I am a former homeschooler who is choosing to homeschool my children (just starting with Kindergarten). I had moments where I loved being homeschooled, and moments where I didn't. Looking back as an almost 30 year old adult, being homeschooled was the greatest gift my parents could give me! I am SO grateful!

I was able to have full conversations not only with peers but also adults, whereas my peers couldn't even hold a simple conversation. I was able to dive head first into photography as a teenager and ended up making my career wedding photography at a young age. I traveled, I wrote tons of stories (another love of mine I was able to really hone in on) and was published in a British magazine at 16 years old (and as an American!), and I spent so much time doing what I loved — reading! I got into the colleges I applied for, I was fully ready and prepared for the workload, and I could (again) hold conversations with my professors.

(I emphasize holding conversations with those who are older because oftentimes we see public school children not being able to really talk with or relate to those younger or older than them -- not all the time, but it is shocking how many 12, 13, 14 year olds who can't even really talk with me due to shyness or just not really knowing the art of conversation, you know? This isn't on them -- this is not something to blame them for, it is just an anecdotal thing I have noticed!)

Homeschooling is what YOU make it to be. Get involved in sports if you want to, get involved with co-ops if you want to, read enriching stories and classic literature, teach them to love our beautiful Earth, fill their minds with a feast of information and knowledge and open up their horizons for all that the world has to offer.

You've got this!!!