Reply #12: Hi, welcome to DU. [View All]

[mahina]

I was thinking about home schooling my son at one point when he was in second grade, as his teacher had a long history of problems. All of the teachers that he's had before and since that woman have been wonderful, though, so I'm glad we decided to stay in school. He is now studying engineering as a sophmore in college.

I am curious about how you might supplement your own areas of lesser expertise? How would we raise children who are better prepared than we are? Would we be limiting our kids to our own strengths and weaknesses? We all have them...materials aside, if we aren't particularly great at writing or math, how would we help our kids excell?

Thanks!
p.s. The school did let us change classes when I told them that I was pulling him out if he was not moved. That poor woman, what a miserable soul. Thank goodness for all the very fine teachers he had otherwise.