Homeschooling - how are you feeling this evening?

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I work 4 days (now from home) and both dc (junior school) have learning schedules with daily live video assemblies thrown in. Younger dc needs a lot of handholding, I have to sit next to him, get him started, explain the tasks etc.

I feel so anxious and stressed about 7 weeks (or more of this). I basically feel like a rabbit in the headlight and just want to go to sleep.

How are you all feeling?

@NorbertMeubles

Well I am currently in tears over home schooling and so is my year 5 so it's going shit in my house. I can't do this.

I've had to come and sit in the car as I was close to losing my shit.

The baby hasn't stopped screaming all day (teething) and Dd age 6 is being set work that she was doing in reception. But she has to sit there on a live lesson with tbw rest of the class and spend an hour pretending to do the work sheet she finished in three mins.

I'm sat out here for the duration of Dh lucnchbreak.

I’m surprised at the work my (bright) DD is being given. It’s quite boring and I can’t imagine she’s challenged in school if this is what it’s usually like.

Definitely do feedback to your schools and ask them to send through the work in advance etc or whatever will make things easier for you.

@PandaBear89

"Other mother's cope" . I'm angry for you.
I hope you rammed your foot somewhere very dark for that comment.

Other father's share the load and parent their kids.

to everyone juggling a less than helpful DP/DH at the same time as everything else. They need to step up.

I’m knackered and stressed and have got sweet Fanny Adams done for my own work today. Both DC have ASD but couldn’t be more different. DC1 is getting on with his stuff online (yr 5) with only a bit of help needed. I am eternally grateful for his temperament. DC2 (yr 2) needs constant encouragement, help, explanations, mood management etc and it’s exhausting even with both DH and me dealing alternately. I feel for those with babies. Although DC2 was a lot easier to manage as a baby than now

for us all. And for the teachers who have to deal with it on the other side.

I work 30 hours over 4 days out of the house, currently studying a history degree via the open uni and have ds14 and ds7. Eldest gets on with his without any input, ds7 requires someone with him to help with it all. Today we have done all the school work, kids have now gone on their computers and I should be doing uni work/housework but I am laid on the bed having a rest. I might write today off for me and try again tomorrow. I can’t decide whether to plan a schedule or wing it each day as either way by 3pm the last thing I want to do is start writing uni assignments after homeschooling. Luckily I am only in my first year of uni so scores don’t count towards the final degree score, I just need to pass the course

I feel a lot like you. I shouldn't because I don't work but I have a very grizzly 3 month old and am trying to homewchool a 5 year old. It's getting to me.

(And my husband is very hands on, he's working from home. I suspect I have PND)

@Gwenhines I'm used to it from him. I have said how he's hardly ever here anyway and he always says it is the same for any guy going out to support his family. When I point out not to the same extent as all his hours he claims it is and that I should go out and get a job. I don't even bother to say to him about childcare now as it is pointless as I've said it so many times now that nobody to look after them. The cost of childcare would be so much for all of them and would be much more than I would earn.

I told him not to bother coming back as I'm so sick of being let down. He has a habit of leaving for a while and has a bag in the car ready for when he decides to disappear. So I had a feeling this would happen all over again.

I had hoped that with him being supposedly being furloughed this week I would have some help so I thought it wouldn't be so bad but finding out last minute that he won't be here wasn't the best. Then I was called controlling and abusive for saying anything as apparently that means I don't want him to leave the house which isn't true at all.

I'm struggling due to post natal depression and thinking that he would be here - even though he doesn't do much to actually help - was helping me but I was stupid to actually believe him. I should have learnt by now that I can't believe anything.

He's hardly ever here anyway apart from a few hours in the evening as he is always supposedly at work. So I'm meant to juggle trying to do everything and my health isn't the best anyway so some days are not good days pain wise for me.

Haven't heard from him at all so can't see him bothering. I'm just so very tired of it all. I really am. I've not bothered getting in contact with him as I'm sick of it.

I know that he is saying these things to be nasty and I know the tactics used but I'm just tired. I already feel like I don't have enough time for everything so I really don't have time for his nonsense on top of everything else. I've not been well past few days so just drained at the moment.

Overwhelmed. DS is 11 and has full days of teams lessons but they’re 50% live teaching and 50% work set so it’s remembering to go on the next lesson at the correct time, find the right information for the activities in a million different places, get things printed off in a gap between DH’s calls, make sure he has the correct equipment, make endless food and drinks, try to help DS with anything he doesn’t understand, etc etc etc oh and work myself of course. DS attends a Grammar School and they’ve been amazing but they’ve made it crystal clear that they must be on time to every lesson and more and more homework keeps coming through on Show My Homework. It feels cruel to make him do even more work on top of a full day in front of the computer.

to everyone, we have survived day 5 of lockdown learning. One day at a time is my mantra. We had tears (mine) the kids did alright but it took ds2 more or less all day to finish his work, we were done at 5pm. I got barley any work done. Meeting my line manager tomorrow first thing in the morning while dc have their video calls with school. Super! No idea how that can work. For me, the stress is debilitating. I hope somehow it will get better, somehow.

Lots of pressure (from parents, the press and even DfE) to deliver live lessons.

My Headteacher doesn't agree with them so thankfully we just send out pre-recorded videos & power points with instructions in how to complete work. We do a live TEAMS meeting once a week to read a story or do a fun activity. That way parents can access it when it's convenient for them, their other children etc

How people are managing live lessons for 2/3 kids and only one laptop is beyond me, not to mention slow broadband etc

3 DC teenagers
I'm working from home
Dh works away part off week
3 dc said we know what we are doing turns out 2 off them didn't 1 is behind., hadn't done some work that was due and got into a panick still not all done.
Ds got caught up but wants to stay up later.
Not happening
Dd1 wouldn't even let me look at anything shes 17 knows it all so I am leaving her to it.
When dc don't hand in work on time what do teachers think
Are they lazy, cant be bothered
Parents not getting them to do it for easier life. Do the kids have internet or a laptop to get work through I wonder what Is there first thought.

Live lessons are shit!