momoftwins, thank you! We really don't have friends with boys this age, so he's our only real example.

We have made some progress here. The book aeh recommended has some great advice. It's still one hour at a time, though... had a major meltdown over homework the other night. He made a mistake and wanted to turn it in without fixing it. Since the mistake had to do with not having read the directions, we insisted he reread them and redo that part of the assigment. (I am not a big fan of homework, but do believe he must learn how to read and follow directions if he's to get through school showing his potential!).