I thought about it myself for my youngest because he was such a dreamer and was a target for bullies.However I had to temper the desire with the need to earn a living myself..If the situation had got really bad I was prepared to do it.
However my son did say that he would rather be torn apart by wild horses rather than be taught at home by me.
After that he began to cope better at school with a lot of help from his tutor and his head of year and me working together.
I think it is something you have to weigh up and research really well for your selves.I also think that children are different and some will do well with homeschooling and some may not.It should be the case that you treat each child individually in that case.
The only problem that I can see is that you need to make sure that your children do get some socialising with their peer group in large enough numbers that they are 'street wise' when they meet other children.
Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Another good thing about home ed kids is that they are by and large not exposed to peer pressure and the antics of other kids. Because they have a wider age group to interact with (rather than mainly just kids of their own age) they tend to be more mature and tolerant. (apparently)
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Peer pressure was never a problem with my two children because I was very robust and pro-active about not HAVING to march in tune with your peer group.That being DIFFERENT is not a crime it's something to aspire to.That uniqueness is a special state to live in...and I also subtly demonstrated that it was also a cheaper option because if one doesn't buy the £70 trainers everyone else wants but goes for the £30 pair it leaves money to be spent on something else such as books,toys,games,cinema.
Peer pressure need not bea problem if you tackle it BEFORE it arises.
