"I didn't learn to read until I was 11 and then I learned to in two weeks, because I wanted to." Thats states the most significant problem of our school system. Why wouldn't a child want to learn to read. It does take a strong family for this to happen well, a strong family that we watched in this video. Thanks Meryl.
One of my sons was a dreamer. He was the loveliest child and just drifted along, not really reading until he was 9. We worried. He was just awarded a PhD Children will learn at their own pace and in their own time and we should not be forcing or judging them. They all incarnate at different rates and times and as parents, we just need to be there to love and support them - whatever stage they are in.
I agree, it is the love and the trust that they are fine people as they are that is important. My boys were unschooled until they were 13 and 14 when they decided for themselves to go to school. They hadn't read a lot until then, however in school they were 'better' than some students and 'not as good as' some others. There was no way to know that they had been unschooled. They didn't have the most stable of home and I was a single parent for a number of years. The main thing was that both I and their mother trusted them. Now they both have families of their own. To think that school has somehow figured out the best time and way to teach a child is nonsense.
"I didn't learn to read until I was 11 and then I learned to in two weeks, because I wanted to." Thats states the most significant problem of our school system. Why wouldn't a child want to learn to read. It does take a strong family for this to happen well, a strong family that we watched in this video. Thanks Meryl.
One of my sons was a dreamer. He was the loveliest child and just drifted along, not really reading until he was 9. We worried. He was just awarded a PhD Children will learn at their own pace and in their own time and we should not be forcing or judging them. They all incarnate at different rates and times and as parents, we just need to be there to love and support them - whatever stage they are in.
I agree, it is the love and the trust that they are fine people as they are that is important. My boys were unschooled until they were 13 and 14 when they decided for themselves to go to school. They hadn't read a lot until then, however in school they were 'better' than some students and 'not as good as' some others. There was no way to know that they had been unschooled. They didn't have the most stable of home and I was a single parent for a number of years. The main thing was that both I and their mother trusted them. Now they both have families of their own. To think that school has somehow figured out the best time and way to teach a child is nonsense.
Bless you too guys!
Good on you Aneeta!!