When this separation of ideas occurs, you can run into some serious problems if you aren`t careful. Since simply demanding your spouse do what you want isn`t really a good option, you may need to take more tactical steps.

Find Homeschool Examples
Look for examples of homeschool success to share with your spouse. You might want to start with the post I wrote last week on this very topic.

Write Down the Pros and Cons
You can talk til you`re blue in the face about the benefits of homeschooling, your spouse will likely come up with a list of their own on the benefits of going to school. A better solution is to sit down and take the time to work on a list of pros and cons together for both cases.

Meet Some Homeschoolers
Your spouse might be worried that your children will end up weird and socially stunted if you homeschool them, so find some other homeschooled families in your area and make a point of getting to know them. Your spouse might be pleasantly surprised and change his or her mind.

Suggest a Trial Period
Committing to 12 years of homeschooling can be frightening for anyone. By suggesting that you try homeschooling for one year and see how it works out, your spouse will be more likely to agree. If your children are still young, doing a year of kindergarten can be an excellent test to prove that homeschooling works.

Talk About Fears
Why is your spouse so against homeschooling? The best way to find out is to ask what their reasoning is behind the decision not to homeschool. Once you know why, you can do some research to find solutions to the issue or to dispel it completely.

Homeschooling works best when both parents are involved and on board with the decision. It`s not always easy, but it`s well worth the effort to show your spouse why you are so passionate about homeschooling.

I can`t tell you how many times I`ve heard people complain about the educational system . . . in three different countries, so far! The majority of parents agree that the public schools simply aren`t doing a good job of educating our children. There are too many students in a classroom for a child with difficulties understanding the curriculum to get one on one help and while there are some excellent teachers out there, there are also some very poor ones and you don`t have much control over which ones your child will be learning from.

In addition to this, many parents are discovering that they just don`t agree with what is being taught in the schools. It doesn`t matter what your religion, chances are your local schools are teaching at least one or two things that you wouldn`t choose to teach your kids. For Christians, the fact that the Evolution Theory is being taught as fact is a major put-off. But even if you do agree with that, are you in accordance with sexual education being taught at lower and lower grade levels?

Homeschooling is a way to take education back into our own hands, where it belongs. If you look at history, even 100 years ago, children received the majority of their education from their parents. Their family values and beliefs were passed down from generation from generation, as was the tradition throughout history. It`s only in more recent times that we`ve allowed our children to spend so much time being taught by strangers, people we don`t even know have our children`s best interests at heart.

Choosing to homeschool is a way to ensure that what you value is imparted to your children. As a homeschooling parent, you are in control of what your child learns and how they learn it. You can be flexible, allowing your visual learner to study one way, while your kinetic learner takes an entirely different course. One on one attention abounds and any problems can be sorted as soon as they are encountered, rather than leaving them because there are no resources to deal with them.

Parents who aren`t satisfied with the way the schools are doing things are starting to take things into their own hands. This is a great reason all on its own to homeschool, but we`ve got more for you in coming weeks.