Name: briseis Title: What are your reasons for home schooling your kids?

Over here in Ireland, home schooling is so rare that I have never heard of anyone in Ireland or even the UK who has home schooled their children, although I'm sure there are probably some who have and do.

I have a 5-month-old son, and although I would never consider home schooling him, as I intend to be a working mother, I'm just curious as to the reasons why parents choose to home school, when our taxes go to paying for high quality education where teachers specifically educated in child education and the specific curriculum are available to do, lets face it, a better job than an untrained mother would do at home. Not to mention the wonderful socialising aspect school provides for children.

Why turn away from all this in favour of keeping your kids at home, away from other children, with you all day long every day, while you make an untrained effort at teaching them?

I'm not criticisng home schooling or those who do it! All power to you if you genuinely feel it is best for your little ones. I just don't understand the reasons parents do it?  ?

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