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>>Homeschooling past a certain point 10 or 12 is, IMHO, not advisable

as I have known several children homeschooled and sent off to college

and they don't do so well. At some point you have to expose them to

the craziness of the world and teach them how to live with it.

My #1 is 13yo and in 8th grade. On Mondays, he has chess club and

fencing club/lessons. On Tuesdays, he has Boy Scouts. On Wednesdays,

he had piano lessons and church youth group. The Boy Scouts and youth

group have several outings, camping trips, service projects, etc.

I have actually had to draw the line at more social activities for him.

He also has the option of helping select his curriculum. [i don't let

him eliminate his math LOL]. Last year, at the end of the US History

book, he wanted to learn more about WWI and WWI, so we checked out PBS

videos [8 videos per set, each one 2 hours long] and then he wrote a

report comparing and contrasting the wars.

I asked him for his high school years, if he wanted to be enrolled in

a campus school, or continue homeschooling. [He has experience with

campus schools, he went to a private kindergarten, which was NOT a

good experience for him.] He wants to continue homsechooling, but

take 2 classes at the local Christian university's high school

extension program.

He is already exposed to the craziness of the world [and at this point

only wants limited contact with it, can you blame him?]. He realizes

the importance of college, but wants to ease into the prospect by only

taking 2 extension classes as a high school freshman.

I know one boy who is AS. He was homeschooled through his high school

years, and now is enrolled in an online college. He loves it.

There are many options available to homeschoolers. Most of the time,

from what I have experienced here locally, there are more options for

homeschoolers than there are for those who attend campus schools,

whether public or private. The difference, for the most part, that I

can see, is that a homeschooler has more choice in the matter. And my

#1 loves that he has the choice, and it is not thrust upon him by

people who don't even ask him what his opinion is.

Most of the adults who have contact with my #1 during the week, are

impressed with his knowledge and maturity. I certainly don't want him

" socializing " for long hours every day with most of the high school

kids in this area who are considered " typical " . He chooses his

friends, none of them treat him badly, and his self-esteem is high.

He has a lot of control over his life, and for a young boy in his

early teen years, I want that to continue.

Dana