[Lady Heron]

Some kids are different. I also home school my 3 boys. One of my boys at the age of 11 began practicing his violin all day. We thought we had to limit his time spent on the violin, thinking we were not doing the right thing by letting him loose his childhood working instead of playing. He did not want a childhood he wants to be a violinist and knew it at an early age even if it took his parents time to realize this.

He now spends at least 6-7 hours a day sometimes more practincing and we drive him to Chicago for lessons every week end(6 hours away from where we live). He is so much happier now that we have freed him to persue his dreams.

[Aquinasfan]

He now spends at least 6-7 hours a day sometimes more practincing and we drive him to Chicago for lessons every week end(6 hours away from where we live). He is so much happier now that we have freed him to persue his dreams.

That's one of the many benefits of homeschooling. OTOH, I wish my parents had freed me from violin lessons and let me go outside to play street hockey. 8o)

My thing was art, and I wish I had been homeschooled and had been able to pursue it at an earlier age. I hated the get-in-touch-with-your-feelings school "art" classes. I wanted someone to teach me how to draw! I wound up learning on my own during and after college and now have a thriving career as an illustrator.