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Raising a hearing child is just plain hard. The standard is too high for me. I'm trying to help with my son's book report and I don't even know the proper way of writing it. even for six sentence long. I'm more frustrated with it than he is so I am just going to let him turn it in as it is. The teacher probably won't be satisfy with it though.
 
I had two hearing children and they managed with very minimal homework help from me.

As long as you give him a place to study and insist that he spend the time to do the work, he will be fine.
 
I have 3 !...And I'm a "sticker" for homework!...If I can't help with any problem, they use the net...or call a classmate for an explanation....And if all else fails, I write a note to the teacher for the next day, then my child would attend tutoring in the evenings. So far, only my 14 yr. old (8th grade) goes to tutoring once a week, and it's made a huge difference for him!

Best to "nip the problem in the bud" before it gets worse! Right then! And since my 12 yr. old is gifted and in advanced classes, he's a "big help" to my other 2 boys! "I'll ask Marcus" is very common in my home!
 
It is very hard to try to help a child do work in a language that isn't your first language. I have to do it everyday too.
 
rockin'robin said:
I have 3 !...And I'm a "sticker" for homework!...If I can't help with any problem, they use the net...or call a classmate for an explanation....And if all else fails, I write a note to the teacher for the next day, then my child would attend tutoring in the evenings. So far, only my 14 yr. old (8th grade) goes to tutoring once a week, and it's made a huge difference for him!

Best to "nip the problem in the bud" before it gets worse! Right then! And since my 12 yr. old is gifted and in advanced classes, he's a "big help" to my other 2 boys! "I'll ask Marcus" is very common in my home!
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That is so great that your kids work as a team like that! It sounds as if you have this all worked out!
 
jillio said:
That is so great that your kids work as a team like that! It sounds as if you have this all worked out!
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Thank You!...I'm a firm believer in education and knowledge. And I even allow my boys to read some posts here on AD if I feel it's appropriate! And we also discuss some of the posts at dinner time.

I'm still "bursting with pride" over Marcus! At 12, he will go to high school next year, skipping the 8th grade. He's come a very long way since he was almost 6 years old (when I adopted him), wasn't doing well at all at that time.
 
I used to have the same problem with my hearing daughter..not because of the English but because of the math!!! The standards are definitely HIGH..not like when I was in elementary school.
 
rockin'robin said:
Thank You!...I'm a firm believer in education and knowledge. And I even allow my boys to read some posts here on AD if I feel it's appropriate! And we also discuss some of the posts at dinner time.

I'm still "bursting with pride" over Marcus! At 12, he will go to high school next year, skipping the 8th grade. He's come a very long way since he was almost 6 years old (when I adopted him), wasn't doing well at all at that time.
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You have the right to be very proud of Marcus. That is quite an accomplishment at his age. He is lucky to have a mom that is an encouragement to him.

I also think its great that you allow your boys to read some of the posts. I'm sure they are very well rounded because you expose them to different things.
 
I'm raising Hearing child.... my three year old boy and to be honest, it is hard, because I have hard time understanding what's he saying and it's too hard to read his lips as it's not correctly formed words yet. But I work harder to understand him, kept asking him to repeat it and amazingly he doesn't get frustrated, he's very patent with me. I think he knows that I'm different, that I can not hear.

I'm teaching him ASL... and he uses them sometimes, when I don't understand him first couple times, he would actually use his hands, to sign it to me what he's trying to say. It helps a lot. Also what makes it more easier is that I have Hearing husband and he would help me with Tristan (my son) and he would tell me what Tristan is saying. Even his half sister (my step daughter) would help me what he's saying. It is frustrating that my husband and step daughter can understand him very easily when I cannot.

I can understand where you're coming from.... you're not alone.
 
Do your best.

Remember, it's a young kid... so don't expect your kid's teacher to grade him like he was in college. :)
 
yes i know the feeling. Just do your best and keep doing it as much as you can. That would be helpful if you meet kids teachers and if they can give your their emails. in case if you dont understand or any question, then ask the teachers to make sure that your kid is doing the right project, or report. it might ease to reduce of your frustrating with the homework.

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rockin'robin said:
Yes, asking the teacher for her email is a great idea. They have mine also.
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Same here. It really helps a lot. My girl's teacher had to leave on her maternity last month ago, and had a sub teacher who happen to be an elder. She rathers to meet in person only. Oh boy. Good thing that school do provides for the special notepad that is for between teachers and parents. That is better than NONE.
 
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