Utterly Meaningless

“No quality control”? How much “control” do parents of g-school kids have over “quality”?

I have socialization concerns allright. Have you seen what goes on in g-schools?

Can you say ‘can’t think outside the box?”? LOL I work two days a week, so I earn income (although I guess I gave up my career, no tears here, I am only 35 and figure I will have plenty of time in my life to do the career thing later, after I’ve done a great job at the parent thing). Because I work two days, my DH takes care of my DD full time one day, school and all. It has been a wonderful thing for our whole family. He has much more understanding of what day-to-day homeschooling is and how much DD benefits from it. DD gets a different perspective, and someone whose approach and skill set are completely different from mine. Win-Win!

The whole world isn’t 9-5 M-F work, kids in school/daycare. Shocking to some of these folks, I gather!

I homeschool, and I love being with my daughter, but IMO being with her 24/7 is a *con* of homeschooling, for both of us. I get much less time to myself than I did when she was in school, even with my husband being willing to pick up the slack when he’s home. And she gets less exposure to other adults and to other ways of acting/being/living. Will I stop homeschooling her? Of course not! But facts is facts. 🙂

I can agree with AMS to an extent. It certainly doesn’t hurt for the “at home” parent as well as the kids to have some time outside the home and some room to be with others. But that’s easy to do. My kids certainly interact more with a variety of adults and situations than if they were in school/daycare while I did my daily tasks and errands.
Most importantly though, homeschooling isn’t about the parents or, in my opinion, the kids. HS is about the family. A strong, loving family is more important than making ourselves occasionally more comfortable.

I may not be a homeschooler, but I can certainly agree that these “cons” definitely don’t fall in that category for me either.
You could say the same for parents that choose to stay at home vs. sending kids off to daycare.
Personally, I’ve never seen anything wrong with giving up my “career” to spend 24/7 with my kids. Its been nothing buy a positive experience for all of us.

Ah yes, everytime my sister (a teacher) has a three day school holiday she ships the kids off to my Mom’s. Told me point blank she can’t stand to be around them that much. In the summers she puts them in every imaginable activity and camp so she can enjoy her time off. My husband even pointed out that she treats my DD better than she treats her own kids. Sad for her kids 🙁