One of the many changes parents have had to adapt to in this era of rapid change is having kids home from school 24/7 and having to ensure that their education continues in some form. You probably didn’t sign up for home-schooling and may be breathing a sigh of relief at the thought of the Easter holidays, even if they’ll be holidays like you’ve never had before. But even when term resumes the children will still be at home so it’s as well to get our heads around this educating at home thing.
Home-schooling is a considered decision that parents make after much thought. They will have planned for it and set up the home environment and the support structures necessary for it. They will have got in resources to work with at home and will have set up classes or activities outside the home as well. That is not what we are doing right now.
At the time of recording in the UK schools are closed except for children of key workers. So parents are home with their kids, many of them trying to work from home as well and keep their children occupied and continue their education.
Many of us are not feeling equal to the task.
So we’ve invited Sam O’Neill to be our guest on The Parent Practice podcast to help sort out some issues around this. Sam is a parenting coach, one of The Parent Practice’s licensees, and the founder of Assured Parenting. Her background is in teaching with 20 years of experience in classroom teaching and in pastoral care. She is also a mum of 2 young children.
Listen to this episode with Sam O’Neill if you want to learn:
Listen out for Sam’s Surprising Uplifting Moments around doing and rushing less.
Sam has made available to listeners a free resource on responding to children’s questions. Just click here.
If you want to get in touch with her the relevant links are below.
Links:
https://www.assuredparenting.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/assuredparentuk/
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