Anyone else finding homeschooling SN child a bit depressing?

[MrsBobDylan]

I always love that my ds11 went to a lovely special school and enjoyed hearing about his day, seeing him begin to read and write, learning bits of French etc. He is hilarious and his teachers would email to tell me what outrageously funny thing he'd said and how much he brightened everyone's day.

Now it's me and him (got two other kids once of whom is yr 2 and very behind so also unable to work independently) and it's depressing to see the level he is at.

I know this sounds awful, I'm so proud of him and not disappointed at all, but watching him form each of his letters and number is making me feel sad. The number four have five different strokes, it is so intricate!! He won't write in lower case and while this didn't bother me at all before now, I just feel sad for him and I don't want to feel this way.

The youngest dc is 7 and in MS but ye Gods! is so bloody behind. He forms all of his letters incorrectly, and just struggles with everything. I am dyslexic but he blows my childhood struggles out of the waters in comparison.

Is anyone else finding homeschooling depressing in this way?

I noticed this was written awhile go, but yes I am finding it really hard too, my dc is very behind and struggling with every aspect of the work, takes forever, and it is actually hard not to get discouraged!

Academics isn't everything I keep telling myself, but it is hard not to worry about them isn't it.

Joining the conversation months later If writing by hand is tedious to watch, it is much worse for the child who is trying to slow their minds down to the speed of their writing. DS's dyslexia assessor said to not bother with writing as it would only cause further frustration, and now he's doing English Type Junior and uses Clicker 8 software to help with constructing sentences, paragraphs, homework. Adaptive technology exists and is great but schools don't always see it this way.