Supernanny and homeschoolers?

[fishnoises]

Does anyone know if the Supernanny has been to a homeschooling family? I am just curious whjat her advice would be to parents who homeschool. I like a lot of what she does for the families, but some of the advice is not "do-able' in our house!
For example, she tells many moms to play with her kids. I just don't seem to have the extra time to goof off! I do not see myself as a play mate. That is God made siblings for!!!!! Plus I don't have the kids do a whole lot of chores, because I do want them to play more, with each other (Since I feel I expect a lot from them in their schoolwork...)
There is a lot of room for improvement in this house, but I just don't know what a normal homeschooling family is supposed to look like. We're all so different! The expectations I have are confusing me! And I am one tired mommy.....

[A home for their hearts]

I don't know, I kind of got the impression tonight that the family she was helping were homeschooling? They never really mentioned it, but when the mom told the oldest child to go give her younger sibling his spelling test I thought, 'hmm, do they homeschool?'

[Cadam]

I don't know about supper nanny but I would add more chores to your kid's schedules. If you are tired it is time for them to work. I am not a playful mom either so I feel you on that one.

The families that I have seen on SN are pretty messed up. I don't think I want the world's perception of a homeschooler to be what they see on that show! :eek:

[fishnoises]

But that house was way too organized and clean! But wasn't it HUGE!!! I would love to have a kitchen and dining area that size....

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

I don't know about supper nanny but I would add more chores to your kid's schedules. If you are tired it is time for them to work. I am not a playful mom either so I feel you on that one.

The families that I have seen on SN are pretty messed up. I don't think I want the world's perception of a homeschooler to be what they see on that show! :eek:

I agree. Working together cheerfully as a family is as much fun as play. Really.

[Brigitte]

I agree. Working together cheerfully as a family is as much fun as play. Really.

You are going to explain that to my girls tomorrow, right??? ;) They don't seem to get the work being fun concept. Of course, that could have a lot to do with the fact that I don't get it either. :D

[PiCO]

Does anyone know if the Supernanny has been to a homeschooling family? ...

I know she has been to at least one homeschooling family. There was a toddler that was interfering with school, and she taught the mom how to deal with that. She did not express an opinion on homeschooling, and just took it in stride.

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

You are going to explain that to my girls tomorrow, right??? ;) They don't seem to get the work being fun concept. Of course, that could have a lot to do with the fact that I don't get it either. :D

Heh. Well, no. Tomorrow we play. JUST play. :)

[Sandy in Indy]

She also went to a family that had 5 children--two teens (girls) and three pre-schoolers. Both parents worked and expected the teens to watch the three younger children, clean the house, do the laundry, cook the meals AND school themselves. If I remember correctly, the teens were the ones who contacted Supernanny. It was heartbreaking to see what the parents were doing to those kids! Actually, Jo worked with the parents to help them understand that the kids couldn't possibly do all that and succeed at school. (They were failing.) She helped them set up an area just for school and then put some boundaries on behaviors (especially mom) so that the girls could study. I thought she was very supportive of homeschooling..and hope that viewers were bright enough to know that this family didn't represent most homeschoolers.

[Jeanne in MN]

It was awful. The pareents both worked outside the home, they had the two teenage girls and 2 or three little boys that the girls were expected to care for during the day! They had their schoolwork on-line, but could never get to it because they were caring for the kids, doing the chores and house cleaning and had no time for school. The oldest girl was about ready to drop and SuperNanny stepped up to help them.

The mom had to cut back on her hours at work to help with the younger kids. They had to hire extra help so the girls could be free to have a life after school. They also fixed up an upstairs room for the girls to do their schoolwork in. I thought the mother was a real jerk-she really needed convincing that things had to change and that the girls were not supposed to be the primary caregivers.

She had no advice about hsing-strictly parenting, family relations stuff. So no help for you there.

Personally, I'd expect kids to do chores to learn responsibility, how to take care of themselves when they are out on their own, and help lift my burden. Then we will have time to play together! I'm not much for little kid games, but I do love to go swimming with my kids, take them hiking, fishing, play soccer, etc. with them. I think it means a lot to kids to have mom and dad spend some time playing with them.

But you are right, every family had their own style!