Should I Home School?: How to Decide What's Right for You & Your Child

Rating:
Summary: Great for those just beginning to think about it
Review: I ordered this book because it was the only one I found totally devoted to the question of "should I???". Other home schooling books seem to be about how to get started, maybe with a small chapter on the "should i even do this at all" subject.

You should know this book is religious based. The authors often talk about home schooling for moral reasons, praying on the matter, and utilizing the church. This happened to be a GREAT surprise for me as a Catholic, and the information in this book has a lot more meaning to me than it might for some.

Religion aside, this book sparks some great thoughts about "should I" for the reader. For example, considering that each child has a learning style (and might not do well in a home-schooled environment at all!), how to get the curriculum, etc. It does NOT delve into the specifics, such as what the different types of learning are, just that different types of learning do exist. It basically tells you (or warns you?) what kinds of situations will come up if you choose to home school, and what information to start looking for from here.

I guess I walk away from this book with a feel for what jumping into the homeschooling "scene" would be like. Home schooling is an extremely self-motivating lifestyle, but I suppose most anyone who would really consider it are probably pretty self-motivating, if they're looking up books about it on Amazon.com!