DuckHairback wrote:
Tried homeschooling my kid for a couple of years but it didn't work for us. She actively refuses to learn anything from us (possible ODD) and it was very destructive to our relationship, the constant arguing. That, and despite there being quite a big homeschooling community around us we struggled to fit in with them socially and get her regular exposure to other children. Ultimately she needed to spend more time with people who weren't her parents. She actually asked to go to school in the end and we were glad of it. She does well there and actually does prefer the highly structured school day to the freeform of the weekend.
Its fine to plan to homeschool, and some kids will thrive but sometimes it isn't the right thing for the kid.
I doubt I will be able to afford private school for all my kids so that is a big part of it for me.