Just because you don't want unschooling doesn't
mean you have to go to the opposite end and decide everything for him. There
are so many ways to explore what needs to be done and let him take a bit of the
lead. After all, in school, it's the teacher who always takes the lead and what
happens with a lot of the kids? They're bored out of their minds, frustrated or
not really learning.
Plus, these spirited kids tend to be very in-tune
with the emotions of people around them, whether they realize it or not. (I’ve
learned I really need to watch myself and my unexpressed emotions with one son
when it's that time of the month for me. Yikes.) Just you being anxious about
him not wanting to do something or feeling anxious about getting work done
could get him being resistant. If you put too much pressure on yourself, he
might feel that it's pressure on him.
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