I only know two people (close relationship) that homeschool. Here are their stories.

1. She pretty much started wearing her tin foil hat concerning school shootings. Couple that with her going neck deep into her faith and taking issues with her children possibly being exposed to things that do not strictly align with their exact beliefs and you have a wife who made it happen after fighting with her husband for nearly a year over it. She loves it. She is 100% convinced it is what is best for her family. My issue with her doing it is that she only has a high school education, her kids were very socially active at school and a lot of that had to come to a halt. They were no longer able to participate in band, etc.. That's wrong IMO and selfish of her.

2. My next door neighbor is a graduate from Texas A&M that taught at the elementary school in our neighborhood for years. She became a SAHM and then decided to homeschool. Her oldest just went into first grade and she decided to put her in our neighborhood school. She felt that the positives far out weighed the negatives.

I'm all for it if the parent is truly qualifed AND ensures that the children are given every opportunity to participate in as many activities as possible. I also believe that once the kids insist that they go to school where their friends do....the parents should greatly consider it.

I would never in a million years consider it, but in my house getting my kids to brush their teeth proper every night is like WW3. They would end up on a news segment if I homeschooled them.