Move? Well sometimes that is not an option. People have to stick around taking care of sick parents or they cannot find a job in another area or they own a small business.
What I have noticed is most people who homeschool live in more rural, low cost of living areas and if they live in a urban area one spouse has a very high paying job so the other spouse can stay home.
Sure, there are people in situations where very hard choices would have to be made in order to homeschool. I guess it’s a matter of priorities.
There are some, though, that use “circumstances” as an excuse because they are afraid to try or simply don’t want to make the sacrifices necessary to do so,
and you know that’s the truth.
FYI, Homeschoolers tend to have incomes at or below the national median. The financial issue is priorities.
The author of the article tipped her hand toward the end: she and her husband considered homeschooling, but when they saw what they would have to “give up” they chose “detachment parenting”. In other words, they chose stuff over their children.
I was not in a high paying job and I lived in a moderatly large city, yet we made the decision to have my wife quit work and teach our boys. Right now we are home schooling 3 boys, and when I work swing shift I consistently see them done by noon and we get to spend the afternoon outside playing.
I do not think everybody is disciplined enough to follow through on this type of schooling, but for my family I am exstatic.
Anybody else see a connection here?
We started HS'ing in SoCal.....There were at least 75 HS'ing families that were in the HS'ing co-op. I would call most of them avg. families...that sacrificed other things, to HS their kids.
Personally speaking....we didn't take lavish vacations, didn't have a second car, didn't eat out much....IOW, we lived within our means.
I've a good occupation....but I guess it's all relative what you think is a "very high paying job".