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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your poor 8 yr old! What the hell does he do all day during school time that you are trying to essentially "do school" all evening?! [/quote]

not OP, NP here. Different things work for different families. Some kids and some parents enjoy doing academic work together. My kids love when we do extra stuff together. It is a good way to bond and have a good discussion. There is nothing wrong with additional academic work.

OP, i would say you need a "curriculum" like plan. pick a well organized book that has good chapters and do one chapter per night.  once you set that up it will be easy to keep up. We have a 3yo and a 6yo.  6yo likes science. we got this book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0753453010/ref=wms_ohs_product_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 it has short chapters. simple small experiments that are associated with most of the chapters. He likes it a lot. this book might be too simple for 8 yo but my point is that there are books that can be used to stream line the process.   we dont do this every night but we do this 3-4 times a week. Math and reading are our "must do" subjects.  6yo reads well. we ask him to read a chapter from a chapter book to us every night.  we use kumon for math and that has worked very very well for us.  For us kids are very motivated and we strongly encourage them and flue that motivation.

I agree with you that time management is an issue.  i would say that you do your best and that is all you can do. in the end it is about being together as a family. set realistic goals and try not to burn out. [/quote]

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