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[quote=Anonymous]If you can make it work for you and your family them homeschooling is an excellent option.  Your kids [i]can[/i] get an even better education, depending on what you expect out of them and your and your child's goals..  You can work at your child's pace and provide the appropriate amount of challenging work for your child.  It doesn't take as long as an entire day of regular school b/c it's basically one on one tutoring and the kid usually grasps things a little quicker and not waiting around for papers being passed out, standing in line to go to lunch, etc.

I didn't catch the ages of your kids but homeschooling high school will take a significantly longer time than homeschooling younger grades (for obvious reasons) but the time would still take less than an entire day of school plus the hours of homework afterschool.

Now while your child will have a lot less busy work and more time to pursue other activities, you on the other hand will have a lot less time for yourself.  There is generally a lot of prep work done by the homeschooling mom or dad.  There is a lot of organizing that needs to be done, lesson plans, keeping track of records, reading and learning the materials before presenting them to your children and so on.  These things add on to all the other things that need to be done in a day and it pretty much becomes a full time job.

That said, it's a wonderful option and if you can make it work I say go for it.

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