You stick to your guns. HS'ing has been one of the best things we ever did for our children. We have HS'ed for over 12 years now.....
We've found that most HS comments & questions are uninformed and/or intellectually vacant. What I mean by that is....the facts are unknown and/or the questioner is just parroting what they've heard or read.
HS'ing is a labor of love. You will reap the rewards. Take good care....and best FRegards,
Thank you for your encouragement. I am so excited to do it and I know in my heart it will be the right thing. It especially hurts to have my own family act like I am abusing my children for doing this, however. Just today we told my husbands parents that we had decided to hs this year for sure. They shook their heads and said what a shame that we are 'making them miss out on so much at school, it was a big mistake and we better reconsider before it's too late." They think I'm ruining their lives. I know they are just ignorant of the facts since when I offer to let them read my stacks of books and articles and even go through the curriculum that I have painstakingly researched and put together they just wave me away. Kids belong in school and I am cruel for not putting them there with their 'friends'. I guess time will tell.