How many parents here who homeschool their children?

hello!well nice, I admire you for that. Me too dreaming to homeschool my children if ever I got married, even during preschool years only, I want to mold their values which is not really emphasized in a proper preschool. I want to use the "finishing school approach". I want to learn many things from you. Thanks for sharing. You are great!

Thanks for sharing valuable information about home schooling. I am open to the idea of home schooling. What kind of textbooks are you using for your kids?did you seek permission from the department of education before having a home schooling set-up of education for your kids?thanks a lot.

It started out as an experiment doing this in preschool and kindergarten for us. This worked so well for us that we continued through the eighth grade for many reasons. We prayed about what we should do every year. You are more than welcome to ask questions, etc. I have a basement full of information and learning ideas. I was involved with the local homeschooling groups in three different states and did the newsletter in one state. There is so much to do for a small amount of money and such a good support system in most places in the United States. It is important to know the laws of your state and adhere to them. The group can help a lot and there are also schools that will back you up and give you advice on what programs may be right for you. The groups are also good for sale of used home school items if your state does not provide books. Some states do provide free books for home schooling. God bless you in all of this.

Thanks!that's why I am working hard with my online works right now to establish myself with online earning process so that when I get married I can be a full time homemaker, I don't want somebody to take care of my children or do the household chores, though housemaids are good but I dreaded the idea of putting my future children at the care of other people. I don't know if home schooling is acceptable in my country too, but I want to give it a try even in preschool years only.

I think this is the most honet-yet humorous-post I have ever seen on Mylot. Props to you! I agree-I have 2 school aged kids but I couldn't have the patience to home school and take care of my toddler son who stays home with me. I think kids need that social setting and the earlier, the better. I think every child can benefit from at least one year of preschool and then moving on through life with knowing an array of peers. This teaches them to understand and honor other people, how to deal with problem solving with others, and also knowing that you can't always be first, or the only ones-as there is much failure (trial and error may be a better term) in life. Also along with that thought-other people can make life unfair to you at sometimes, and it teaches them how to deal with hardships caused by others. (Teasing, bullying, etc.) It also teaches them how to respect several figures of authority and how to recognize them. I can't imagine what life would be like if my kids had never gone to public school. They groan and complain and they really don't like to get up in the morning, but it definitely is a social and learning benefit for them and I know they would really miss it if I took it away from them.

i do agree with you both. though home schooling is appealing because you get to bond more with your child and you get to monitor them yet there are things in school taht you cannot teach them. like how to handle bullies or being able to solve things on their own...it teaches them to be more independent and of course as a parent it also becomes a challenge on how to monitor them when they are already exposed with the outside world.

Thank you Princess! And very good point Jazel! One more day, one more day... Party is at my place! One more day.... YEAHHHHH

I really admire parents who painstakingly took special care for their children through homeschooling, I think it is a wonderful job. I want to learn more about home schooling. Are their any guidelines to follow when homeschooling?what textbooks are we using then?

Yes, yes, and more yeses! My daughter and I both had a learning disability and that is one of the reasons that we continued to home school through eighth grade. It turned out that if she had been in school, she probably would not be able to read at all. Our vision therapist found that she could only track across a written line at 1%. Dyslexia runs in our family. The dyslexia has been corrected during my daughter's college years and when I was in my 50's but just homeschooling her through the eighth grade brought her to college level by the time she was ready for the 9th grade. She took science, acting, Spanish, art, geography club, and gym classes with the homeschooling group and had a ball and learned a lot. She was also on the volleyball and basketball teams. Her volleyball coach worked with her specifically to help her with right and left issues. What school would do that? By the time she did a basketball camp at the local community college, they were so impressed with her abilities that they wanted her to do high school at the community college. She felt strongly that she wanted to have a regular school experience and chose high school. That was a good experience for her because she was ready for it but it was very hard because she took her studies very seriously and wasn't into the party scene. She started a writing club at the high school and made many friends. She worked as a library aid for two years instead of the one year allowed because she did such a good job. She never gave up and worked hard in every subject (music) even if the dyslexia limited her. She was accepted into the high school of her choice even though they were full. Once they saw her Stanford Achievement Tests, they did not hesitate to admit her. The teachers were really scratching their heads at how smart and mature she was and the high quality of her homework when she had problems marking locations on a map in geography or could not sight-read music. Her counselor told me that she was not college material. That counselor was no help whatsoever. I found the schools to be more of a hindrance than any help when it came to her self-worth and we sent our daughter to the top choice high school in town. Through all of this she never gave up and treated some of the adults in a more mature way than the adults treated her. I am glad that home school prepared her for all of this.

I am glad to hear how well your daughter did outside of the school system as it helps solidify my own feelings. There is a growing amount of homeschoolers all over our country because the school systems just are not doing their jobs. They blame large class rooms and little time but really it is more of a concern to meet the next government standard then it is to actually teach the students. Teachers are aggravated parents are aggravated and the system just continues to fail.

Wow that's inspiring!I would like to know more about homeschooling from you. It will be better if we can talk and share many things about homeschooling because I really like that set-up.

I agree but at the same time, to the other extreme if you baby kids in home school and don't allow them to make friends or at least interact with other people with all backgrounds then when you "release" them into the real world they are going to get pegged with all the negative influences. There is no escape from this, and it's good to learn how to deal with it and tough it out. However, I'm not suggesting "sewer" schools are good either, just saying that there needs to be a balance.

Re KidsWantTechn0 : There are many places where a child can meet others of varying backgrounds and socialize. There are a myriad of activities, including sports, dance, art and other classes, social events of all sorts, the library, etc. While it is true the extra attention at home is not what most children get at school, I'd rather err in the direction of over-protection than under-protection and lack of attention, since nothing in this life is perfect. Also, you may have noticed that we live today in a dangerous world, largely because of the lack of morality we have spoken of, and safety is my prime concern, as well as my function re guidance and academic excellence, which prevails among homeschoolers.