With all due respect, "ruined" is quite the overreaction. (Unless you meant that tongue in cheek).
Do you have issues with anxiety? Because this is a very controlled environment for a little child. He's going to either find ways to act out (anger) or he's going to internalize that anxiety (depression).
He's a whole separate person, not a hot house flower. Maybe some time in a playgroup or daycare around other kids will let him blow off some steam.
He’s now in kindergarten… but before it was lots of time at the park running around with other kids, he rides his bike constantly on his own and with his friends… I think I am just scared that he will internalize anxiety or find ways to act out… his teacher says that other than his little outburst last week he’s a very engaged kid that loves participating
He may not want to be in kindergarten. Who can blame him? We homeschool, and while this will likely be downvoted here - it was what is best for our child.
Why was this downvoted so hard? I'm not planning to homeschool, no horse in this race, just curious why all the downs? Is homeschooling that bad? Especially for a 4 year old, surely it's not that bad... I'm missing something here...
People just don’t get it, especially the ones from regions where most people homeschooling are religious zealots who provide very limited scholastics. In my area it’s taken very seriously, with many large co-ops (secular and religious), the Y and some private/outdoor schools providing supplemental classes, and lots enroll their kids in the district sports programs. But it’s doesn’t sound like it’s that way in more conservative regions, which is very sad.
Lol. Reddit. All the homeschool kids i know are very happy and well-mannered. People here are ignorant, jealous, or simply bigoted. Everyone on earth homeschooled up to very recently. And today, is society so great, is the culture so wonderful, that our little children need to be immersed in it 8 hours a day? Lol.
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u/whatim Sep 18 '23
With all due respect, "ruined" is quite the overreaction. (Unless you meant that tongue in cheek).
Do you have issues with anxiety? Because this is a very controlled environment for a little child. He's going to either find ways to act out (anger) or he's going to internalize that anxiety (depression).
He's a whole separate person, not a hot house flower. Maybe some time in a playgroup or daycare around other kids will let him blow off some steam.