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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
We need to bring back Topic of the Day posts.
Remember those good, 'ole days?
Re: We need to bring back Topic of the Day posts.
usually they just have some social skills issues (home schooled kids, that is). But mine has all kinds of issues. For example, he was betting one of the American girls that she couldn't hang from the tree for x number of seconds, and when she lost, he made her go home and get the dollar she owed him (he's ten). Later that same day, he rang my doorbell because he made a bet with R (who's six) and he won, so he was coming to collect the two dollars that was owed to him. I laughed.
This weekend R wanted to share with me what the worst word ever is. Our neighbor told him, it's like 'duck' but starts with an f instead.
Apparently this child has sugar issues, but I've seen him eat way more desserts and ice cream and etc than I would let any kid have.
He also invited a bunch of kids right off the school bus to his bday party, but told R he wasn't invited. Then later that day, he found out some of the kids couldn't make it to the party, so now R was invited. I told him we would have needed more notice than that and that we were going to a pumpkin patch instead.
usually they just have some social skills issues (home schooled kids, that is).
How this misconception hasn't died yet is beyond me. Many actually say it's children who go to "real" school are the ones with the issues.
What were homeschooled students/children doing in a child-care facility?
I dropped out of college, multiple times, and I was schooled by the gubmit, so that argument doesn't hold.
Regardless, these may be YOUR experiences, but they're not everyone's nor does any study regarding socialization & homeschooling support it.
::shrug::
I'm glad others have had the home-schooled stereo-type shattered. I'm waiting for it to happen. My opinions are strictly based off of what I've experienced.
I'm certainly not saying that my neighbor kid is a typical home-schooled kid. Betting, swearing, & being disrespectful towards adults are never labels I would think to give a home-schooler!