re: Have any friends that decided to "home school" their kids?

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I would imagine it wouldn't be so horrible as a younger child to be homeschooled by your parents. But imagine how much it would suck once you reached middle and high school age?

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I can agree with that. younger wouldn't be so bad, but HS def would have sucked.

Just sounds miserable.

My only complaint about public school is that it was too easy. I honestly have no clue how people fail. I think they need to up curriculum, but it was said earlier that public schools cater to the lower level students.

It prepared me for college somewhat, but studying was something I had to learn REAL quick.

Usually, it's the parents who are wierd or have some sort of unusual co-dependence with their child

This thread makes me wonder about home school. I'm going to have to pray on it. My kid is far from the median and will never get catered to in a normal school setting where he can learn at his own pace.

Hrm. I'm gonna have to find out some local options.

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Have any friends that decided to "home school" their kids?

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I don't have trashy friends.

All the home schooled kids I personally know of are borderline illiterate and will be a societal parasite.

I have heard of great home school success stories - I wish I know of some of them personally.

It is just like anything else in life. There are going to be those who are successful at it and those who aren't. Some where the kids do well and are socially well adjusted and some that aren't. Pretty much, like others have said upthread, like every child who is home schooled or not. Some kids will benefit from it, some will hate it. etc. etc. If it is right for a family to do it then go for it. If not, then don't do it. Pretty simple. Too many choices out there to be overly critical of parents for choosing private, public or home, in my opinion. To each their own.

The parents who do it just for religious reasons usually have the weird kids. They are the ones that tend to shelter a lot more and their motivation isn't in the right place.

I’ve seen some normal home schooled kids though. My SIL was a teacher and homeschooled their kids for the last year because they had to move to Brooklyn for work temporarily and didn’t know anything about the schools. The kids were 5 and 3 though so it’s no big deal. They are back in Mississippi and adjusting well to school again.

I think the trick to success is to make your kid socialize through social events, sports, boy/girl scouts, etc. Also, I’ve noticed the families that hire outside teachers tend to have more success. I think having a non-parent teaching is important for the child for a variety of reasons.

I wouldn’t home school my kids, but I definitely don’t see it as weird as I used to. Public schools are just horrendous in some areas of the country and private schools can cost more than college.


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I agree with Pettifogger

All good points. I have been exposed to public, private and home schooling options in my life and I can cite bad examples from all 3. I can cite bad kids and parents who had issues in all 3 and I have seen good kids and parents succeed in all 3. It really is dependent on the parents driving the education decisions on what is best for the kids.

Some of the best private schools that I went to as a kid had periods of time where I would have learned more digging ditches. Same can be said for some teachers in some of the most expensive private schools I have seen personally. You don't always get what you pay for or what you think you are paying for.

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What makes you say that?

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Which part?