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By ella | November 12, 2007
The last three days have been near-perfect.
The weekend was wonderful, with Harry’s behaviour back to normal after I made it clear to him how upset and disappointed I was (edited to add: about his violent behavior, NOT about the fact that he was crying about school). I laid it on thick, I’ll admit, but we were on the brink of making another major decision about removing him from school and I figured the circumstances required a bit of drama on my part. Matthew and I discussed his behaviour at length over the weekend and decided that if it reverted to bad this morning or after school today then we would almost certainly have to take action because he is clearly not happy.
We were out and about all weekend visiting a French market, shopping, visiting friends and generally not being at home where all the bad behavior has been. Today I got everyone on the school run without any tears (including from Ben, which is a record I think) and then I went to town, shopped for Christmas presents and things I didn’t really need in the lovely sunshine and Ben didn’t cry once (which is definitely a record) and came back to a house which had been cleaned while I was out (I leave so early now for school I haven’t had to do anything about firing the cleaner even though I am still planning to find someone to replace her).
So it’s been a good few days, my lovely boy is back, he had a good day at school today and all in all I’m pretty relieved. Now if only I could sit down with a nice big glass of red wine. And stop reading all those wonderful homeschooling blogs.
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I’m glad you got to have a nice day today - it sounds idyllic after all you’ve been dealing with.
Would it help if I sent you a bottle of syrah and a list of homeschool-alum-gone-wrong blogs ?
I cringe every time I’m reminded that I’m held up as a home-schooling success story. Very glad to read your mindful reflections. A mom who really cares about her kids - what a concept!
I’m happy to hear things are going so well! You all deserve to have some smooth sailing, especially you who can maybe now sneak in a nap once in a while? I so miss napping!!
I’ll tell you, on one hand I do enjoy homeschooling but there are days I would love to send my son (and his younger sister!) off to school. Especially days like today when I’ve got a cold. Oh well. What doesn’t kill me…