There are successes and failures to homeschooling. I would say it
depends upon the parents knowledge, and more importantly their ability
to teach. I know a lot of smart people who have no ability to convey
their knowledge to others.

At my school I have talk to three kids, (Im old), that looked to young
to be in college. That and their intelligence led me to believe they
were simply advanced and had graduated from Public School early. My
curiosity drew me to approach them and ask. What I found was they were
home schooled, and they were young. One of them was 16, which is much
younger than their Public School counter parts, but was far more
advanced in her education level.

What I also noticed from each of these student was that they were
extremely shy and withdrawn. Some of that I am sure is due to their age,
but the rest Im not so sure that it is not due to their lack of
interaction with others their age. I have watched these kids for an
entire year now, and one of them has seemed to adjust, mingling with
others and making friends. The other two are still loners, and can
always be seen sitting by their self, not even mingling with each other.

On the other side of the issue I have a few friends that have home
schooled their children. They have not done so well, their mothers were
unable to distinguish between the need to apply their child to a
rigorous schedule required to learn properly, and the natural motherly
instinct to coddle their child. Either way the child has suffered and is
way behind other children their age. They also are not very educated
themselves and could not be any help as their children grew older and
the subject matter became harder.

I think before you decide to home school you should honestly look at the
best alternative for your child, and look honestly at your abilities to
be a teacher and a mother at the same time.

Please for your childs benefit be honest!
Glen

fanta.. that was awesome..

I currently homeschool my two children who both have autism spectrum
disorders (boys ages 11 and 15). Email me with any questions you may
have and I will see if I can help!

There are pros and cons to homeschool and the public system.
My biggest concerns are the lack of social interaction in homeschool. In
real life we need our kids to have social and people skills. They also
learn how to get along with others and how to interact etc. At home
with just mom doesnt do that imo.

Thank you Fanta and others... I am fully aware of the social dangers
that can face my child... which is why she will be extremely active in
sports and other activities... also she will be going to school part of
the day for Math classes and possibly science, for the interaction... My
best friend homeschools her 3 children also and we will be doing this as
a joint effort... My daughter and her daughter have been best of friends
since they were born and that will help so much with the social
aspect... I appreciate everyone's concern and opinions... thank you
guys!

If you can incorperate some social activities/interactions with home
schooling then it could work. Good luck to you.

If you can involve them in sports etc, that would be good, but I will
say this:

1) I have known friends that were homeschooled, and though some were
smart, many of them were (and still are at 2x years old) socially
awkward when it comes down to it.

2) I was made fun of, mocked, and harrassed at school...it's part of
being in school...and you come out stronger because of
it...homeschooling kids because of that...doesn't seem the route to take
for me

3) Keeping your kid at home cause there are school shootings? Are you
gonna let your kid drive? I hear there are car accidents daily...

4) School has structure...the kids need to learn to wake up at a certain
time each day, go to class at a certain time, ask permission to use the
bathroom etc...homeschooling doesn't provide that, and it's a valuable
skill in the future when the kid is suddenly in a structured environment
(like college)

5) I don't have kids...take my opinion for what it's worth...an opinion.

like fanta said...

you should only homeschool your child if you are intellegent enough to
do so....

My boys go to public school and they do pretty well. They are learning
things every day social as well as educational.

My best friend homeschools they are learning things every day social as
well as educational. They are scheduled there is a time for the social
and educational part. Sports is a great idea but different ideas as well
helped them like helping at the church things along those lines.

A couple that I know homeschools and are doing really bad. The
difference is that these parents just say there doing homeschool. There
not socially active and the parents don't actually educate them.

I guess what I am trying to say is that alot of it depends on the
commitment of the child as well as the partents. In public school or
home school.

The more the child does the better.

well rozey

my daughter is home schooling her kids

but i have no advice other than

it would be pretty hard to do worse than a lot of the public schools

hardest thing is going to be developing social skills

maybe check for a homeschooling group in your area
for social skillz building


i guess i did have some advice

hope it helps

i applaud you and your effort