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<img src="/images/graemlins/computer.gif" alt="" /> Okay fellow homeschooling Moms, help.
I have two VERY spoiled kids (15 yr.old and 6 yr.old).
I have homeschooled my eldest the entire time and she fought the entire time. Now, my 6 yr.old is fighting with school time as well. <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Should I throw in the towel with the youngest one and admit defeat and come to the realization that homeschooling is perhaps not my forte?
Or should I grind my teeth, kick my heels in and get my butt in a better transformed gear to accomplish the task?

Come on ladies, give it to me! Give me hard facts, like,"Mom, get yourself together, set up a workable schedule and get your kids schooled." Tell me.....set up limits, set up rules, set up, set up, set up.
Come on ladies, give it to me!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

It always helps if someone else tells you.
DISCIPLINE.....for <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> me and the kids.

THANKS
I NEEDED THAT <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Dear Overwhelmed,

Congratulations on doing the homeschooling thing.

But who's been spoiling your kids? Do you mean you give them too many things, let them do things you don't want them to do, or something else?

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MOM! If your kid is fighting you then something is wrong <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

My guess is that your teaching and learning styles don't mesh, so one of you has to change and believe me, it'll be easier if it's you <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I tried making my oldest sit down and do work, guess what, we both ended up in tears. now I let her be herself, which means *NO* workbooks (we even do math on a dry erase board and big magna doodle), jumping while she is reading, books on tape when possible, BIG paper for writing (she is dysgraphic), sing alongs to memorize multiplication tables, you get the idea...less paper and more moving.

My second child is the opposite. She will sit and read and listen to me read for HOURS. She will do workbooks until I have to beg her to stop.

I highly suggest researching learning styles. Once you realize whats going on with your 6 yr old you can come up with an amiable solution and try a few things out before you throw in the towel <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Here is quick guideline to learning styles:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art17484.asp

my other guess would be pushing something before the child is ready for it. Sure, maybe they CAN do something, but they aren't ready to do it all the time. Sometimes putting the whole thing down, giving it a week, and then coming back to it is enough. Sometimes you need ot put it away for a few months, maybe a year. Kids learn in their own time, even kids in the classroom do.

HTH and HANG IN THERE! You are doing great mom!

Meg