It's difficult knowing what to do because each child or young adult in your case is different and develops their learning and knowledge at a different rate and a different level. I have a 29 year old son, completely homeschooled and he has still never read a novel through. Yet he devours technical books, small motor repairs, how to build, fix etc... reading is awesome now for him... writing is still a weak point and so is spelling. Yet he has a fantastic job, earns good money and is clever in so many other areas. So us mums often stress over issues when we should just let these run their course and time will tell. I believe that as long as a person can read and write (doesn't have to be essays and fancy write-ups) they can learn anything later on in life. Sometimes the more we push kids to do what we want them to do, the more they rebel and deliberately do the opposite. It's a fine line we walk being a mother, teacher, friend, and guide.
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While I think I did learn that a bit quicker than some of my friends with similar aged kids did (and we even had an older homeschooling parent telling us pretty much the same thing!), it still took me way too long to figure that out XD