Homeschooling and stay-at-home parenting

[LittlePinky82]

Groups are a good idea. Here in my town we have a lot of tourist attractions and one attraction is this Discovery place mostly for the younger kids and they have different programs kids can join and meet other kids there. We also have a big aquarium here (The Tennessee Aquairum) and they have little programs there young kids can attend. I know a little girl at my church who used to attend and she seemed to like it. She also does something similar to Brownies so there are opportunities out there or you could get together like suggested and start a group. smile

Cataera

I am the mother of a five year old girl and a three year old boy. I am currently going to school to become a teacher--an English, Japanese language teacher (I also am hoping to help Special Needs children) and I would absolutely love to homeschool my kids. The only problem I see with it is the lack of social interaction with kids their own age. Kids need that social interaction. But, I also know a lot about the moving around--I went to 17 schools before I fianally graduated from school and they were in two different states, in much different climates and the whole bit. One suggestion that I would throw out there is when you guys move, why not start a group with the other kids. You could even do it after school and have the social interactions that way. When you move then, you can keep in touch with all of the other kids (like pen pals) and make the most of your situation. That is just an idea I had. biggrin

 

[tubbyflip]

im home schooled and im fine with it i am going into 7grade but im going to this once a week thing its a school but you only go once a week. and i have lots of friends and i think home schooling is fun but this year i dont know if its going to be fun becouse my brother is autistic and hes home schooled with me and he crys a lot and its rely hard to consintrate  

[Ginger Snapple]

I'm a military child, and I understand how hard it is to move. I'm a Junior in highschool right now, and I've attended three different highschools. Two in different states, one in a different country. It's really hard to deal with. When I moved back from Germany I was far behind Kansas as far as math and spanish went. I failed spanish and struggled through math.
I think having homeschooling would have been a luxory for me. But I do see both pros and cons. I can't imagine having the people skills I have right now without all of the moving. Some of the most friendly people I have met are military children and military families. The schools expose you to all sorts of people, and I think it helps once you start taking steps into life. Once you're older you've encountered more types of people that most kids have because of your school system, so you really do know how to deal with different situations.
But I also think that homeschooling would be very nice. The individualized attention would have been very nice.
I personally would homeschool my children if I had them.