I am wondering if anyone has any advice or experience with a PG child who appears to simply hate doing schoolwork of any kind.

When I try to get my ds6 to do any work with me at home, he gets really defiant and resistant, and it almost always turns into a big power struggle. Fun times!

He "hates school" as well, and I suspect the ridiculous joyless pressures of first grade have killed much of his love of learning. (Though, to be honest, he never cared much for workbooks.)

And when I try to work with him, we are so quickly at each other's throats that I think homeschooling is a terrible idea.

He may be ADHD...I don't know.

I just never knew it was possible for a 6-yr-old child to get this depressed and burned out!