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Old 07-05-2006, 04:17 PM   #10 (permalink)
MotherMoon
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I am with you, I take a hands-off approach and help when asked. This has worked for us. I feel children mature when they are ready. Pushing them to do so earlier may work initially but will back-fire somewhere. Beth has often been behind in her studies but catches up with a little help. I let her ask. She struggled with ready but now reads well above grade level. She is struggling a bit in math now. But, socially, she is less mature than her class-mates also. Children age differently.
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