Has anyone else experienced this? DS2 has never been rude or answered back. He's always been the easy one compared to my elder son, who is more of a challenge. I wonder if it's the flip side of him becoming more relaxed.
At first, he was angelic and would sit down happily at our morning lessons (have insisted he do a bit of handwriting, English and Maths daily - sorry, autonomous home educators). We do lots of other stuff too, though: go for walks, play board games, cook, read, etc. The only thing we haven't been able to do this week is go out for a proper excursion (impossible to do this week for reasons unrelated to home ed).
In the last few days, he's been arguing back with me and refusing to come when I call him. Today, he didn't make any effort with his writing and said he felt 'funny'. No temperature or signs of illnesss. I told him to go and play instead, which he did happily. DH came home for lunch, so we packed a picnic and went for a long walk, which I thought would do him good.
This afternoon, he has a friend round to play and they're making a film together and seem to be very happy.
Maybe I have been making it too routine? Or being too prescriptive about what he's learning? Or is this just what happens when a child is getting used to being out of school? I seem to remember the novelty wearing off for DS1 as well, but I didn't get this rudeness from him.
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DS2 getting cheeky - I think the novelty of home ed is wearing off...
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ToffeeWhirl · 13/06/2014 18:00
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