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A good number of new homeschoolers begin in January after winter break. It gives the children two weeks away from school, and they simply don’t return. If a school situation deteriorates rapidly from September to December, these children usually benefit from the release of emotional stress they feel by staying home to school.

One little guy I know had an awful second-grade year. He failed every reading comprehension test the teacher gave him. The teacher then told his mother that he couldn’t read and would have to repeat second grade. His distraught mother then called me. I asked, “What are you reading to him at home?” She replied that he really enjoyed The Lord of the Rings. This was a child who didn’t answer the comprehension questions at school because he found them boring! Now homeschooled, he does just fine.

In an extreme situation, such as a child who becomes physically ill at the thought of getting on the bus or going to school in the morning, parents sometimes take their children out that week. They then spend a few weeks allowing the child to relax and get used to being at home all day, and then gently begin working school subjects into the schedule. The child would spend that time home ill anyway; his parents simply use it productively to help him adjust to a rather abrupt change in schedule. The downtime allows the frazzled parent time to gather thoughts together, research curriculum, and deal with her own emotions of anger and frustration.