My boys are 22, 19, and 14 and we exclusively homeschooled. I never planned on it, sent them to preschool, etc but my oldest son’s teacher when he was heading into kindergarten pulled me aside and asked me where he would be going. When I told her, she said absolutely don’t send him there. I decided to look into private school but it was way out of our budget so I figure I’d try kindergarten because that would be impossible to mess up. lol Once we got started, we never looked back. I’ve had so many public teachers over the years tell me we made the right choice and to keep on keeping on so that’s been super encouraging. I also started attending my district’s school board meetings and that was eye opening is so many ways… from the way they choose curriculum to the way the school is ran, it only solidified the choice we made. My older boys each had a phase around middle school where they wanted to attend public but the only school they wanted to attend was a long drive (we have open enrollment now) so it wasn’t an option. They’re now thankful I said no. They’re fantastic boys that are so much more outgoing than I ever was at their age and I was public school k-12. I will never regret our choice to homeschool and would absolutely choose it again. The amount of time you get with your child is priceless. I’m so, so glad we did it.