[Agapi]

My husband and I were considering private school perferrably Christian and toyed at the idea of homeschooling.

A while back I had spoken with a teacher acquaintance of mine to "pick her brain" on the subject of homeschooling. I thought that being an educator herself she would be open to all forms of learning and doing what is best for the individual child. WRONG! She totally balked at the idea. She stated things like "children don't learn to socially interact" and "if you keep them sheltered, they will not learn survival skills."

First of all, my children will not be hermits living in a cave. There are plenty of opportunities to socially interact. I guess she's never heard of church, sports, etc. Second, my idea of sending a child to school is for them to get an education. Not to learn how to take cover during a shooting. She is entitled to her opinion, but what I realized is that her opinion was not one that was well informed.

Since then we have been researching homeschooling on the internet and only talk about it with others who are considering it or doing it. This is something that is not for every family or child. Every parent needs to do what they feel is right for their child(ren). We feel it is the best choice and will at least give it a try.