Ooh, it would be tricky with both of you working full time, but if you can figure out a way to work it, it can be a wonderful thing. When my daughter was in middle school, a counselor actually suggested it to me -- I had at the time associated homeschooled kids with Fundie parents who didn't want them learning Science or Sex Ed, and that kind of thing.
We went for it; I home schooled my daughter from 8th grade on. She completed her H.S. requirements and entered community college at age 16, where she proceeded to kick ass and qualify for academic-based scholarships to get her "higher learn-on." ;-)
She wasn't a social misfit because of it: when she was in school, her friends were the kids in the neighborhood; when she was home schooled, her friends were also the kids in the neighborhood. She's a home study kid success story, that's for sure....but, I was doing IC work at the time, so my schedule was flexible.
If you do decide on this option, all the best to the three of you -- it can be difficult to work out strategically, but the reward of seeing my daughter at 24, intelligent, educated, and both able and willing to think for herself is (as the commercials tell us) PRICELESS! :D
Re: why do you suppose my children are unschoolers?
We went for it; I home schooled my daughter from 8th grade on. She completed her H.S. requirements and entered community college at age 16, where she proceeded to kick ass and qualify for academic-based scholarships to get her "higher learn-on." ;-)
She wasn't a social misfit because of it: when she was in school, her friends were the kids in the neighborhood; when she was home schooled, her friends were also the kids in the neighborhood. She's a home study kid success story, that's for sure....but, I was doing IC work at the time, so my schedule was flexible.
If you do decide on this option, all the best to the three of you -- it can be difficult to work out strategically, but the reward of seeing my daughter at 24, intelligent, educated, and both able and willing to think for herself is (as the commercials tell us) PRICELESS! :D