Originally posted by Marah
*sigh* Out of lurkdom I come to answer this since I can give you personal experience.
If you have the patience to prattle with me, feel free. I was mostly just not wanting to hash over the same points we had all gone through already.

It's a good start. I would want to know how this whole sharing of the load seems to work. You say they go on field trips and to home school classes? Also, don't you do prep work for them, or was that included in the "hands on" estimate you gave? I know all the teachers in my family grade at home and do their lesson plans and whatnot. I don't think any of them have a clue what their per hour pay would be! heh...

It seems to me folks can spend as much or as little as they like on home schooling. When I talk about what I would really want, it would be something I imagine that would have to be done professionally. something that splits things into the income levels of the households and which ones did and did not quit a job to do it. I think even with home schooling there are admin costs born by the state to insure the kids are getting a proper education.

How far into the educational process do you plan taking them? High school, or are you already there? This is more or less just nosiness on my part by the way... A lot of the time I am pretty pointless... Er, I don't have a point that is.

It's just a sort of aside comment, but you must be doing something right because one of the articles I've read recently seemed to suggest that few people care to stick with home schooling past 3 children. I have no idea where that stat comes from either! The fact you are pulling it off with 4 puts you well ahead of the efficiency curve I think.