Our daughter loved to go to grampa’s farm and see all the cows, sheep and other animals. She caught a big catfish in one of the stock tanks and we HAD to have that for dinner that night. She knows that food does not come from the supermarkets, but from farms and ranches.
It was funny when she took a peanut plant to school with the peanuts still attached to the root area. The other kids had no idea peanuts actually grew underground. I’m surprised she didn’t get in school suspension for taking peanuts into a classroom. She got a lot of food education on the farm.
LOL. Yep, sometimes peanuts are a deadly weapon, for those who are allergic(no laughing matter). If my grand daughter had done it I guarantee we’d be reporting to school.
She’s an independent gal, determined to get her way, thinks she’s as much a first class citizen as the teachers, and isn’t particularly motivated by their approval.
I have zero trouble with her. We have a few rules. She has work to do, and she gets a pay off when it’s done. She gets off the bus, tells me just once(tone must be without whining) how much she hates school, and sits down and gets the homework done without even being told.
Then she’s free to watch TV, eat supper, play, chat with me or use the computer.
Her aunt takes her for an outing once a week. She never has trouble either. When the other kids start acting up, she doesn’t join in, but if they pick on her, she stands up for herself in spades which is not a bad thing per se, but she probably needs to practice a covert response or learn to turn the other cheek. School was never this much trouble with my kids (sigh).