I have made an effort to put my children in charge of their own schedules, especially in the high school years. Each child receives a weekly list of goals and assignments on Saturday morning, and has until the following Friday at 4PM check-in time to complete them. I still meet with each child daily, but they are ultimately responsible for seeing that we cover enough material each day. This system may have helped Larry to adjust to college, although procrastination is still a temptation since many professors don t have check-in time until the end of the semester. Prioritizing is another skill that Larry mentioned.
College involves a much greater volume of work than is usually required in homeschool.
Since it is impossible to take enough time to do your best job on every assignment, it is important to know which assignments deserve the most time and attention. I m sure we could teach children this skill around the home. In managing a household, there are always so many things to do that I am constantly deciding what is the most important, what can wait, and what can be temporarily dealt with. I intend to involved the children in my decision process and give them more practice in prioritizing. Larry did run into a few areas where he felt he was at a disadvantage because of his homeschooling.