We originally began homeschooling my daughter (now an adult college grad) because the school demanded that all kids in 1st grade take a nap each day. Well, she had stopped naps several years earlier and we knew there was no way she would submit to the naps. And it wasn't long that we realized the level of regimentation at the school which she would never follow. Around here that was sufficient to start the whole ADD nightmare.
So we bit the financial bullet and my wife did not work for 11 years. And it really hurt moneywise. Smartest decision we ever made.
because the school demanded that all kids in 1st grade take a nap each day.
For that reason????? Actually, a little nap wouldn't hurt some of my first grade students now and then. Then again, they get that anyway from listening to their boring teacher talk:).