is very strong! I work with him each summer and each summer I feel like I'm not doing a good enough job... and send him back to ps. Dh and I have really been talking about bringing him home to hs for good. I've come to the point where I realize it has to be a change in me to do what it takes to homeschool him - I can't change ds.

Dh wasn't so enthusiastic about it until a few days ago. A neighbor boy, "J", is a good friend to ds we lovingly call him ds's body guard. He's helped ds through a lot of issues on the bus and I'm pretty sure he sticks up for him whenever possible at school (same class last year, different classes this year). Anyway, J was over a few days ago and we were all outside talking and dh saw ds1 walking up and down by the street, talking to himself, shaking a stick. Dh said, "Hey, Buddy, whatcha doin'?" I don't know if ds1 answered but dh said "Don't talk to yourself like that, man, people are gonna think you're nuts!" (don't take offense at this, it was said in a joking, loving manner!) J, (ds's friend and defender) said, very dryly "Oh, it don't matter... everybody knows he's nuts!" Dh came to me later and said, "I think it's time to bring him home." Sad way to convince him, but I'm glad we're on the same page now.

Mil will continue to instruct him in math and will also take on history/geography. That will help a lot and will free up some more of my time to work with ds2.

Ds has had a wonderful teacher this year and has really been working hard with him to keep him on task, so that will be a huge help. Now to just get him out of the ps mode! This is the kid who raises his hand at the dinner table if he has something to say while someone else is talking!

I'm excited, scared, nervous, overjoyed, overwhelmed and relieved. There was so much crud going on just on the bus that J had to tell us about, I can't imagine what things happen at school that ds can't express. That's where the relief comes in.