http://learningathome.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/29/looks-fun-to-me/308/ Tools and tips for homeschooling parents Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://learningathome.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/29/looks-fun-to-me/308/#comment-614 sbenitez Thu, 29 May 2008 23:37:26 +0000 http://learningathome.freedomblogging.com/2008/05/29/looks-fun-to-me/#comment-614 I often find myself feeling wistful when I read your columns, Rose. Being the mother of two special-needs children (who sends said children to public school), I am struck by how frequently I've felt the rigidity and demands of public school negatively impact my relationship with my children. In other words, when they come home from school, they perceive me as "the homework nazi," instead of dear Mother. When their teachers complain to me about how my children don't easily fit into their classrooms' structure, I am caught between the two factions (i.e., teachers vs. students). I am so tired of feeling like I'm not allowed just to love my children the way they are, every aspect of their being, including all their talents and "imperfections" ... all because of this daily battleground we call public school. I often find myself feeling wistful when I read your columns, Rose. Being the mother of two special-needs children (who sends said children to public school), I am struck by how frequently I’ve felt the rigidity and demands of public school negatively impact my relationship with my children. In other words, when they come home from school, they perceive me as “the homework nazi,” instead of dear Mother. When their teachers complain to me about how my children don’t easily fit into their classrooms’ structure, I am caught between the two factions (i.e., teachers vs. students).
I am so tired of feeling like I’m not allowed just to love my children the way they are, every aspect of their being, including all their talents and “imperfections” … all because of this daily battleground we call public school.

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