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6 year old son keeps getting kicked out of school
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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 698583" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>Hi and welcome, Kim</p><p></p><p>It seems that the only time that your son has problems is pre-school/school.</p><p></p><p>And now they want to medicate him so that he will fit into the system.</p><p></p><p>That makes me wonder.</p><p></p><p>Wonder whether if he really needs to be medicated, or whether he is just not ready for a school-type setting.</p><p></p><p>Just because, in fairly recent history, we have decreed that all 6 year-olds must go to a large building filled with strangers and lots of activity and noises and spend the majority of their waking hours doing whatever somebody tells them to do, doesn't mean it works for every kid. Especially very young kids. Especially boys. </p><p></p><p>Maybe he just is not ready for that?</p><p></p><p>Only you can decide that.</p><p></p><p>I know that, for my daughter (now 11) it would have been a disaster. She would have been put in Special Education. She would have been labeled. She would have been medicated.</p><p></p><p>She couldn't even read (just barely) at the end of 2nd grade. She had some behavior problems stemming from her bio-dad's situation.</p><p></p><p> Now, just this past spring, she tested in the 99th percentile on EVERY subject on the Iowa Tests. And she is the most perfect child you could imagine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We still homeschool, though we have talked about private school. Decided to put it off at least another year. But either way, she will do fine.</p><p></p><p>My hubby (not her bio-dad) was fine with trying homeschooling, because of the trauma his oldest son had in school, in Special Education and being medicated. We decided to try something different.</p><p></p><p>Not trying to put you off of school/Special Education/medication. Just want to introduce another point of view. </p><p></p><p>You deserve to be informed of all your options.</p><p></p><p>Then choose the best one for you specific situation.</p><p></p><p>Apple</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 698583, member: 16024"] Hi and welcome, Kim It seems that the only time that your son has problems is pre-school/school. And now they want to medicate him so that he will fit into the system. That makes me wonder. Wonder whether if he really needs to be medicated, or whether he is just not ready for a school-type setting. Just because, in fairly recent history, we have decreed that all 6 year-olds must go to a large building filled with strangers and lots of activity and noises and spend the majority of their waking hours doing whatever somebody tells them to do, doesn't mean it works for every kid. Especially very young kids. Especially boys. Maybe he just is not ready for that? Only you can decide that. I know that, for my daughter (now 11) it would have been a disaster. She would have been put in Special Education. She would have been labeled. She would have been medicated. She couldn't even read (just barely) at the end of 2nd grade. She had some behavior problems stemming from her bio-dad's situation. Now, just this past spring, she tested in the 99th percentile on EVERY subject on the Iowa Tests. And she is the most perfect child you could imagine. We still homeschool, though we have talked about private school. Decided to put it off at least another year. But either way, she will do fine. My hubby (not her bio-dad) was fine with trying homeschooling, because of the trauma his oldest son had in school, in Special Education and being medicated. We decided to try something different. Not trying to put you off of school/Special Education/medication. Just want to introduce another point of view. You deserve to be informed of all your options. Then choose the best one for you specific situation. Apple [/QUOTE]
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