Really struggling to home school my dd age 7. She refuses to do the work or will do the absolute minimum to a very poor standard. The school haven't given us mich work, maybe 20mins for the entire day, often less than that.
I've tried various websites but DD just says I'm not doing that. I've tried praise etc bit doesn't seem to be working. Have tried her picking the topic eg on bite size but shes says she doesn't want to find out about anything?!
On a rare good day we manage an hour's work but for weeks now it's more like 10 mins a day. I feel like a complete failure.
DD has 2 other siblings and I hoped the situation would get better now one of them is at school. The toddler constantly needs attention and will cry or destroy things as soon as my attention is on home school which gives DD the perfect excuse to stop working which doesn't help. OH is working full time, long hours away from home so cant really help.
How much work are people REALLY doing? And how do you get them to do more? Or at least complete the task to the best of their ability? When I was a child I wanted to do my homework etc so I cant understand why my kids will do absolutely nothing. Both myself and OH work very hard at home so they should see that example.
Dd has become very lazy and will write things like cos instead of because. She just cant be bothered. My friend says her child has come on loads while hes been home schooled but I really think mine have gone backwards. I dont know what to do.
Dreading monday and another week of home school.
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Hannah2199 · 21/06/2020 15:10
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