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This would be my option. I guess it comes down to how much you love you children and do not want to see them put through the meat grinder. Today's "culture" is just that, a meat grinder. The things to which children are exposed in schools are nothing I would allow, especially in the early years. As for me, I would not want any child of mine anywhere near schools I do not directly control, public or private. I went to military schools and the $#@! I experienced there I would not even want to speak of.
A+ rated by whom? Perhaps I am just a snob, or and idiot of some sort, but I have yet to see a curriculum worth half a damn. The whole approach to most "education" is garbage, IMO.
Then you have a good girl on your hands. Let her and give her plenty of help. I am a really big fan of the trivium approach, which places great emphasis on linguistic/rhetorical skill, the single and by far most important thing any human being has ever learned. It is the foundation for everything else a human being ever learns. Then there is logic/reason, another essential building block. I don't give a rat's $#@! if my child is not the most computer literate by fifth grade. Can they think, would be my concern. All this nonsense talk about being "competitive" is very harmful, IMO. It steers parents in the precisely wrong direction. A well-trained sixth-grader should be able to utterly destroy the average adult in an argument. How often do we see that happen? I rest my case.
Well get the hell off. My opinion, something which you should ignore in toto.
What benefit do you think your child would miss? I can think of nothing but detriment. If you mean "socialization", I would have to call bull$#@!. It is a non-issue. Homeschooling is not the equivalent of locking your children in the attic until they are 45.
I'd be worried about far worse than that.
If she wants to do it, why deny her? You can always change your minds later.
What cons? I see nothing but pros.
I can barely believe you are asking the question, given the premise. But the forest for the trees is a real problem when one is so close to a situation, so I will simply say that so long as your wife wishes to do it, let her. As a parent, I would not hand care of my children over to strangers for 7 hours every day. No way.
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