Hi Bronxmom, I am very late to to the thread. We are not alone! It doesn't help that these kids are very verbal and know how to push our most explosive buttons
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Kriston is right - the only thing we can do is change ourselves. I remind myself that associations have a very strong impact on learning, and if the association is negative, it will be tougher for them to want to learn. The positive is that as parents, we can totally change their associations once we sort things out. So hang in there!
BTW, we actually stopped homeschooling because I was exhausted trying to find the appropriate challenge/methodology that would take. Sadly, school is worse despite the flexibility the Gifted Board promised us. But strangely enough, our afterschool curriculum is going wowzers because DS feels he needs to do something everyday to get his brains going. I can't see this as a long term solution (it's eating into his reading and down time). We'll have to rethink our steps going forward ...
