Do you plan to homeschool all the way through? - Page 2

[onlyzombiecat]

I'd like to homeschool all the way. If dd wants to go to school as a teenager we'll give her the option though.

[Heavenly]

We plan to homeschool all the way through. I honestly cannot see my kids actually choosing to go to school when they have the option of incredibly relaxed homeschooling.

[alima]

We'll be hsing all the way through. Ds was in a high school for grade 7 (7-12 school), and he's completely sure he's not going back

[falcon]

We'll be homeschooling all the way through... but since my ds is only 4, I'm trying not to think about hsing in terms of years, it makes me :

I tend to do better taking things one day at a time

[2 in August]

I plan to go all the way till high school graduation. Like pps though if the kids get older and really want to do school we'll decide then. Whenever I get asked this question in real life, I say that we are going year by year and as long as we are having fun we'll continue.

[heket]

Well, the compromise with my dh was thru middle school and/or the kids chose differently. He would like them to go to a public or private high school, but I'd rather go the long haul. But we both agree we'd do it as a year by year case. That way if we moved or if the kids changed their minds, we'd be open to schooling. However, I think once it's becomes apart of our regular lives, I don't see regular schooling being appealing, except for community college later on.

But what do I know? We're just starting this year with a preschooler. There's a lot of time between now and high school!

[HikeYosemite]

I planned to if it was working, and my son really did well with it when he was young, but for him (and in our particular circumstance) the social aspect eventually wasn't working. He is 12 and decided to go to school this year. He was having trouble finding enough friends around his age who didn't live many miles away, and who were not so extreme religiously that they judged everything he read and watched, etc. In addition, he has some learning difficulties (dysgraphia, I think, and maybe ADD) and is not a very self-directed or self-motivated child--some things just seem like too much work for him. Meeting his academic needs as he got older--as well as those of two other children of different ages interests, and needs--became more challenging. Not to mention that a strong-willed boy who is entering adolescence is not always willing to be very helpful or cooperative with his mother!

I found it easy to have confidence in homeschooling and unschooling when my son was young and naturally curious and motivated. I also had some free time to read, visit with friends, etc. But it became much more work later on. That's just our story.

Originally Posted by MaWhit

Do you plan to homeschool until they go off to junior college, colllege, tech/vocational school, jobs, etc? Or do you think they'll go into school sometime?

[raleigh_mom]

That's our plan at this point.

I'm very thankful that we live in a "homeschool-friendly" city.

[stacim]

I always say we will take it one year at a time. I really can't ever imagine sending them to school, but there are definitely some days when I want to.

~Staci

[cloudswinger]

Originally Posted by MyLittleWonders

: We plan on going all through high school, and encourage courses at the local community college once they are ready.

We have a university nearby that runs a high school program which basically is one year of intro to college classes and then straight into the university classes. So I'm shooting for that for dd, if it's still around, as she's not yet even school aged.

[naturallyspeaking]

I'd love to HS my kids all the way up to high school...

[eilonwy]

I think I'll feel somewhat forced to go through high school, as BeanBean at least will probably be very young. College is fine, but I can't see high school being anything but detrimental to a preteen. I'll keep them at home for as long as it's reasonable.

[RedWine]

Through high school, as long as we are all happy.

[bwylde]

I often get asked how long we will homeschool and I always say "As long as we can" . I want to go all the way as jr and high schools are bad here.

[HRC121799]

Sure, if they both want to. We'll keep going as long as it's working out well for all of us.

[GranolaMoon]

Yes, I do.

[Got_Cloth]

I plan to homeschool as long as we are all happy doing it. My oldest dd is only in second grade and is giving me a lot of opposition.. So we will see.....

[emdeecee_sierra]

We plan to HS all of them all the way through. We also talk of having them do a portion of college while high school age (independent study courses, etc.) and perhaps ideally letting/having them still live at home while they get their degrees. Not that that is HSing them, but being their support, guidance, 'cheerleaders' so they can get in, get it done, get out, and get on with life. But, mine are little, just starting out early elementary (the first two), so we'll see how our path turns out

[phathui5]

Our plan is to homeschool all the way through, until they start college, work, raising a family or a combination of those.

I am not open to using public schools in our area, even if they wanted to go. I am open to them taking college classes during the high school years and our local community college has pretty good offerings for home schoolers.