Kristie Visser's Page

"I hope it's helpful to you!"

"Thank you so much for your advice Meg - I really appreciate it!  I'll definitely have a read of your blog! "

"No you wouldn't force him to stay home, but you can ensure that his expectations of schooling are realistic. For example if he thinks that school is about playing friends all day and learning really interesting stuff and that teachers are just…"

"Sorry Meg!  I absolutely agree - my son barely eats or drinks all day at school which definitely contributes to his mood.  I also feel like the mainstream way I was parenting contributed to his overwhelm of having to follow rules and…"

"I'm in Australia ;)   I didn't like what schooling did to my daughter either, I now see the way she was when she came home as stressed out behaviour. They spend all day behaving unnaturally, sitting still, being quiet, having to beg…"

"Meg, I'm basically implenting what I have learnt in baby steps to our youngest 3 especially. We are having such an amazing time at the moment... My 5yo is in Prep (maybe Kinder in US?) He had a kind of slow start to embracing school and I…"

"Sometimes, Kristie, you do just need to get everyone in the car and get somewhere. Things happen. But if, most days, there is a lot of discussion about what today holds for all of us, what nice outings, what necessary stops, and if there is a lot of…"

"YOu spend the day telling them that their sibling has their activity that day and it shouldn't be an issue!   I want to clarify this point because it's true to an extent, but not necessarily in the "suck it up and don't…"

"Unschooling is about meeting everyone's needs, it's not unparenting. So, if one child has to be at soccer at 3pm and other kids need to stop doing what they're doing in order for that to happen that that's what happens. YOu spend…"

"Nance, I pretty much do that now but just wanted some opinions/new ideas...Yesterday my son had Tae Kwon do after school but the boys were excited to go because we got a snack at the shop and headed to the playground.  It was nice and sunny so…"

"How do you handle it now?"

"Thanks for your replies!  Meredith - I will definitely keep that in mind!  Thanks!  "

"Thank you so much Joyce for sharing such great advice!  I really appreciate you taking the time.  I'm on a huge learning curve at the moment - it really is fantastic! I've started saying "yes" a lot more to my kids in…"

"*** He comes home sometimes extremly cranky and with a lot of attitude and then takes it out on us and his brothers (who he normally get's along really well with)  It seems to take 4 or 5 days of no school to have him back to normal…"

"Thanks Laura!  I don't think so either but it seems to be the common belief!    Melinda, I'm in Country Vic!  "

"Hi Kristie   Another Aussie here.  I live in WA.  Whereabouts are you?"