Looking for a memoir from the perspective of a daughter in law who deals with toxic in laws. DIL blamed for family issues. I really love memoirs in particular and would love something relatable and well written! Every time I try to search something like this I get a bunch of self help books or fiction. Really hoping for a nice memoir! TYIA!
Hey! So my sister in law now lives with my husband and I. She was severely educationally neglected. She is supposed to be in her senior year of high school and before she came to live with us, her parents were going to let her “walk” at a homeschool graduation. She reads okay and I’ve been working with her on her writing for months. She’d never taken a history class, never had graded school work, never taken a test or quiz, never written a paper, and the list goes on. She did do speech and debate at a co-op which let’s just say, had very low standards for what they think school should be. Otherwise I think she took Bible classes at home which was just her reading some stuff. Anyways, I pay for a private tutor who used to be a teacher to help her with study skills and writing once per week. We are doing spelling at her request. We also are incorporating typing and watching history videos. She is getting her GED and I’ve also helped her write a short paper but it’s not quite college level yet. She’s passed two of her four GED tests and has science and math to go. The downside is that she’s not super motivated on her own to learn. I can see that her living with us literally changed the trajectory of her education in a huge way that she may not realise yet. My husband and I believe education is super important and she deserved better. As people who may have experienced educational neglect, what is your advice to me? What would you have wanted in her position? She’ll be graduating with her GED soon, but u know there’s holes that I just can’t fill fast enough, she’d need to want to learn those things. She did tell me last week that the reason she never considered college as an option before (she used to say she didn’t want to go to college) was because she didn’t feel capable. Now she’s saying she does feel like she could do it but she still doesn’t feel ready. I can see the empowerment from passing her first two GED tests really brightening up her hope. We really encouraged this and took her to tour all the local colleges. She says she plans to take one class at the local community college just to see if she “likes” it. TBH I think I’d be sad if she doesn’t like it, but I just want her to succeed in life and I want her to feel like she is capable. The community college said they’d be very accommodating with her situation and help her through classes. Anyways, I’m SUPER curious to hear what you guys have to say or if anyone has gotten their GED due to a really bad homeschool situation. Thank you sm in advance!!