[wintertime]

"My kids get one-on-one attention from me or my wife because I don't expect schools to do everything for them or me." ( metmom)

All academically successful children are homeschooled. Academically successfully schooled children have parents who do everything before or after school I did academically for my kids.

The only thing the government school does is send home a free curriculum for the parents to follow.

The real advantage to homeschooling is the amount of PLAY that my children enjoyed. It is through uninterrupted play that my children learned to concentrate. Gradually, this intense play transformed itself into adult work.

My kids rarely spent more than 2 hours a day in formal homeschooling. The rest of the time they PLAYED. They built forts, dug holes, biked, skated, skateboarded, organized plays, choreographed dances, pasted, glued, and painted.

It is PLAY that made ALL the difference. They could play for hour upon hour on one project, and sometimes these projects lasted weeks, months, and in a few cases years.

By the way,,,,,I have never met a fat homeschooler who has been homeschooled from the beginning.

Also,,,,,I have never met a homeschooler with ADD or ADHD who has been in the home from the beginning.

[RFEngineer]

"All academically successful children are homeschooled. Academically successfully schooled children have parents who do everything before or after school I did academically for my kids."

I think I understand what you are saying....and if so we agree at least on this point.

But then you say:

"By the way,,,,,I have never met a fat homeschooler who has been homeschooled from the beginning.

Also,,,,,I have never met a homeschooler with ADD or ADHD who has been in the home from the beginning."

Come off it.....So now public schoolers are fat, lazy, unfocused, as well as stupid?

These statements are unsupportable.

Academic excellence can be found in homeschool, public school, and private school environments.....You are far better off advocating for homeschooling with valid statistics and facts.

I'm just trying to find the data.

[Aquinasfan]

My kids rarely spent more than 2 hours a day in formal homeschooling. The rest of the time they PLAYED. They built forts, dug holes, biked, skated, skateboarded, organized plays, choreographed dances, pasted, glued, and painted.

It is PLAY that made ALL the difference. They could play for hour upon hour on one project, and sometimes these projects lasted weeks, months, and in a few cases years.

The mystery of play. God seems to do pretty well on His own sometimes, doesn't He?