Homework

Homework is the hardest thing for my daughter to do. Even studying for a test, she will say, "I know Mom, I know." This past week she has been doing homework until almost 8 p.m. I am there for the most part, but at the same time I am busy making dinner, so it can even be daunting for me to help. She is in the 4th grade and yes she has a focus problem, yes it doesn't always sink in, and yes she gets frustrated. But not as much as when she was younger.

When she was younger she was in a private school and they didn't quite have the teaching ability that I wish they had. So I had to pull her out and put her into a public school. She is now getting the help she needs, but it is still hard for her. My daughter has ADHD and at school she is in a 504 program - I believe that is what they call it. She gets pulled out of her regular class to go to the learning specialist twice a day for 30 minutes each time. We are lucky in that she is one-on-one with the teacher for one 30 minute session and the second one she only has one other child with her.

She has come a long way, but she still has a long way to go. I worry about the junior high school years, what will happen there. There is so much more reading and writing for her to do, will she be able to handle it? Those are tough years even for a child who doesn't have ADHD. I look at my son, who is in junior high, and worry about him too.