Comments on: Dad and Teacher – Choosing to Homeschool

By: Evan Nelson

Evan Nelson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:27:58 +0000

i was home schooled and it is quite satisfactory when providing basic education.-’

By: Terry Power

Terry Power — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:49 +0000

Great work Phil… my wife and I have homeschooled all five of our children. My eldest son is now in his 3rd year of his engineering degree, my eldest daughter is in her first year of her music degree. Like you we had hesitations, but as they grow and thrive its wonderful to be vindicated in our choice. The key, I believe, is to focus on their respective strengths. Oh and the social myth? My daughter recently had her 18 birthday, she had 250 guests! Go for it, it is without doubt the most rewarding thing my wife and I have ever done.

By: Treemama

Treemama — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:39:14 +0000

Thank you for this post. My daughter is in second grade this year. She loved school. For Kindergarten and and 1st grade she lived for school, even homework, she cried on the last day. This year, she doesn’t want to go, she is doing all A’s on her work, but failed her standardized bubble tests because she didn’t understand the instructions (23 kids in the class and she’s SEVEN). She got a 34% in reading and she can devour a Judy Moody book in two hours. I don’t hold much for those tests anyway and reassured her she was fine, but there is absolutely no joy for her in learning anymore.

I would love to homeschool, but being a single parent doesn’t much give you the option not to work. I try to supplement by teaching the kids in entertaining ways about the world around us everyday.

For a long time when I was still married I considered going back to school to teach, but can’t bring myself to join into a system where as a Kindergarten teacher you have to validate keeping a 15 minute recess by having structured play.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:44:08 +0000

So many great points have been brought up with this issue. Personally I have met several children who were home schooled. Some of them obviously thrived on it but there have been a few that did not. The worst-case scenario kid is 23 now, he still lives with his parents, he has some ambitions but has no idea how to pursue them, and even if he did he is not in a good position to do so and some of them are not really obtainable for him. He has MAJOR social problems, part of why his mother pulled him out of school, but unfortunately the perfect place for him was in school where he would have been forced to work through what were not entirely serious issues at the time but now hold him back from really having a life of his own. He is definitely an extreme case and the perfect poster child for those opposing home schooling.

From what I have seen basically it is up to the parents to make sure that their kid(s) is not just educated academically but also socially. If the parents are willing and able to cover both areas of their child’s education then I have no problem with home schooling =).

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By: UrbanVox

UrbanVox — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:50:13 +0000

First I have to say… WOW! you are brave!
We’ve considered home schooling as well… My son has just started Reception class now… but I think I would be to overwhelmed if I home schooled him… I say I, because I am the one who works from home…
I know for a fact that I would not do very well as his teacher… and by the endo of the month I would have had a nervous breakdown.