Homeschooling is not for everybody but consider this:
How many field trips does an average student attend. When I was in school (many many years ago) :-) I think we went on two a year. But my family does many every year...
I traveled to TN one year. Family went with me. While dad worked, guess what mom and the kids did. Toured a Civil War battlefield. Not just read about it in a history book, but visited it up close.
Went through Oklahoma City on a trip. Stopped at Murrow building bombing site. Recent history time.
Visiting grandmother-in-law in San Angelo, TX. Stop at Ft Concho and learned about the “Buffalo Soldier”.
My son is in a Home-Schooling Boy Scout Troop. In February they visited Ft Davis, McDonald Observatory, and Carlsbad Caverns in one weekend...Astronomy, Geology, and History in one weekend.
My four year old wanted to learn to read, so my wife taught her. She would see her big brother everyday and she wanted to learn how.
I think you get the point. (And yes we still stop at the “Rattlesnake Farm” and Stuckey’s)
Home-schooling just happen to be a fit for my family. Whether you home-school or public school or private school, be involved in your child’s learning. They are only under your roof for a short time...
Re: field trips. In the Phoenix area, some districts now have ZERO field trips per year. A docent at our science museum said she almost lost her job due to the decline in school field trips. However, she re-invented her job and now teaches classes to homeschoolers. Her schedule is full all year, PLUS most HS families who take her classes also sign up for annual passes with the museum.