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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 589838"><p>Repeat after me "my home is not an institution". You do not have cafeteria ladys to cook food, janitors to vacuum floors, expensive copy machines and computers. Homeschool with a difficult child is very different than public school. You have to function as a family first and then do school. I don't mean your house should be clean and the meals cooked. </p><p></p><p>We started homeschooling in Oct. and a few weeks later grandma came to visit. School went out the window. Then Cherub was born, Thanksgiving and Christmas came. Through it all I was feeling very guilty that my kids were not in a more structured environment. I kept trying to get them to do the morning routine but sometimes I just couldn't. And a lot of days we didn't get to school work. I'm finding that each time our family has to ditch the routine it takes a little less time for them to get back into it when we do start again. We just went through 3 and 1/2 weeks of everyone being sick (especially Buster). School and routines went out the window. They all sat on a sheet in front of the tv while I cleaned for weeks. I thought for sure when we'd start back up they'd all have a very rough time. I was right but not as rough as I expected. Not as bad an adjustment as the first time we started. Plus, they retained a lot more than I expected. I am planning to homeschool through the summer to make up time missed (plus we don't do school on Fridays.) </p><p></p><p>It will be slow getting started but if this is what you feel is best for difficult child it is ok to start slow. Remember you are in this for the long haul.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 589838"] Repeat after me "my home is not an institution". You do not have cafeteria ladys to cook food, janitors to vacuum floors, expensive copy machines and computers. Homeschool with a difficult child is very different than public school. You have to function as a family first and then do school. I don't mean your house should be clean and the meals cooked. We started homeschooling in Oct. and a few weeks later grandma came to visit. School went out the window. Then Cherub was born, Thanksgiving and Christmas came. Through it all I was feeling very guilty that my kids were not in a more structured environment. I kept trying to get them to do the morning routine but sometimes I just couldn't. And a lot of days we didn't get to school work. I'm finding that each time our family has to ditch the routine it takes a little less time for them to get back into it when we do start again. We just went through 3 and 1/2 weeks of everyone being sick (especially Buster). School and routines went out the window. They all sat on a sheet in front of the tv while I cleaned for weeks. I thought for sure when we'd start back up they'd all have a very rough time. I was right but not as rough as I expected. Not as bad an adjustment as the first time we started. Plus, they retained a lot more than I expected. I am planning to homeschool through the summer to make up time missed (plus we don't do school on Fridays.) It will be slow getting started but if this is what you feel is best for difficult child it is ok to start slow. Remember you are in this for the long haul. [/QUOTE]
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