So my children are currently 3 and 10 months. We are going through the process of deciding whether or not to homeschool our children. Growing up as kids, Tom and I both struggled in different ways in school. Tom was the overly Intelligent, didn't have to try to hard kid, that got into a lot of trouble because he wasn't challenged enough and he was bored. I was the kid that got bored in the slow paced class but struggled in the faster paced class and didn't get the individual attention I needed to succeed. So I was tossed around year after year, and I struggled. Until 5th grade and they found that our entire class didn't even know their multiplication facts (THE WHOLE CLASS!!) What is wrong with this picture?!?!?!? The teacher spent an entire semester making us memorize them. He was one teacher out of first through 5th who finally took a stand and said, something is wrong. These kids aren't learning, and didn't let us move on till we memorized them. And that in itsself is a one of the major reasons why we want to homeschool. What an advantage the kids would have being taught one to one. Caitlin is already excelling in areas. She blows me away every day that we play and learn patterns or opposites. She has such a glowing passion for reading. She would sit all day if she could reading, its amazing!!

The second major reason, cliques, and the pressures from peer groups. I dont want my kids going to school and learning that its important to look like someone else, or if they dont buy the right clothes or they dont conform they dont fit in. I want to give them a firm foundation and help to