What do you all think about homeschooling?

[iamsheens]

Homeschooling can be great because the kids get so much extra attention. However, make sure they either participate in sports or spend time with friends because it's important that they learn social skills as well.

I agree that homeschooling can be beneficial since it's one of one attention. However, it seems like the information they kids may be learning are not applicable to the real world. My examples are a tad extreme but on E! there was this show called Pretty Wild and the mom home-schooled these girls. However, each lesson was based off of the book series The Secret (I think?). I've also seem other shows where the information the children are learning are not applicable. I know I'm going to the extreme but I've also seen first hand the people I know who were homeschooled are extremely intelligent but can sometimes lack social skills. 

[carolrowe]

I an perfect world, our kids could get personized attention from teachers designed to fit their needs and advance them at their own pace or even super pace so they could excel but yet get all of the social interaction and diversity of the school system.  for many in our area, the public school is riddled with drugs, fights and other elements not so great so its not something you really want them in.  Another case of no perfect answer.  Whatever the case, do it for the kid!

[mommagoes]

for every person in favor of homeschooling there will be one that is against it. for me its one of those gray areas, i can see the benefit of it but i can also see where it may be detrimental as well. in my family's personal experience, my sister who was homeschooled for 2 years got in less trouble than when she was attending public school but she was far less social. she did well grade-wise because she could work at her own pace but there were some areas where she did not learn as much as she would have in a school environment. personally, i would not homeschool my kids because i feel they need the day to day interaction with the other students their own age and, although its selfish, i need them to go to school so they are out of the house so i can have some time to myself!