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Children are in a constant state of learning. They can't help it, because the drive to learn is innate; however, there can certainly be a conflict between your academic priorities and theirs. Or there can be a mismatch between your expectations and their developmental readiness. What is it that you wish your children to learn that you fear they are not?
I send my son to school to learn while im at work. Then I come home after 12 hrs and help with what ever homework he has. If I were a single parent I would need to find a job with much less hours.
As far as learning life lessons, he knows what my expectation are for his behavior. I also expose him to a large variety of things outside the home such as camping, riding dirt bikes, shooting, working on cars and bikes, welding exe...
How do you make your child learn when you are busy with your work?
You can't make a child learn.
That said, how old is your child? Is s/he in school yet? What kind of learning are you hoping to encourage?
You can encourage a child to learn even if you are working and busy.
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