Where are you rock-solid confident?

[Sarah Dickinson]

Everyone has wobbles I guess- TV, maths, food maybe...

But I was thinking the other day that while there are places I'm wobbly there are also areas I've never had a moments worry about... And maybe if we swap then we'll be able to see that the areas we're concerned about are a source of strength for someone else...

- computer skills: we have an IT business and a house full of them. Sometimes they use them, sometimes not. But I can't imagine them growing up without being pretty proficient- whatever their interests are.
- reading: I read early and with enormous pleasure, but felt very oppressed by the schools attempts to 'teach' me. I resisted with great determination. So I have huge confidence that the best way is to keep well out of it and read to them as required.
- cooking. Though they're not that interested right now, I can't imagine that, with the amount of cooking and eating that goes on in this house, they could grow up without pretty good cooking skills.

My wobbles on the other hand:
- swimming, I never liked it and as we live by the sea I really want them to be confident and safe in the water
- team/other sports- not my bag :) so not sure how to give them those opportunities
- TV, sometimes... No restrictions but it is my big boy's great love ... I think he may want to do something film related as he grows. Just that he is such a private boy that you can't *see* him learning at the best of times so when he's sitting in front of the TV it can be hard to remember why it is good to help him pursue this interest!

Anyone else have thoughts..?

Sarah

[Monica Manzano]

Ditto, I'm confident with:

Computer skills, reading, logic, civics, and cooking I can pretty much mark as accomplished. We are now on our 9th year unschooling. What I really need to do is send them to work! They drink a gallon of milk every other day. We went thru 2 loaves of bread in 1 day. Teenage boys just eat in great amounts! It's either work or get a cow. I wonder what the apts would think of that?

Kinda sorta maybe wobbly on:
We've never been into sports, but they are very active.

We will be substituting volunteering for our homeschooly 'socials' since the local group graduated 13 students and the teen groups have thinned out. MM

[Miriam Skipworth]

Hi this is a great idea(-:

We are confident with vocabulary, verbal communication, dispute resolution and compromise..(give or take a bit)

We are also confident with computer skills and technology and art/design.

Also we are all nature lovers and are confident with handling animals and understanding their behaviors.

Not rock solid on reading, I mean my partner and I are both avid readers but worrying about my son (7) has been a bit of a bad habit! I'm trying to brake that habit now (-:

We are also not rock solid on sports as my kids are not that interested yet. I played team sports and loved it but my partner not, we'll have to wait and see what eventuates with the kids.

[Rainbow Rivers]

I think this is a great topic as over the past months I have bounced back and forth with doubts yet do not focus so much on the areas I am confident.

I am confident in reading with my son, yet wobbly with my daughter as we suspect she may be dyslexic.

I am very confident in computer skills, cooking and gardening, nature and animals, science, and history

My largest wobble would be Math and writing, my daughter loves to write but my son has extremly poor writing skills along with descriptive and creative speaking skills. I worry about not doing a whole lot that shows them everyday practical uses of math and have been very much reflecting ways and activities we can do that will bring more math into our daily lives.