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In a message dated 11/25/00 5:55:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< We found that the older boy was generally willing to include the younger
in
most of his projects. In fact, the older son often taught the younger
something about what he was doing. I'm convinced it helped the older boy
learn even more because he was having to explain what he was doing, either
to
convince little brother to leave him alone or to include him in the
activities. Either way it became teaching opportunities >>

Thank you Eiraul for sharing. That really encourages me. We were thinking of
looking into adoption before doing more invasive treatments, but stories like
this inspire me to be patient a bit longer. Our son is 3 and we have been
working on another one for about 15 months. I think ben, our spirited child,
is getting a lot of the concentrated time he needs right now, so perhaps it
all fits together. I'm so excited about home based learning. Thanks also
Susan, for your thoughts.

cath