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[quote=Anonymous]I'm considering homeschooling, but stuck in a conundrum as my older child (8) is an atypical learner and is very resistant to teaching.  But my older child really feels strongly about not wanting distance learning of any sort and wants me to teach her at home instead.  At the same time, I have never been able to "teach" her anything as she is almost obsessively against anyone trying to teach her or make her do anything.  So what I've done instead is just get her everything she needs to learn on her own, and she is a pretty independent learner.  She is like DH who never liked school, never paid attention in school, daydreamed throughout every class, and then just did reading on his own.  But they are both smart, curious, and have an inner drive for learning that is pretty much bulletproof to external forces.

I've done some test runs to see what a year of homeschooling look like, and well, it was not good.  My older child is extremely stubborn, contrarian, and her personality is just to fight everything.  And I feel a bit defeated.  I am not sure if I can do it. Just getting her to do 20 minutes of school work pretty much wore us both out for the day.  I am even trying to keep it flexible and geared to her interests.  But it's not working. Is there any hope?  [/quote]

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