Her attitude has gotten quite bad lately and it is really starting to wear on me. A lot of the problem stems from me giving her so much free reign with her time. She has been allowed to work on her schoolwork unattended and did well in the beginning, but has gotten increasingly more lazy and many times gets to the weekend with unfinished work. She argues with everything I tell her to do and throws up an attitude when I make her do something-whether chores, schoolwork or helping around the house. I think she has developed a bad case of entitlement-thinking she is in charge and should not be required to do anything unless she feels so inclined. Argh!
We just moved the schoolroom downstairs where I can see her, so that will make it easier to keep an eye on her. Another struggle for her is realizing that her workload is getting larger now that she is moving up in grades. She is used to getting done with her work in such a short time, and hates that some things are now taking longer to complete. Writing is a good example. She 'says' she cannot complete an entire writing assignment in one week because it is too much to do each day. When I told her it is not unreasonable to spend up to 45 minutes per day pre-writing, doing the rough draft and editing, she about had a cow!
Does anyone have any ideas for moving a child from 'easy' elementary work to more 'advanced' middle school work? She is very smart and has no trouble understanding the assignments for the most part, it is just her willingness to give what it takes to do it right.
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Are you homeschooling your DS again or is he on spring break? I'm glad they are getting along better... What's the secret? Megs and Gracie seem to fight more each day!
If someone has the answer to the transition to upper grades... please share the secret. Megs doesn't understand that each grade gets harder and creates more work. All she wants to do is what they did in school... which is hardly anything!!
Ds is still in public school, but is off for Spring Break. His time away taught him that there are many kids out there much worse than his sister. He met some kids that he definitely would not like to have as siblings.
Dd does not have public school experience to refer to, but she keeps thinking school should be 'easy' like it has been. A lot of the problem is me. I need to stay on top of her, but I am so worn out during the day and can barely muster the energy to do the basics.
I am heading to the doctor later this week hopefully to see what may be going on. I told dh that I am sick of feeling sick.
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