Enjoying every moment with them since they grow up too fast anyway! It's great to be a part of the learning process!

more control over who with and where my kids socialize...

I'm married to a wonderful man who was homeschooled, so I have the opportunity to see the wonderful results of having been homeschooled. I have to say the number one thing I see that is so different in him is confidence. He knows he can do anything he sets his mind to. Most children in the public school system-especially introverted ones-end up crushed by the system or bullies. He has never experienced this, and it has made all the difference in his life.

You do not have to explain to anyone when your child is sick.

If you want to go away on trips, you do not have to worry about how many of days he/she will miss of school. The world is a learning experience.

Education is based on what he/she will need to know in life, instead of a test.

My child will not be left behind.

The freedom of it. You get to pick the schedule, how long to work, when to work, where to learn, how far ahead to go or to stay on a subject. I'm excited. DH is leary but I just have to do a good job to show him not to be

Less noise and distractions(especially with add kids)

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Crystal Ann

Teaching what they want to learn when they want to learn about it!

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DH was homeschooled, and like AuSet, I see so much confidence and knowledge in him that I never took from school -- and I was a straight-A nose-in-the-books student! I loved school, but I always regretted not taking anything with me because it was all taught to remember til the test and then you just wiped your mind clean so you could absorb all the other junk they taught you for the next year. I'm excited to be learning WITH my children as they learn new things!

I think one of the most beneficial things that will come from homeschooling my kids is the ability to teach things in a hands-on manner (and be able to partake in it with them!). Also, I like that I will have control over disciplinary actions if they need taken; I've seen so much negative disciplinary action (or total lack of it due to popularity) from the public schooling I had, and I absolutely hated it. I want to have options open for my kids to learn in a different way, or by way of a different path than the traditional way. Choosing what they want to do for their arts (art class, poetry class, music lessons, photography, etc) instead of being subjected to the normal standard of art, and then having to try to shove something else that really interests them into the day through an elective. I got screwed over in high school from required class timing and was unable to go to a vocational schooling that was in my desired career field; I want flexibility and variety for my kids that I didn't have in school. I want my family to be very close and tight-knit and from the homeschooling families I have known, they are a lot closer than those who aren't home-schooled. (No offense meant for others who have tight-knit families without homeschooling; this is just my personal view and belief.)

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~~Amanda~~ Mommy to one Little Man (3 1/2 yrs old), TTC #2

WE'RE ADOPTING!!!
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sadly......yet thankfully-it doesn't require a bullet proof backpack.

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Mommy2Mercedes, are you SURE you are not my twin? I JUST finished an essay on THIS very subject last night! (homeschooling advantages) And my closing statement was that they are now making bullet-proof backpacks for children! (how sad and how scary!)

I'm thinking of homeschooling my boys. This info is very helpful!!!! Thanks to all!