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We have homeschooled for the past 6 years. We have four children and are adopting a toddler. Homeschooling is a great choice for us and works well for our family. Most of the other adoptive families that we know personally also homeschool. Many of these families have adopted older children and have felt that their homeschooling helped to ease their child's transition.
When we had an IA doc review Nik's medical he mentioned that he felt that our homeschooling lifestyle would be the "optimin enviroment" for him. I don't take that to mean it would be the best choice for every family but rather the best for ours.
As to the issues of bonding with the new child I think that I will have a lot of time to spend with him. My time actually teaching is only a few hours and the rest of the time it is guiding the older children, answering curious questions, playing with the younger ones. In our homeschool when the daily work is done then they are done, they do not have to wait for the rest of their class to finish before going onto the next subject. When our oldest daughter was in private school she was there from 8:30 until 3:00 but when she came home she only spent 2-3 hours on school. (she was in third grade at the time)
Sorry this has been so long! I am glad that we have so many choices and that we have the freedom to make the best ones for our families. Best of luch to you in making yours. For us, homeschooling has been amazing and we look forward to adding Nik into the clan.
-Leigh
Wife to Joe
Mama to Rachael, Bridget, Miranda, Joshua and soon to be Nik
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