grrrr a bit mad; didn't know... should have come here FIRST

[Yogalady]

I am in my second year - the first year I thought it was hell but continued as the end seemed to even out.... now, in my second year (and mine are teens) it was THE best thing I ever did.

Email me [email protected] as I bet I could help you around some rough spots.
I have one child twice exceptional and one who is high-achieving. The twice ex is the reason I "have" to homeschool as he has an LD but is also PROFOUNDLY gifted - doesn't fit in any squares being him a circle. The high achieving daughter is more interested because she saw how much was accomplished through the day.

I was a legal advocate for education and I have a book just out on methodology for teaching youth and parent advocacy help. So, I've been working in this a bit... I may be able to help you...

I will say homeschooling one is harder than two because two keep each other company.
Can you tell me the name of the incubator you are speaking of? I'd love to get something at this point -

Thanks!
Michele

 

[SoccerMomof7]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8510

Here are the instructions for MissPrissy's homemade incubator.

 

[SoccerMomof7]

My son has ADHD and ODD, so he is very hard to manage, he steals, he lies, he cheats. He's even logged onto our homeschooling program as me and given himself credit for stuff he didn't do. When I go in the other room he turns on the TV, plays with toys, any possible thing not to do his work. He's 11, I also have a 2 yr old here, my daughter, who my 2 babysitting girls I have in the mornings cry when they get here because they are scard of her because she is mean. I am trying to teach her and stop her, but she sees Ryan beat up on everybody and thinks it acceptable and now does it. I don't know what to do.

 

[Yogalady]

Ohhhh Gotcha

Have you tried the Fiengold diet with him? My son had similar issues and when I put him on the diet (and you have to get rid of everything in the house NOT on the diet because they WILL steal food) you will see a HUGE improvement.

Also try the altcat test. www.alcat.com

He could be eating something "tame" that you would not think - like, say, peas. And not immediate (not like an allergy) but maybe in two three days the peas give a slow reaction in the form of outburts or whatever.

Is your son very bright also? Unmotivated but bright when he wants to do something HE wants to do?
I have a feeling he may also be incredibly bored (this is NOT to knock you at all) it is just that these behaviors are SO common with profoundly gifted kids - not the "gifted" ones who do well in school I mean the off the charts gifted who don't even show up as gifted as they hate tests and don't do well on them.
This was my son - with a few months of drastic changes he went from being similar to what you describe to wanting to be a cardiologist and skipping grades, levels and being NICE! He still has outbursts when frustrated and I do feel he is much more sensitive than other children his age, younger and older - but it is like night and day when we made big changes.

So do you cyber school then? We tried that and it was more stressful to us. It was like public school that was online and more work than seemed worth, with a lot of what seemed like busy work. We pretty much do reading, math, and integrate things now for science, history and also do latin.
In fact here is my coop site... www.chescoscholars.com for ideas that may work for you too?

I wish you lived closer as I'd like to try to see if I could help your son and you out.