My husband wants me to home school our daughter. I don't really want to though. We're still talking about it. She's only 3 mnths so we have a while to decide.
I wouldn't. I believe its crucial to the development of a child's social skills. And life skills for that matter. Although the undivided attention to my child would be awesome, I think the cons of home schooling outweigh the pros. I also have met a handful of home schooled people and they were all incredibly awkward with social interaction so that really tainted my view.
I wouldn't because even though I love my son more than anything, I need time away from him. I also don't think I could objectively teach my kid. Plus all the home school kids I've ever met were really weird and awkward and I don't want my baby to be like that. I want him to be social BUT I don't like public schools either so private school is my route.
Ehhhh... I'm on the fence about it. While I enjoy the thought of a personal experience, I also like the idea of my children adapting socially with others. My dad tried having me homeschooled and it didn't go so well. My problem was I was academically advanced and had ADHD so I had a hard time staying busy with school work because I finished so quickly and had nothing to do. I'm planning on sending my son to a public elementary school this fall, but I'm planning on researching private schools.
I absolutely despise our isd. I worked in the IT dept for 2 yrs and saw all the behind the scene stuff, what teachers were doing when they thought no one was looking. Luckily I live in an area with very low cost of living and private school is cheap. I don't want to home school for every reason everyone else mentioned. Im fortunate my kids can be in private school.
Private school is awesome. I was in private school k-12th grades and loved it. I'm so grateful that my parents did that for me and plan on doing the same for my son.
I wouldn't and I agree with @Natashalynn. I believe in the long run it will hurt the child more than help them! They will miss out on a lot of public school activities and events. Socially kids need to learn to interact with others. I agree that some Public school systems are not as up to par as others but that's when us as parents have to give that extra attention. I will never solely depend on the school system to teach my child everything!
@mommyof3girls Totally fine to feel that way. I know I'm not smart enough to teach History, Science, Biology and the like. The only thing I could teach (possibly) is English and Grammar. And we cannot survive on that. LOL.
I personally wouldn't, I was home schooled and I have no social life. I keep to myself for the most part, I have 1 friend and have never really had friends. It's not that I wasn't involved in things outside of the home in the beginning but eventually I isolated myself from everyone and everything. I got depressed and always felt alone. I want my kids to go to public school because I personally don't like private schools either, so I found a great public school 5mins from our house and they just happen to have open enrollment. We also looked into local schools before we bought our house.
No, and I was home schooled from first grade all through high school. My parents failed at teaching me. Everything I know I had to teach myself. I can't do math to save my life (doesn't help that I actually have a fear of math like someone would of spiders.) I barely graduated. And I was a social reject. It was so hard for me to go out into the real world and I still struggle today. It sucks so much and I missed out on everything I feel I should have experienced, especially proper education. And what hurts is I begged to go to school and my mom wouldn't let me but as soon as I graduated she put all of my sibs in school.
I wouldn't...I look back at my childhood and I have great memories from school and sports and recess and I want my children to have that too. I went to a private Lutheran school and want to send my kids to one too.
@MichelleBelle I totally agree. I can't imagine taking those amazing experiences away from my son. I met my current best friends in school and my husband, I would have missed out on so much! Not to mention having to learn to be away from my parents and being social with other kids. I wouldn't be who I am without the people I met or the experiences I had in school.
I hope especially if we are still in our same house! (Public Schools by us are horrible) We have a homeschooling program where they go to classes three days a week and we have so many social groups for homeschoolers. We still have time to decide since our little one is only 4 months old.
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@jnlelrod lol I was thinking the same & I only have 2! I think I need that 8/9hr break a day!
My parents failed at teaching me. Everything I know I had to teach myself. I can't do math to save my life (doesn't help that I actually have a fear of math like someone would of spiders.)
I barely graduated.
And I was a social reject. It was so hard for me to go out into the real world and I still struggle today. It sucks so much and I missed out on everything I feel I should have experienced, especially proper education.
And what hurts is I begged to go to school and my mom wouldn't let me but as soon as I graduated she put all of my sibs in school.