Comments on: Who can or should homeschool? http://homeeducationtoday.com/2009/10/who-can-or-should-homeschool/ A Dialogue - Opinions and Conversations About Homeschooling Tue, 31 May 2011 12:25:35 -0400 hourly 1 By: Katie http://homeeducationtoday.com/2009/10/who-can-or-should-homeschool/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Katie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:06:40 +0000 http://homeeducationtoday.com/?p=55#comment-6 We slid into homeschooling sideways ... and I admit, I would have been one of those parents who would have said, squeakingly, "me? I could NEVER homeschool my child." But when the need arose, it became a different story: if your child needs -- and I mean, needs -- a different setting in which to learn, you seek it out. And keep seeking until one works. Homeschooling encompasses an enormous range of ways, goals, beliefs, people, methods, reasons, settings. I, personally, was enormously fortunate to have met a variety of homeschoolers before my daughter needed homeschooling. Watching others go through the process of figuring out when/why/how to homeschool made me feel far less alone when we set to considering it. I had seen a little slice of their paths and, importantly, witnessed their courage, doubts and triumphs. I still have so many ideas about what we would / could / should do, but at least the beginning of our path has seen R blossom and grow out of misery into learning-hunger and social confidence. We slid into homeschooling sideways … and I admit, I would have been one of those parents who would have said, squeakingly, “me? I could NEVER homeschool my child.” But when the need arose, it became a different story: if your child needs — and I mean, needs — a different setting in which to learn, you seek it out. And keep seeking until one works.

Homeschooling encompasses an enormous range of ways, goals, beliefs, people, methods, reasons, settings. I, personally, was enormously fortunate to have met a variety of homeschoolers before my daughter needed homeschooling. Watching others go through the process of figuring out when/why/how to homeschool made me feel far less alone when we set to considering it. I had seen a little slice of their paths and, importantly, witnessed their courage, doubts and triumphs.

I still have so many ideas about what we would / could / should do, but at least the beginning of our path has seen R blossom and grow out of misery into learning-hunger and social confidence.

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