Céline Dion, mom to 7-year-old son René-Charles, was initially anxious about taking her little boy on tour with her, as it would require homeschool. Having had a negative experience with education herself, the 39-year-old songstress had her doubts about her son's reaction to school. Luckily, her worries were for naught.
Yes, René-Charles has been homeschooling for almost two years now. It was a big, big concern for me -- the school thing. My husband was extremely smart in school, but I wasn't. I didn't want my son to suffer my experience of school.
He's started first grade, but he's in second grade in math. It's such a relief for me that he loves school, and he's succeeding. I couldn't ask for better.
Céline's concert, Céline Dion: That's Just The Woman In Me, premieres February 15th at 9 pm on CBS.
Source: TV Guide, February 11th issue, p. 24-25.
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That's definitely a big fear of mine too. I HATED school, I just had such a hard time understanding the material. I worry that my son may be the same. He's only 17 months though, so we have time.
So, does that mean he's homeschooling presently? Or that he's in a school but she's taking him out to homeschool.
Homeschool and no friends of his age... ?
I think if she had a bad experience in school, then she would be that much more conscious about ensuring her children have a positive association and drastically different experience...it's top of mind for her.
I'm sure her son has the most amazingly gifted teachers who inspire him to learn; I think anybody's kids could do well as long as we really believe in them & put lots of effort into it as parents.
"School" and "Homeschool" are 2 different things. The atmosphere is totally different. I wonder if he has activities he participates in with other children his age?