Does anyone subscribe to Science magazine? There's a series of articles in the Nov 4th issue that I want to read.

So what are the common reasons parents do the homeschooling thing?

Mostly religion, but I did it for other reasons. Bobby was not doing well in school. He was border line on the calendar and I decided he needed to be pulled out and put back in the same grade the next year. I gave him one on one schooling for half a year then put him back in school.

I know parents of children with learning issues that home school because it serves the child's needs best. It works better for some super brainiacs that need more challenges and it works for children with special needs if their parents have the skill to do it.

There's also the chance that the school system, while not sucking, can't keep up with little Timmy, who might be special needs in the broad sense which includes genius.

eta: y'know, like Laura said.

So what are the common reasons parents do the homeschooling thing?

Don't forget, Parental Unit is a control freak who needs to approve every single little thing that enters Junior's tender mind.

smooches Gus just because

Oh yeah I see that too Theo. That type has issues with the notion that Johnny might make a friend they don't approve of too.

Gah! Stupid Science magazine.

For US$10 you can have access to one article from Science for the next 24 hours from the computer you are currently using.

So I can pay $60 to read all the articles I want to read from a single issue of the mag... Bastards!

tommyrot, I think have access through work. Remind me monday and I'll see if I can grab the text for you.

Most of the homeschooled kids I knew were such because their parents were off-the-grid hippies living in the middle of nowhere in the Gila or something. Or rather militant pacifists living in a military town.

There comes a point in autumn when you have to trick yourself into uncoupling the equation of dark with night, or else you never, ever get your errands done.

Yeah, I don't do this so well. Errands end up on weekends.

Freakin' little early bird. I have no idea where he gets it.

wait 'til he starts school

and speaking of . around here there is a bunch that do it for religious reasons. and I have met some that do it because the school system is not good. Idealy , if some one was going to home school - I think there is a lot of value to going to school in the earlier grades. and as the child doesn't fit for some reason ( Laura's situation is a good one) and learning isn't happening - it sounds like a really good idea. I think in cases like my DH. he was way ahead of the classroom, almost before he walked in. and to this day -he tends to be pretty self disiplined when it comes to learning anything. So he could have done a self- study thing and gotten a lot more out of it then he did in the formal classroom. For me - that would have been bad.

Thanks, sarameg. Will do.