Comments on: 7 Things I Was Totally Wrong About When It Came to Homeschooling – From a Dad

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:42:13 +0000

So this is our first year homeschooling, and I’m really thinking that unschooling would be perfect for my kids. I am a single mom of 2 boys ages 11 & 13, and I work also. So I’m not really sure how this will work but I refuse to put my boys back in public school. Any advice on how to unschool teenagers and how to register is with the state?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 03:05:32 +0000

What Linda is saying about homeschooling in the US is absolutely NOT true. There is not a single state in the US that has requirements like that. Unschooling is legal in all 50 states.

By: Maria Kara

Maria Kara — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:52:29 +0000

In reply to Linda Sheidler. Hi Linda, where are you located?

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 02:47:03 +0000

In reply to Linda Sheidler. You must live in one of the tough homeschooling states. There are lots of states in the US that are completely relaxed about homeschooling, including the one I live in. We don't have to do ANY of the things you mentioned.

By: Linda Sheidler

Linda Sheidler — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:07:46 +0000

Hi,
It takes a while to rethink home or unschooling, In the US many states have homeschooling rule and must be overseen by a teacher to ensure the children are learning the correct things. The children skype their teacher to show their work and the mom writes out lesson plans and the children write report of what they do and are doing. the children need to spend a certain amount of time I believe 6 hours a day working on school work , sports, dance, drama, they have school work that needs done each day out of school books chosen by the homeschool association. The children must be in a co-op of homeschooled children and families. They need to go to school with the co-op a certain amount of time per month. Not saying this is right or wrong, just saying how it is here. This may be why we from the US think the way you are raising and “unschooling” your children is so different. We do have some families who want “radical, unschooled. free range, feral children” who do what ever they want, and the parents want for their children to have no rules and will do most anything that they feel will make their child happy. Many have one child because when you have more than one their could be conflict of interest and that might cause one child to have disappointment or disagreement if they do not always get their way. Others I do not know how they can always keep all the children happy all the time.