(01-04-2024, 06:36 AM)ancientlight Wrote: Hi all. I just saw this video :
Which off course devasted me . I have a twelve year old son, and he was bullied as well before I started homeschooling him.
I absolutely hate how bullying is still ignored in schools and imo bullying by kids should be treated as assault and criminally charged as juvies. These bullies will and often do become career criminals.
Anyway, I was thinking as I'm home all day homeschooling my son, I could easily add on a second child.
I would do this for free, or very low pay , to help parents who can't afford to stay home to homeschool their bullied child.
The requirment is that the child is being bullied and that the parents can't afford to homeschool their child as they need to work. Does this sound like a reasonable idea or am I nuts? If I can help one child from being bullied , and especially stop one child from killing themselves it's worth it to me.
What do you guys think? Legal risk , other risks etc?
My son uses an online homeschool platform so the child would have to use something similar. I would be there to keep this child company and watch him. I would not get involved with more than that.
Off course for my son I print and check worksheets as IMO the online platform alone is not enough..
Thoughts?
I was put in school a year early, so I was smaller and not quite as mature as my classmates all throughout elementary. Needless to say I was bullied bad. In all of my life experiences that was honestly the toughest time I've ever known. Bullying can be devastating to a kinder more compassionate soul. As we see from this story, which is a story I have read WAY too much. Once I had grown into myself, failed a grade and got into the right age group, well, let's just say I took it upon myself to "get involved" anytime I saw someone picking on someone "weaker" than them. I hit the weights, learned to fight, and honed in on the anger I had accumulated for bullies. I've taken on many fights that were not my own. Even taken some some straight up ass whoopins for other people.
So, with that said...
You have just earned my complete and TOTAL RESPECT! You are a soldier!
Great idea!!!! I wished to God that I had someone like you back then. I am in awe of this right. now.
Go for it! You have an epic idea! I'd even back you up if I could in sone way tbph.
Kudos, ancientlight......kudos.... you have my upmost respect.
Ps. I just gave you more reputation points than I have anyone else on here. I'll give 3 points to a stellar idea or post, but that's rare. I gave you 3+1, because this is the most noble thought I've read on any of these sites.
To the rest of us:
Ancientlight just came up with a solution. We should all take note here imo.