also to the above statement as a mom who did home school her oldest i found that not only can you make your own schedules but the trips to the stores and beyond were still a schooling project for example going to the grocery store to buy food you learn to write by doing a list and making a budget to pay for it that's a money or math stuff and learning to find things in a store its like a map and also learning the names of items its all a learning tool that schools don`t teach kids and also going to the bank its math and learning about your future kids that are home schooled seem to be brighter and smarter then average school kids due to the fact that school is a 9am till 3 pm social event where as home schooling ..some say its only 4 hours per day but i found my kids were learning 24 /7 no matter where we went it was always something to learn about..as for meeting people my kids were in scouts soccer and swimming and had friends but we ended up with people older who could socialize with them in better conversations then normal school kids and please don`t get me wrong they did go to school in grade 3 and my youngest since jk only cause my hands were tied running a business and raising three kids puts a lot on a person...and yes my husband was also there when he could be..so its a fun way to learn