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[quote=Anonymous]Hi. I was not homeschooled but my cousins were so I grew up around it. I am curious why you are thinking about this? My aunt did this for religious reasons--there budget did not allow for private religious school and they did not want non religious. Anyway..

pros
1. My cousins are extremely close and sweet kids and growing to be nice adults

2. Family went on interesting trips at the drop of the hat--uncle had own business so there was flexiblility there

3. They are very religious so got to control discussion of issues that public schools are just not very sensitive too--ie public schools are so focused on keeping god out that they tend to go in the other direction ie almost teaching no god..

4. They definitely aligned with some other homeschooling groups..still do for the ones still in school. So there is that social aspect

5. For hs I recall some of them taking math classes at the local hs

Cons

1). They are soooo innocent almost clueless at times

2) The one out of hs have had trouble adjusting to college..one got into drinking (but this I suppose to could happen to other kids) and just have  had trouble keeping up

3) Missed out on proms etc and that is important. They were allowed to be part of local hs sports teams but dropped as they felt freakish

4) My aunt is not a teacher by training and I have always wondered if she was acting out her dreams on her kids. She is allowing the younger to go to math class at hs as she now admits..she is over her head in that area but obviously this wasn't ideal for the older ones.

So I guess mixed bag. If religion is important and budget is tight..maybe this is the right path but there is so much downside in the older years. I would also consider hs if you live in a really bad school district that is dangerous or so overcrowded that learning is difficult. Anyway..feel free to post questions and I can try to answer. Again..I can see both side..I can[/quote]

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