I tell my homeschooled kids this all the time. We aren’t normal since we homeschool, and we don’t fit into the typical homeschooler categories so we aren’t even normal homeschoolers. I try to make sure that in addition to social activities with other homeschooled kids, we ensure activities with kids being raised in a…

Why does a child learn to walk? To talk? Is it because of some external carrot dangling in front of them? Kids have intrinsic motivation to do developmentally appropriate things that they see are important in society. Most children want to learn how to read and write. They might not always want to learn some arbitrary…

I like your list and I agree almost completely. And that makes it hard to fit into any typical homeschool social circle.

This was hilarious. Thanks.

I agree with you in theory about trying to better the public school system. That said, my job as a parent isn’t to try to fix the current public school system, it is to serve my family. Change in schools happens slowly, not quickly enough for the kids going through it. My children would not benefit significantly from…

I completely agree with you. I was in public school and my parents did all the things you mentioned. Best of both worlds.

I’m writing in response to several of the comments I have read. I am a physician and my husband has a PhD in math. I think we have at least elementary school academics covered as homeschoolers better than the average public school teacher. There are some occasional cases of educational neglect, but for the most part,…