Glad you find it helpful! Check out HSLDA.org (for your state laws) then yahoo groups for local groups. Other than that just find blogs, FB pages, etc of homeschool moms/groups. There are plenty of resources to get all your questioned answered!
I Assure you there are many more public school kids falling through cracks than homeschooled kids. Just sayin’ On another note-do you really think if we didn’t have compulsory attendance laws that children would be running wild in the streets all day? Probably only the few that are running wild int eh streets now with [...]
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Thanks. I think the reason you rarely see articles about the actual negatives to homeschooling is because we have to spend so much time defending the perceived cons that people who know nothing about homeschooling have.
So good to hear from a grown homeschooler! Thanks for the comment!
I’m just saying, you can’t say homeschooling is what made the one homeschooler you know shy-maybe they were homeschooled because PS was so traumatic for such a shy child!
Much like breastfeeding! LOL Everyone is different so your pros and cons will be different from mine, but as with everything, there are pros and cons to every choice we make. I just think the cons should be represented in an honest light and not from stereotypes from someone who has never homeschooled or done [...]
You’re too kind Richele, thank you.
Thank you Linda.
Being able to afford gas for transportation is changeling for us right now! LOL So I understand. My children still have plenty of socialization with people of all ages though-and we do music and art in our homeschool too. 
All of my sons’ PS friend kids love to come over and do homeschool projects [...]
Yeah-I knew I wanted to homeschool before my oldest was old enough and I got tired of the ‘socialization’ comment then.
And-in full disclosure-my oldest attended 2 years of PS, so I have had experience with PS and homeschool.
The average homeschooler attends 5.2 activities outside the home each week.
98% of homeschoolers attend 2 activities outside the home each week.
It’s NOT as big of a problem as people seem to think it is.
Homeschoolers know of all the perceived cons, we hear about them from family, friends and even strangers who don’t approve of our choice to homeschool, most likely because they don’t really understand it. So, knowing that everything has it’s pros and cons, even homeschooling, I wanted to do a post that addressed the real cons [...]
