When I was halfway through my 4th grade year, my parents chose to begin homeschooling. This was back in the 80s (I believe 1984) when few people were homeschooling, it was odd and strange and people had a million questions. The most common question for homeschoolers is “What about socialization. How will your children socialize?” I…
**Update 12/2019 – This month we chose to unenroll our oldest son from public school as well. He is excited to begin the second semester of this school year at home!** We had every intention of enrolling both of our MERLD children in public school. In 2017, we enrolled our oldest MERLD son in public…
We were among the first homeschooling families in our community. People thought we were strange, that we’d grow up uneducated, that we would be unsocialized freaks, and that our chances for higher education had just been washed down the drain. None of these proved to be true. My mom homeschooled for 14 years. She took…
