Changing the world is a job for adult men and women who are firmly rooted in the Gospel. It is cruel and manipulative send in children out to an adult's job.
There are not enough adults who were homeschooled as children that we know something about how successful homeschoolers are as adults. They are far more likely to marry and stay marry. They are **much** more likely to vote and be politically involved. They volunteer in the community in percentages far above that of children who are institutionalized in government schools. Illegitimacy and single parenting is nearly nonexistent, and so is dependence on welfare.
Most people need two incomes these days...lucky you.
You would be amazed at some of the incomes of homeschoolers. It can be done but it means real sacrifice. In our case our children and us slept on the floor for 6 years until we could afford beds. We used my parents' old furniture until they were teenagers. We went camping for vacation. My husband drove a hand-me-down cars with 200,000 plus miles.
Housing and property taxes are a major part of a family budget. Homeschooling very well may mean moving out of state, and finding a new job. Many, many homeschoolers choose carefully where they live. When your kids don't go to school it does not matter if you live in a low income area because your kids won't be in that school. They can live in lower priced housing because the government school simply isn't an issue.
Bravo, Wintertime for your sentiments. I think Bronxboy has other issues so don’t be so hard on him. If he’s Christian he might be very early in his walk of faith.
How many children do you have? Mrs Tom H and I have three, ages 9 through 15 now.
As for being broke raising kids on one income, I remember many months where we counted pennies to make ends meet. My in-laws used to send us $150 a month and demanded that we use the money to get our ourselves without the children. It was the only disposable income we had. But we were happy.