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Country Homeschool in the City
Nov. 2, 2008
6 Minutes
I've been struggling trying to find a way to deal with DD's volatile words that she will spew at DS. And DS, being 5 years older and so kind-hearted, puts up with them for the most part, but they really do hurt him. Not having grown up with any siblings, I'm a newbie at this whole sibling relationship thing but I know that I do not want these words flying around my house!
The other day the idea of washing her mouth out with soap actually seemed like a very good idea. Today, though, we had an impromptu family meeting about it and decided that when she starts acting up and saying mean things, DS is to tell her that those words are not appropriate and he doesn't want to hear them. If she continues, he's to tell one of us and leave it at that (I do not need a lengthy list of the words, they usually are, "I hate you!" "You're the meanest brother ever!" - and these were while he was helping her clean her room!). Then, one of us will put her in a corner for 6 minutes at which point she needs to apologize. If it happens again, she gets spanked.
Putting her in her room would do no good so I think the corner will do the trick.
When things like this come up, it is confirmation for us that having her home for schooling is one of the best ways to raise her to be all she could be. Nurturing her character is very important to me.
On another note, I have learned that she is a very independent learner. This came up first with piano. She does not like me to be there while she practices but she will ask me if she has a question so now I just let her be and she is doing wonderfully! And enjoying it! Also, she prefers that when it comes to schoolwork. Unfortunately, she doesn't read overly quickly but I'm sure once that picks up, she'll do well, and prefer, to do it on her own.
And here is another time I feel blessed to homeschool them, she can work on the things she enjoys. She loves artsy things, loves to play the piano, and violin, was teaching herself the guitar (and she's 6!), with a bit of guidance from her brother. She loves to sing and dance and create. If she wasn't home, she wouldn't be able to have all these experiences and let her talents be explored. I sometimes wonder how DS would've done if he were HS from the start. He was so academically focused, and was reading when he was 2 but I wonder what other things I could've fostered in him if he had had the time to explore more. But I suppose the biggest thing is that now he is free to grow in knowledge and character.
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