Tuesday, August 17, 2010

To home school or not to home school.......

We have two boys, a three year old and an 18 month old. We have been going back and forth (I take that back, I have been going back and forth) on whether or not to home school our kids.  My husband has known that he wanted to home school our kids before we even had kids.  I have been undecided.  I really wanted to but I had plenty of questions that kept going through my head.  Would I be able to do it, what about interaction with other kids, would they hate us for not letting them go to school.... Then I would go online and research about homeschooling and all my fears would disappear. I have researched homeschooling for hours and hours. I knew deep down that homeschooling was the best thing for our kids.  I am so grateful to have the opportunity to do this for our kids! My biggest fear is what other people will say.  Even though I know this is the best thing for our kids, everyone I have told (which is not very many people) right away think it is not a good idea. It is kind of sad because me and my husband think this is the best decision we have made for our children while others are just shaking their heads.  This is one of the main reasons I kept backing down saying no to homeschooling then I realized how selfish I was being by not doing this for our kids just because of the fear of what others thought of it.  I just really wish people would research it a little before putting it down.  Then I wouldn't have to answer the "How will your kids learn to socialize with other kids"  So this all brings me to the point of this post. To home school or not to home school... We have officially decided that we will be homeschooling.  Our oldest just turned three a few weeks ago so I will be starting "Preschool" homeschooling. I am very excited about this. I have never blogged before but I thought this would be a fun thing to start as we started our homeschooling journey. I am really looking forward to hearing from other homeschooling parents on how they do it. And also hearing from others that are thinking about doing it.  Well, let's start the journey!

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