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The following is a post from Linda.<\/em><\/p>\n

A mom approaches the homeschool director with fear and trepidation. \u201cMy son has been cheating,\u201d she says. The director smiles and says, \u201cIt\u2019s not the first time, and it won\u2019t be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet as moms we somehow think that our kids won\u2019t cheat. We don\u2019t expect them to be perfect people, but homeschoolers are not supposed to cheat! At least, that\u2019s what I thought.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably guessed. One of my high school kids did cheat. And it wasn\u2019t the kid who I might have suspected. He had never shown a tendency towards being dishonest.<\/p>\n

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How You Can Avoid Cheating<\/h4>\n

1. Never say, \u201cThis kid would never cheat.\u201d<\/strong> Assume that any of your children could be tempted in this way.<\/p>\n

2. Oversee test taking, and daily work if necessary.<\/strong> If a test is in the same book as the answers, be sure to copy the test. Then have the kid take the test in the same room with you. If daily cheating is a problem, then all work should be done that way.<\/p>\n

3. Tell your kid that in high school, you don\u2019t always get A\u2019s or even B\u2019s.<\/strong> My son did not cheat because he was failing. He cheated because in grade school math, I didn\u2019t move on until he learned a new concept. As a result, he always got A\u2019s, and he thought he should always get A\u2019s in high school.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Help your child have realistic expectations.<\/strong> \u00a0Similar to point three, kids can expect too much of themselves because they think all homeschool kids should be geniuses. \u00a0When they start coming up short, they might be tempted to cheat. \u00a0Let them know you want them to do their best, but that won’t necessarily mean straight A’s.<\/p>\n

5. Talk to your kids about this temptation.<\/strong> Help them work through it. Little did we know that the guilt he was carrying was the issue behind his challenging teen behavior. Once he confessed, he was a different person! How I wish we had brought up the topic of cheating \u00a0and given him opportunities to talk about it sooner.<\/p>\n

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Linda has three boys and has been homeschooling for over 15 years. \u00a0Her oldest is now in college, the second graduates this spring, and her youngest is in 10th grade. \u00a0She blogs about food at\u00a0The Gluten-Free Homemaker<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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