homeschooling PA child?

Becky,
I'm sorry I can't help you but you may want to repost this on the "Schools" board or "Living with Peanut Allergy" board on this site. You may get more attention there.
Christine

Hi. I'm also a homeschooling mom of 2 children. My oldest is 5, and severely peanut allergic. My youngest is almost 2, and we don't know if she's PA (I'm sure not going to test her right now!!!!) This is our 2nd year homeschooling (the first year was a trial run). And we love it!!!

Hi!! Caught these posts late!! I homeschool also. Both of my kids are 5 and 3 and we did a trial fun for preschool this year. Would love to hear from you guys.
Donna, I couldn't find your e-mail.

Hi I am also going to homeschool my 4 year old son ,he is PA and has other food allergies. He starts this year. Joanne

Hi eveyone, I am just curious, are you all homeschooling because this is a way of learning that you all really believe in or did the fact that your child(s) have serios food allergies.

I am going to try to homeschool my children too. None of my children are school age yet. 4,2 and almost 1. My 4 year old was in pre-school but was pulled out in January due to dangerous peanut butter pinecone "craft." Academically my son was so far advanced because we "school" as a way of life. socially he excelled too. He was polite and fun and just a great kid. I believe in homeschooling as a method of instruction, but my children have multiple severe allergies and I feel that it would certainly be safer for them to be homeschooled until they can manage "their" allergies for themselves. My son is good natured about his allergies, but in the lower grades parents bring "goodies" in by the truck loads. I am teaching my kids a way of life right now. By 4th grade or so those types of treats begin to diminish, and my kids will understand more about their allergies and may have outgrown a few. At that point I will likely send them to school out of the home.

You guys are great for homeschooling! We originally decided to homeschool because of the allergies... but then it turned out to be such a success, all the way around. So we did it for a year and a half. However, we just put my son in school (as a test-run) because he was having panic attacks every time he was in a social situation. He's done extremely well socially, and is more well-rounded educationally in some ways. But homeschooling is so much better educationally! So we're still waiting to see what we'll do next year. Good luck to you all.

Homeschooling!!!!
Let's keep this thread going.
Before you start shopping for school clothes, etc., and getting ready for that first day of school, think a little more about other options for your child's education.

We started out with the idea of homeschooling because of the PA , I tried with our school system and even registered him for K-. It never got the principle's attention enough to arrange a meeting to go over everything. I was told by secretary everytime I called that my son would be o.k. That they had 3 students with bee allergies and the nurse was familiar with epipens. Enough said on why we started homeschooling. Now we do so because we loved it last year. I hope everyone thinking about HS or that is already doing so loves it as much as we do. As someone mentioned earlier, we all really have been doing so since birth, learning together, teaching(schooling) as a way of life. Thanks for responding everyone. Becky

We decided to homeschool before we even had children. We just knew that is what was right for our family. Now that my oldest son is PA I am glad that we made that decision. It helps to know that I don't have to fight a school system (or parents) over this. Who knows, one day this may not be right for our family and then I will be glad that I have this website to help me overcome another obstacle.

My mom has been home-schooling me and my younger non-allergic sister, for about 4 years now, partially because of my PA, but also because we felt that Private School just wasn't working for us. I love being home-schooled, and I think that it is a great way to keep PA kids safe. I feel much safer being home with my mom all day.

My daughter is only 15 months old, but I plan to homeschool her. I decided this for educational and personal reasons long before she reacted to peanuts. But now with the peanut allergy looming over her head, I am even more convinced that homeschooling will be the best choice.
Amy

Well, I just had to reply to this. Everyone
who "knows" me here probably knows that we
homeschool too. We have homeschooled since
the kids were born. We decided on it 7
years before our oldest was born. My kids
are not 8 and 5 and we will be starting 3rd
and kindergarten in two weeks. My youngest
is the one with the severe PA and egg
allergy. We absolutely **love**
homeschooling!! I would never have it any
other way.! I am so happy to be with my kids
everyday. I would miss them terribly if they
were gone every day and I would miss out on
them learning. If any are thinking about it
don't hesitate. I can't rave enough about
it!!
Tracy

We are in a home-school group that has field trips, parties, park days, and even sports! We can play homeschool: soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, bowling and also we can go to horse camp and some other things, too. So we can be having school safe at home, and also get the social interaction we might get at school. Home-schooling is much more educational, and safer for PA kids! I would never want to go to school out of home again (I used to go to Private school)!

I just noticed this thread, late. I am homeschooling my almost 5 year old daughter. I started exploring HS over a year ago due in part to PA. The more I learned about HS the more I felt it was a great choice for our family. The PA is only one of MANY reasons. Since I'm a HS beginner I'd love to hear from you,ihatepeanuts,or any others for moral support, etc. thx. e-mail is [email]btysher@aol.com[/email]