Originally Posted by GeoMamma
The other twisted spiral I have is that when he stops learning, he get restistant to effort. I have to push him again to get started. So the less I do, the less he wants to do. The less I do the more I feel like what I DO do is hothousing.

Why don't you just keep teaching him, since that seems to be the best motivation for him?

Unless it's causing him (or you) significant stress, I don't really see a problem.