Here’s a follow up. For those of us who don’t feel we’re ready, inadequately prepared and just downright unable due to time constraints or existing job pressures, may I propose an alternative perspective?

Kids are already learning from you. Everything. Even when you think they’re not, they are. And they’ll hold you to your actions and words (if they’re honestly able to, without fear of reprisal). You can do this, and they will live you for it (later, perhaps much later, even if they don’t say it now).

Time constraints: this one is a big one, but one we all need to look at. Choose who will indoctrinate your child, your most precious, second only to your spouse. Will it be the state? Will it be a childcare worker? Will it be the kid down the street, after school? Who do your kids spend their time with? When they’re small it’s easy. It’s when they get very mobile and go places without you that the world gets into their mind and their hearts.

I could be wrong, and I’m willing to consider alternatives, but I live with the conviction to homeschool. It’s a complete sacrifice of my wife’s time (she takes the lead and I support). It’s hard to consistently be good at but with a low time preference and commitment to my kids development I think there’s nothing that compares. Kind of like there is no second best.