you have chosen, Does it feel natural to throw in the towel and get her on a diet of Nickelodeon at this point? Are there other ways you can help bridge the gap without destroying what you've built so far.
Good luck, None of it's easy. I can't imagine what it will be like when mine is old enough to be rejected by kids for being odd. It must husrt.
I And I felt weird. I felt like an outcast. I was the one who shouted out "McNeil-Lehrer Report" during tv tag.
And this contributed strongly to my self-esteem that was so low, I half-heartedly tried to kill myself (luckily it didn't work very well), and then later led me into doing drugs and all sorts of other things in order to feel like I "fit in" with a group.
I strongly believe that if one's child is forced (as they are in school) to be with children who are immersed in mainstream culture, and one's child expresses more than a passing interest in that culture, it is important for the parents to make sure they have that exposure, in a safe way. We don't watch these things, but if at any point it seems really important to either of my daughters, we will find a way. We wouldn't do it in a vacuum though; we would probably watch the shows or listen to the songs or whatever, with them. I already do make an effort to allow them to pick their own clothes, within reason. There are plenty of clothes out there which will feel trendy enough to a child concerned with that without beeing hoochy-koochie or whatever it was called.
My assumption is that if my children, who have been raised in a pretty crunchy atmosphere, want to try on popular culture and we allow them to and are right there with them, then they will eventually realize how unimportant it all is after all.
After safety, my children's sense of self-esteem is most important to me, and I will do whatever it takes to ensure that.
[edited to finish sentence that never got finished, somehow]
I want my daughter to question mainstream values and culture, but I don't want to force my beliefs on her - beliefs I formed *after* I was old enough to have the ego strength to deal with being not-mainstream.
I seriously doubt she'll have that strength at age 5; I'm fully prepared for her to go through a period of wanting to fit in with her peers. I don't want to forbid left and right.
I'm going to live by example and hope that when she's older and strong enough, she'll make good choices. But in the meantime, I'll try to maintain age-appropriate expectations and not freak if she wants to play Barbie like some of her other 7-year-old friends.
I have the utmost confidence that she'll figure things out and find her own way.
I think, though, that it's important to remember how important it for many kids to be part of a crowd. Rain is incredibly social, and she truly comes alive when surrounded by a crowd of kids she fits with. Right now she's doing a show with a lot of theater kid she really likes, and it's been so much fun with her. They started a note-writing thing a couple of weeks ago, where they write nice notes to each other and sneak them into bags, or get somone else to give the note to that person, or whatever.
This is a crowd of kids where one can start singing a song from Les Miz and half a dozen more chime in, so it's not a real mainstream group. Still, the being in a group thing can be important.
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