Just have to say just over a month into school and DS8 who went into the school year hating writing, is growing in leaps and bounds ( at least I think for it only being a month - 3 word answers to 2-3 sentence answers ) and his attitude towards it is no longer a complete refusal, homework in writing doesn't take him 500 years to complete because " he can't do it ". I'm just thrilled...its the only thing hes found " hard " which is why he resisted it and I'm seeing his block slowly melt away! Maybe this will be a good year afterall <knock on wood>