Venting-OT

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Irene, Lisa, Raine, Bob Kimi, Laurel,

 

Thank you guys for responding. I've read each of your responses and I can see much better today, that this is a process, and will take some time.

 

I was feeling so negative yesterday - thanks for being here.

 

I'm definately going to continue with the cleansing process for my son and my daughter and myself. I'm going to move forward with the all organic goal as well.

 

My husband and I have concidered home schooling, so it's not off the table.

 

Thank you to those who sent your direct email addresses. Ive saved them and will write eventually.

 

Its just about the kids bedtime and Georgette has the sniffles so I need to get some herbs into her before bed.

 

Thanks, Debra

 

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laurel

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Monday, December 05, 2005 3:52 PM

Re: Herbal Remedies - Venting/need incrouragement-OT

I agree with Raine. Every child has a different learning style and schools can't adjust to each one of them. I started teaching in 1975 and have been able to watch a genereation (or two) of my students grow. Four years ago my husband and I adopted a 10 year old girl who was failiing in public school. She had a IEP and was diagnosed with ADD and depression. I homeschool her...or I should say that she homeschools herself. She is at least a grade about her "class" in every subject and travels regularly with a professional choir. Four years ago she was unable to read and now she reads constantly.Homeschooling also helps because you do know what goes in their mouths and can react to a bad day or sleepiness. She needed a lot of meat when she moved in and now she is happier as a vegetarian.We use herbs and she has learned what she needs to sleep better, improve her concentration etc. She doesn't do this unsupervised but we talk about her feelings and health.Please don't feel bad about yourself. Just like our bodies are always changing, our kids change...just at a faster pace. Explore your options and don't let the school pressure you into putting him on meds.Laurelherbal remedies , Raine <rainelovesj@s...> wrote:>> Hi Debra,> > I hope you don't mind if I offer a suggestion? My son was diagnosed with > ADHD in first grade which began a journey that lead us to homeschooling. > He's been at home for 10 years now, along with our daughter (who's never been to school). If I may, I'd like to recommend reading anything you can get your hands > on by John Taylor Gatto (there's a lot of his writings online). He may help to change your ideas of what learning looks like, and in what settings it takes place. You may well find another way that works better for your son.A BIG congrats to you for caring enough to look at things, and I offer encouragement to you as you begin. I can relate fully.-Raine> > chickfarmer1 wrote:> > > <snip>> > My 7 year old son is so smart, but at shcool he's just not> > performing. He's distracted. At home, in his room, he does work> > from the next grade level. So I looked at the ADD file. I thought> > my son had quite good nutrition. He's my good eater, but then I> > was feeling inadequate about not feeding my children well, not> > pushing it to the next level and spending the extra on the organic.> > <snip>>