Oh please tell me I’m not the only one that feels like a cop half the time in their home and homeschool. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about the traffic cop, the one that stands at the intersection and directs traffic. I’m talking about the cop that has to escort you to the station in order for something to get done! The one that directs traffic is a pleasure… the escort is not so nice! I love being mom and homeschool mom to three very active boys, aged 13, 12 and 9, but I don’t want to be the policeman for them all day everyday!
This is a new issue we are having. Up until recently, I was a SAHM and their dad was also a SAHD. We have a small business that we run out of our home, but he was managing it and had been for three years. Recently, my husband went back to work and I returned to running the business after my three year hiatus. So the boys lost having both mom and dad home and fully engaged at all times in one fail swoop. So, in the boys defense, we are all in adjustment mode right now. But that being said, they have been sleeping till noon and not even getting all their chores done, much less all of the schoolwork (we homeschool year round). I was having to run behind them and not only direct traffic, but escort them to get the job done! I don’t have time to manage them at this level and never had to before. At the same time, their dad is feeling less involved in their daily activities and almost inactive completely in the homeschool realm.
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