I'm in a dilemma and I'm getting to the point where I can't see the wood for the trees, if you know what I mean.
DD is in reception at lovely, high achieving, ideal little school just at the top of our road. No problems, all good; but I still feel as though we should be 'doing' home ed. DS is 3 and I strongly feel that when he turns 4 in August and is the youngest in the year, I will greatly regret not biting the bullet now. I'm driving myself barmy. We've set Christmas as a 'cut off' date for making a decision.
My main worry I suppose is that IF it doesn't work out, and IF DD or DS want to go to school then we'd never get into one around here as they're all madly over subscribed. Also, it's all so 'perfect' if we don't home ed; no issues, all easy, lovely teachers etc., and yet I fundamentally don't agree with children being in school at such a young age.
I feel like a fraud for wanting to home ed for my flimflam 'we could do it a different way' type reasons, when they could just have a 'normal' route through school, in a school which is in the the top 5 in the country.
I'm terrified I'd be making a hideous mistake and taking them out of a wonderful school to mess up their lives/future education/everything.
There is a good home ed community around here and I would engage them in groups and projects etc. as well as our own 'work' at home.
I just don't know what to do. When I talk about my reasons for wanting to home ed, I really feel passionately about it; but I have such worries that I'm making a terrible mistake which will harm my DC happiness.
I'm also worried that part of my reason for not wanting them at school is because I want to be a bigger part of their lives during their childhood. I also hate the idea of them going to school all day, slumping in front of the TV when they get home because they're exhausted and not having any quality sibling time together during the week (they're very close now). Am I being selfish?
Sorry for the stream-of-conciousness post. Hopefully you can hear where I'm coming from. A mixed up place of confusion and worry...
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Need To Decide By Christmas...
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LIttleMcF · 13/11/2012 10:47
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