Posted on 10/21/2019
What are the suggested number of target behaviors and daily tickets for children of the following ages: 1) boy age 5 - generally a low-misbehaver, main problem is tantrums, sometimes disobeys or...
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I home school my 7-year-old son. We are working on obeying and being respectful. Often when I tell him something he responds disrespectfully. He will yell back at me or say something mean and then...
Read MorePosted on 10/2/2019
We are using the discipline strategies taught in Well-Behaved Child. I home school 7 and 5 year old boys. My 7 year old responds to me with disrespectful remarks. For example: "You are so mean, I...
Read MorePosted on 6/19/2018
I have a 15 year old son who has extreme fits of rage when he doesn’t get his way, which is entitlement. When he is in a rage he throws and breaks my things, curses me violently and threatens...
Read MorePosted on 6/1/2018
Dear John Rosemond, I wrote in a while ago on putting the marriage first. I was never able to get my husband on board which indeed caused a great deal of strife in our family, especially with...
Read MorePosted on 4/19/2018
Our daughter is in Kindergarten. Her school wants her assessed for support services. She is having behavior issues in class. (Which we are trying to have her held accountable for, but the school...
Read MorePosted on 2/8/2018
My son is 6 years old and is for the most part obedient, respectful and considerate. He is in kindergarten and I homeschool him. Over the past few weeks I've noticed a new pattern of, let's call...
Read MorePosted on 11/3/2017
We have homeschooled our 3 kids for all of their school years. Last year we enrolled our son (now 16.5) in online public schooling because he refused to be cooperative with school work. Online...
Read MorePosted on 9/29/2017
My son is 9 1/2. Over the last few months we have implemented the daily 6 block chart program after reading The Well Behaved Child in response to the defiance and attitude we had been seeing...
Read MorePosted on 3/25/2017
Would you recommend Ending the Homework Hassle, Fail-Safe Formula for Helping Your Child Succeed in School, or another book of Mr. Rosemond's, to best help a homeschooling mother?
Read MorePosted on 2/6/2017
The elementary school where my 8 year old 3rd grader attends, just sent home a letter stating that a classmate has chosen to come out as transgender. The letter further states that the school will...
Read MorePosted on 11/17/2016
So I just had my epiphany. Even though this child is homeschooled he does one class online & 3 classes at a co-op, 1 day a week. I guess I should totally butt out of those, is that...
Read MorePosted on 11/10/2016
Hi, This is a follow up to my 15 y o homeschool son's falling behind problem. Reading his basketball contract it suspends them from games & gives them suicides to run if he misses practices. ...
Read MorePosted on 11/9/2016
I have a 15 y o son who has been homeschooled since 3rd grade. This is the first year that he suddenly is having trouble keeping up with his work. Admittedly his classes are harder with a lot more...
Read MorePosted on 10/30/2016
My 12 year old daughter is very slow with her work. She can start on a piece of homework and take a whole day to do it to make it perfect. Other times, she is extremely slow because she did not...
Read MorePosted on 10/13/2016
I have been homeschooling my daughter since she was 6. She is now 12. My health is failing me and I haven't been able to drive her out to co-op or sports weekly, but only occasionally. She is a...
Read MorePosted on 10/1/2016
Adopted Female child age 10; neglect and multiple traumas, sexual abuse. She is in complete safety for 4+ years now, yet she is Hypersensitive, intense, social issues, cannot get along with...
Read MorePosted on 8/5/2016
Hello! I have an 11 year old son who is homeschooled. Everything is going fairly well with his schooling except for his tests. Whenever it is time for a test, he will start to cry and...
Read MorePosted on 5/17/2016
My almost 15yr old daughter, 9th grader, has been homeschooled since preschool. For the past 2 years we have seen a steady decline in her ability to focus and complete her work. She has no...
Read MorePosted on 5/10/2016
I homeschool my three children. Their ages are 8, 6, and 5. The older two have a very poor attitude about doing school, especially math, and the younger one is starting to pick up that attitude...
Read MorePosted on 10/26/2015
Hello! I have a 12 year old son, who is homeschooled. He recently has expressed some interest in going to public school and I'm just not sure how to react to this. He's been homeschooled for...
Read MorePosted on 12/21/2014
We plan to homeschool our 4 year old daughter. However, we live in a very competitive school district, with top ranked schools and academic enrichment programs galore. We really want our daughter...
Read MorePosted on 9/1/2014
I thought my son had ADHD issues but I now realize he mostly has parenting issues. I wasn't parenting from a position of leadership or authority. I was allowing him to be manipulative,...
Read MorePosted on 8/24/2014
Hi, we live in CA and I decided to homeschool my children this year, a friend has blessed me with bob jones cirriculum however he is more "kinesthetic" hands on when it comes to learning. I was...
Read MorePosted on 7/16/2014
I have a calm, pensive 7.5 year old, who would rather play Legos or read than play ball or run, who is having a hard time shutting off his brain at bedtime. He is the oldest of 4 kids and shares...
Read MorePosted on 7/16/2014
I am considering homeschooling for my 12 year old son. Can you suggest some of your preferred homeschooling programs?
Read MorePosted on 5/7/2014
(This question is for Janet.) I am homeschooling my 12 year old son. He has been staying in his room a lot recently because he didn't pass my inspection on his chores and school work on time. He...
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