I agree – there are legit reasons to not homeschool – like when I was a single parent – I could not afford to stay home and homeschool my daughter.. I had no help other than my mom who also worked 8-5.. or a parent that is mentally challenged.. otherwise the only other choice would be that they dont really want to .. and perhaps some people aren’t willing to admit that.. I will admit that I was into that “i need my ‘me’ time” thing before I homeschooled..what I found though is that I really enjoyed spending more time with my kids, I PREFER they get such fundamental learning from me, and I am creative enough to find some “me” time and I dont need as much of that apart from my kids… they play while I sew or blog.. on occassion I need to go out to decompress – but it’s much less than I would’ve thought (perhaps a day a month gets me refreshed)..

I liken all this to what people say to me about having twins – people ask me all the time – how in the world do you do it?? Im like well, they are here so what choice do I have? Same with my daughter too -she’s here now so if I want to raise her right and give her a GOOD education – what choice do I have but find a way to give her the best I can.. and homeschooling is the best you can get.. I dont knock other people that just dont want to or genuinely can’t – but it’s been awesome for us and I suspect that if other people stopped saying why they can’t and try to see if they CAN, they would suprise themselves.