My husband and all (14) of his siblings were/are homeschooled. I'm not a fan. I went to public school, worked in the public school system, and understand both types of schooling. Inclusion is incredibly important, especially with smaller children. They desperately need the social interaction. My husband's siblings all hold a slight awkwardness about them when in public. To each their own, but I'm not a fan of homeschooling.

I am not nearly ready for that but i swear i wanna do it. These schools are crazy now.

Great idea but you need to really stand on it and make sure he don’t become antisocial that’s the number one issue with homeschooled kids they don’t know how to be social but other then that do as you see fit

@mumax2 that's normal. He's still a baby so it happens. Try doing animals. I've found it's easy to teach my LO when there is a sound to grab her attention.

@kaytibug2009 the only problem is he gets distracted easily . I try to even color with him and things like that

@mumax2 you can also teach him to share now. Have him share his toys woth you and show him how to share and play. It means bringing your inner child out at times but it can be fun.

@mumax2 well the best thing for him is to start "school" now for him. Flash cards that spell out words like CLAP say it to him, spell it to him, do it so he knows what you mean, then say it to him. All while he sees the card so he knows what the word looks like. You can also do the same with pictures of things and food. Plus animals and their names, making the noise when you show him the word and the picture. I do that now with mine and I also do it in Spanish too because of my husband's family is Hispanic.

@kaytibug2009 great idea!. We don't have little children on either side of the family. So , he doesn't know how to really play with other kids . We've had 2 successful play dates so far. Public school may be better. He's 19 months.

I was homeschooled and yes it can be good when it comes to learning for the children, but they will miss out on learning how to deal with people outside of the family. I had a lot of problems when I was finally put into public school because I didn't know how to socialize well and I got into fights a lot because I didn't understand why the kids in my class were older than me and why my aged kids seemed so dumb. What my husband and I are planning to do is let our kids go to public school, but also have our own homeschool program like the abeka program to help make sure she is learning correctly and does advance to the skill level. It gives the kids the ability to learn how to deal with others plus the ability to learn and grow how we want them to.