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Although I am neither a single parent or an adoptive parent, I am a homeschooling parent. My husband and I both work (though on different shifts) and our kids are old enough to work on their own most of the time. We have the luxury of having a school district that offers a online/homeschool program. We still use the same textbooks and they provide the lesson plans, but we teach them. Much cheaper than some curriculum's you buy. We started out buying curriculum's and there are some really good ones out there, but the on-line program worked better for our kids. You didn't mention the ages of the kids you are considering, but you might investigate an on-line program. Plus, homeschooling doesn't pin you down to a certain time of day, you can work around your schedule and some times the kids do better at night and they even put some stuff off for the weekend. It is worth it to at least try...

If you go to www.rainbowresource.com you can get an idea of curriculum's and prices. They also give you descriptions of the programs so if you find something cheaper elsewhere you know what you are getting. We have used them quite a bit. Another help when I first got started was www.edhelper.com you can do some free stuff, but the subscription is pretty reasonable, I liked the fact that they give you suggested books to read and they provide quizzes and test to go with the book. One last suggestion is www.homeschooltracker.com to help you keep track of assignments and record keeping. It also has a free version...

Kudos to you for adopting a child that would probably never get the chance for a family. There are no 100% ideal situations...in either 1 or 2 parent households.

I am open to considering about any age. It is going to depend more on the individual child and/or situation than on a set of predetermined criteria, but I'm inclined to think the best fit would be elementary school age.

One of the many reasons I have a preference for homeschooling is to avoid politically "corrected" textbooks and to get around some of the imposed social "curriculum" that has little to do with a solid core education. How do you avoid that using their texts?

I appreciate the information and will bookmark this thread for reference. Thanks.