Do you ever feel defeated in homeschooling?  I know my boys are learning, but they act sullen when I say its time for school.  They say"Do we have to do school today?" almost every day.  I am so aggrivated. I often feel like I am in groundhog day.  It is the same gripes, complaining and whining every day.  I explain that they really don't have it that bad.  They don't have to get up @ 6 in the morning and get on a school bus.  They don't go to school for 8 hours a day.  We at the most do about 4 hours.    I try to make it interesting and fun.  I've been tempted to do "public school " at home for a few days and see how they like that.  The youngest is mouthy and I can't seem to break him of it.  He has been disiplined, had things taken away, and shown in the bible why we should"honor" our mother and father.  He is not coddled or allowed to get away with things like most youngest children.  I don't want to stop homeschooling, but I feel like such an awlful mom.  I just want to hide in a small dark place!   

   I am sorry to vent here and I don't like to complain, but I don't really feel like I have any other outlet.  Hubby understands, but doesn't at the same time.   He compares it to his job and says he'd rather be here than putting up what he does at work. 

  I guess we all have bad days and we should be done with school in a few weeks. 

  I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has to offer.

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Posted by Hallmark

Don't mind me, I'm the huggy sort.

How old are your sons? What sort of curriculum are you using? I have a few thoughts, knowing some homeschool families with boys. I can't give an expert opinion, not having any sons. I'm married to a grown-up who used to be a boy, does that count?

If you do reply to this, could you post your reply as a comment on my blog? (Hallmark). I'm at the library and can't save your blog post to look at later.

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