Been a long time since I have posted anything here! I get discouraged easily, unfortunately. Often I have worried that I'm not doing enough or I am being overcontrolling or not structured enough or hey where's the balance; where's the middle. One thing I know currently is I am uncomfortable where things are at right now. Things are not acceptable to me and so something must change. But how and what. And ya, how?
For starters what do you do if you have a bunch of children who are uninspired to do anything other than wake up, eat, and play, oh ya and sit around complaining they are bored. Lets just say they have done this for several months on end. So what do you? I'm curious. But honestly I suppose that there are not many other moms who have had this happen. Well maybe for a few days and then they all move on. But for months, seriously. If you do exist out there and you know what I am getting at, I need a mentor! I took them out on an extended field trip to spark their imagination and not a thing got sparked. We are back to square one or should I say we haven't left it. This is so frustrating. |
Mar. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
My son is exactly like you explain. All he wants to do is play, play and play some more. He truly has no 'desire' to do school. I have no instant solutions, since we are still dealing with it at times, but I will tell you some things that have helped a bit. First, he doesn't have a choice. Truly, that is the biggest thing. We just don't give him a choice whether he does his work or not, he has to do it, and it will get done, or there is punishment. But, for the grumbling and complaining I hear everyday when its time to start lessons, we've started a new consequence. Every time he complains, he looses 10 min. of play time and has to sit on his bed and do nothing. Yes, I know this is a time out, but when I remind him how he's loosing playtime because of this, it gets him thinking more. And then we also speak the Word to him about what it says in the bible about not grumbling and complaining. To work with a cheerful heart, things like that. I also have the backing of my husband, who comes home and enforces and discipline that needs to happen. So it's a family thing. And of course we pray, and mostly I pray for myself that I don't yell at him all the time.
I know that probably wasn't much help, and it is an ongoing thing. I pray that you find what is going to work for your family. :)
JoAnn