My house is always is disarray, I don't have time to do things I really enjoy (sewing, knitting, scrapbooking). People not realizing that I can't just do whatever during the day because I really need to spend time with the kids working with their school work (this is a big one, because people assume since you are home you have time:roll. I have to add that I know this is a season on my life, and one that my DH and I have chosen for my family. Some day I will have too much time on my hands...so I enjoy the time I have now with my kids.:love:
I've read so many cons that relate to the mom or dad but what about cons that relate to the kids? Maybe you can help me to respond to this comment. A teacher that I met mentioned to me that the one thing about homeschoolers is that whenever they enter back into the school system they lack on the "teamwork" projects. They tend to just want to do it all themselves and not rely on others if their getting a grade for the project. I didn't know how to argue this since it was only my first year but I just blew it off since the ps was part of the reason we had made the decision to hs. If that's all she could come up with then I knew I made a good choice.
Well I can tell you I was like that in school and I went to ps. I think it really is more dependent on the childs personality rather than them being in ps or hs. I can not see any cons when it comes to my kids. They are learning better and they do not have some of the negative environmental factors helping to shape them.
Definitely the lack of "me" time but, in all honesty, I had that issue when the kids were in PS. Same with the money and housework issue.
For my boys, the only con they can come up with is that they don't get to each lunch in the cafeteria, and that they don't get recess with other kids. realistically though neither of those are cons. I often take the boys to a restaurant for lunch and we meet friends there, and they get recess at the local parks with plenty of other children. I would say though that it's a con that they often don't ever see those playground children again, or if they do it's rare.
Hmm, I'd say a con would be the fact that their education (or lack of) is completely my responsibility. I'd also say a con would be that we're always home so the house gets messy quick LOL!
THIS. I struggled with this my 1st year and a little into my 2nd year of homeschooling. I've gotten real good at turning people down if it interferes with education time. I feel bad sometimes but if I accommodated everyone I would never teach my kids. I know some people don't understand why I can't drop everything for their request & I'm okay with it now. In fact, I had a friend ask if she could come hang out with her 1 year old for 2 hours every Tues. & Thurs. while her 3 year old is in preschool rather than going home. That was a big fat NO. Tuesday is my best day & my dd has to be at theater class by 12:30pm so we really need to get work done on Thurs. am. I was caught off guard since I assumed she understood I teach them but I did not waver in my answer so I think I've come a long way in 5 years!
a con is that they have friends away from home, but not in our neighborhood at the moment because our home school friends live haf a city away..
I asked my girls what they thought the cons of homeschooling were. My 14 year old said she doesn't have as many people to talk to. My 13 year old can't think of any cons of homeschooling. My 11 year old says she misses being able to play on the playground every day ... not that she would be able to do that in ps this year as she would be in middle school.
