[Izzy Dunne]

Second, I am giving serious consideration to homeschooling, or enrolling my youngest kids in a charter school. They are behind grade level, and even though we're moving to a different area, my youngest no longer likes school. Too bad...she still needs to master the core subjects.

It takes time and committment. I made the leap from employee to employer so that I could spend more time with my son, age 5. My wife is a full-time mom. He gets plenty of socialization, thankyaverymuch. He comes into my (home) office every morning to learn about stuff (planets and space, these days). I don't set up an instruction period, we just go to websites and drive the mars rover, or watch videos about planets. Next month it may be crabs, or dinosaurs, who knows.

Kids are full of learning instincts, until it gets beat out of them (as happened to me and my wife both) by public school.

Third, I may not be up to this task,

I would worry if you were sure of yourself. Since you're not, I'll bet you'll do just fine.

And it's not like you're committing to twelve years - do it until you can't manage any more.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Well my son is 16. He has no GPA. Right now we have him on home studies because he's missed too much school due to . If he really, really wants to go to Wyotech, he'll get that diploma. Some kids, especially boys, just don't do well in an institutionalized learning enviroment.

My 9 yr old used to love school until we moved down here. That district's goal was to teach the kids, not be number 1 in the state at the expense of the kids. I'm really concerned that this could continue to affect her, even after we move back.