Not to home school my year 10 Dd and leave her to it

[TheoriginalLEM]

So my 14 yo dd is very conscientious and sticks to the school timetable. Gets up early so she can get her school work done and go on her Xbox to "socislise".

My input is zero, apart from when she asks for help with science. I also mark her exam practice papers for her using the answer sheets.

She is a good girl but a typical teen in that she is very difficult to help if she doesn't feel I know the answers. So my 'interfering' isn't welcome.

I feel guilty that I'm not 'teaching' her and just leaving her to her own devices.

Not sure what I can do , and feel bad seeing all the "home schooling stuff

I have to sit next to my DS. I am not telling him how he should do a piece of work, just making sure he actually does it. He has a teaching assistant at school and I'm just acting as a locum in that respect. His autism means that he compartmentalises school and home life so he is finding it very difficult to study at home (he normally does all his homework during break and lunchtime or during after-school club so that he doesn't have to bring it home).

So pleased to read this thread and realise that others are the same as me. DDs (year 12 and 10) are getting on with the tasks set with zero input from myself. My concern is that all the work is being posted on Google Classrooms so I can't actually see what tasks are set and whether they are being done. When I ask, I'm told that everything is under control. I guess school would contact if there was a problem...?

Middleager the Richard Osman show is on BBC2 at 6pm each night.

It's on it's third series so others available on Iplayer.

Out kids love it and I think it's one of the best things on TV at moment.

Bloody autocorrect that should obviously say "on ITS third series".

I knew a home-educated teenager who got all the way through secondary school like this (nothing to do with the current situation). Obviously she was very self-motivated, but FWIW she eventually went to Oxford.

My involvement stops at making sure he is out of bed, occasionally watering/feeding, feigning interest and if he is stuck suggesting solutions (read the question, google, school internet resources, talk to classmates, email teacher, revision books). I don't know enough about english exam techniques, more difficult maths, physics, chemistry etc to 'teach'.

I'm a french teacher, so I'm only helping with French if he needs it. I can make suggestions with other subjects, my maths is good but for the most part my year 9 14 yo cracks on. I have to wake him at 11, and he starts at half past. 4 x 45 minute sessions a day. His older sister gives him a 45 minute piano lesson a week.
He takes food tech so cooks a lot.
He's also learning Japanese on duolingo which I'm happy about. It's nothing to do with school, but I still think it's a great skill.

My 13 year old is doing exactly the same. I'm just letting her get on with it! I'm sure I'd encourage her to do more and better if I worked with her but she'd hate me for it! My 11 year old also just getting on with it with the odd question. I'm glad as I have a 6 year old too who's quite demanding and I'm also working!

There are online folders of work on the school website I just had to buy exercise books for dd to write the work in so it felt normal. But there’s absolutely no communication from school hasn’t been for the whole 5 weeks, that’s took its toll now my once high achieving focused dd has now lost her way at best she’s doing a couple of hour a day and the rest of her time on her phone to her mates

Without a crystal ball to say it’ll all work out for the y10s I’m not bothering to nag her to do more

I'm not helping my secondary aged children at all. I'm only helping my Y5 child....! I can't home school 4 of them at the same time, and certainly not to GCSE standard!