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Homeschooling Resources: Educational Issues

Parenting: Handling Tantrums In Home School
By Mimi Rothschild

When teaching young children in a home school environment, not every day is going to go as well as planned. Home school children are just like other children who can be emotional. Stress in the home school environment may lead to tantrums. Tantrums in home school children may occur for a number of different reasons and they can be hard to handle.

Tantrums for young home school children may happen in or outside of home school class time. In some cases you may be able to handle the situation with simple techniques that other moms do.

A child who is taught in a home school environment may have a better advantage than a young child who goes to a normal public school. A home school teacher may be able to rearrange schedules to benefit the child. A nap session may be introduced to give younger children a refreshing few minutes' sleep. Some moms recommend naps as a cure for tough tantrums.
In other cases, when the tantrums are less severe, it may be the child is hungry or is feeling stressed. In a home school environment with flexible schedules, you could introduce an earlier snack time or bring in an art class or another enjoyable class that the children pick out.

In some instances, a home school teacher may realize the child is merely behaving badly, instead of the tantrum being induced by stress. In this case, a home school child may be disciplined by being assigned chores or additional home school assignments. Younger children may be disciplined with five minutes of silence in a room alone.

Home school parents may not realize how stressful a learning environment can be for children. Some parents may put pressure on a home school taught child to excel before they are ready. Be aware that it may take more time for a child to grasp a certain subject. With home school materials, you should be able to adapt your child's curriculum to focus on those subjects children find more difficult. With being aware of this problem, a home school teacher or parent may find children who are less prone to tantrums.

Remembered that structured environments are comforting to children, so kids who are taught at home need set schedules that they can understand. When things are in order and are logical to a child, the child is less prone to stress and having a tantrum during home school hours.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mimi Rothschild is a homeschooling parent, author, children's rights advocate, and Founder and C.E.O. of Learning by Grace, Inc. She and her husband of almost 3 decades reside with their 8 children in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rothschild co-founded Learning By Grace, Inc. because "our current system of education has broken its promise..." Learning By Grace, Inc. delivers Internet-based multimedia education to PreK-12 children in the United States and throughout the world.

Rothschild has authored a number of books about education published by McGraw Hill and others. Her Daily Education News Blog contains feature stories on alternatives in education.