: Set up work periods using incentives that matter to your child or teen,timed breaks with appropriate activities, and earned rewards when the period is over or the task is completed. Plan to work alongside your child in what I call Family Work Time. You’ll do some of your stuff while they are doing theirs. Plus you’ll be there to help them stay on task or answer any possible questions. This sends a message that everyone is taking this plan seriously and it’s time to settle down.
Whatever routines you create during this unusual time will need tweaking as you go, but that doesn’t mean the plan isn’t working. If your son or daughter isn’t cooperating, work with their desire to avoid conflict and see their struggles as part of their frustration about how life has changed. Expect inevitableand make an arrangement for structured time apart to cool off before pivoting to another activity.
Remember that kids are struggling right now and may neither fully understand the severity of the situation nor be able to articulate how they feel. Share relevant facts without scaring them and be careful of what you are saying on the phone to friends and family that’s within earshot of your youngster.
What I learned when I was forced to remove my kids from public school, due to threats of home visits and attendance hearing at the police station by the principal...I realized that as a home school, we did not have to sit for 6 + hrs a day. We do shorter days & they retain more.
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