I can't stop thinking am I making the wrong decision?
I have recently taken my 5 year old out of preschool, and started to homeschool her due to some physical aggression from my daughters teacher..
I know that my daughter can be hard to handle sometimes, but when she is home I don't take it personal, and still love her and want to help her.
My biggest worry is that the people at her school will not care to look past her temporary lack of self control, (probably mainly my fault) and just brand her as a problem child which will follow her through her years there.
I'm worried by homeschooling my kids they will miss out on a social life.
Now I work from home and my wife stays at home with the kids so we are always spending time together on my break and lunches, but is that enough?
My wife and myself both were not too involved in "school activities" maybe more outcasts than the in-crowd.. so our social life existed outside of school anyways.
My wife was very serious in competitive figure skating, and I was really into music and hung out with people I played music with.
So I'm really worried will this be enough.. I mean we did STILL get the chance to be around other people..
Even if we didn't really fit in, but at least we had that social exposure, and honestly I was motivated to do more in life because of not fitting in. Probably because school seemed petty and I wanted to do something BIGGER.
All of my kids seem to do better due to being at home.
Now my other kids are not at the age of schooling yet,(2 year old and a 9 month old) but they all seem to be more caring, more respectful, and learn a lot faster since we are always teaching them about everything from caring for their siblings to reading and even MATH!
I'm not saying there is something wrong with public schools, but so far they seem to do better by not being at school or daycare and learning bad habits or getting their spirits broken with us not being able to be there.
Please let me know if anyone has had the similar issues, and maybe even some helpful advice.