Most kids hate writing, and my PG DS8 is no different.


He was required to write summaries and the school received very little effort on them from him.

I wrote him up an outline on what constitutes a summary, outlining what each sentence should be about.

If he did not meet the requirements and it was not neat, he would be grounded that day.

We fought over this for 2 months and he finally capitulated and did the summaries correctly.

I have upgraded the outline to reflect his higher reading level and push his now documented writing proficiency.

While he still is not fond of writing, he does now put forth real effort to put thoughts coherently and neatly.

My advice : Set the standard in writing and @ 10 years old, inform her that the expectation to meet them is required.

Might seem harsh but you are running out of time with her @ 10 ... the battle I had with my son was when he was 7.


DS9 - Starting 9th grade
DS7 - Starting 5th grade