How easy it would be...or would it?

I have thought, more than once, that I should just put the kids back in school. It's a thought that keeps going through my mind lately, more and more. But why do I do I even entertain the idea? Because it is difficult homeschooling; it is difficult making sure that the kids learn what others think they should know; it is difficult being with them all day long. They 'miss' opportunities that they could have in ps. Like what? Band, theater, sports? Where we live they can participate with the ps in these but when I try to get a commitment from either child if they would like to or not, well, it is undecided. I can't protect my dc all the time, and sometimes I wonder if that is my biggest reason for keeping them home? Do I just want to make sure that they do not grow up to fast, at the world's pace? Sigh, sometimes it's just hard. Because I have doubts.

There is a family that recently decided to put their girls back into ps. This was their first year homeschooling. The mother and I had even talked about getting a homeschool co-op going in our town. I sent emails, tried to talk to her at her work, and always got, "I'll call you." They didn't make it the entire year. What was the reason? I know that the mother is a single mother and she has to work full time to provide for her and her family. She was relying on her mother for help in homeschooling the girls, namely making sure they got their work done. I guess her mother has taken ill and can no longer do that. I had offered my help and received no reply.

I really don't even know why I brought up her family. Perhaps because she seemed to have it together and things were going well with her and the girls homeschooling and then...they are going back to ps. She had started homeschooling because the ps her girls attended was not satisfactory. Now they will be going to the schools in the town I live in, the town she works in. Those are the schools my kids left.

I know that homeschooling isn't for every family. Some just are not suited to homeschool. Sometimes there are circumstances that happen and prevent homeschooling. I understand that.

So why do I have the thoughts about putting mine back in ps? I don't know. There is no reason that I cannot homeschool. I am a stay at home mom, we have all that we need (learning-wise), we do not have others that we have to rely on to continue schooling. My dc really are not sports oriented anyway and as much as I had wanted them to, I really do not think they would have pursued a musical path either. Dd does like acting, however...

I think I just needed to put this all down so that I know, I am not sending them to public school. I don't need to and I really don't think they want to go. We are different from the family I mentioned before (they enjoy sports and the atmosphere at the public schools, even if they don't like the nasty stuff that goes with it). We are different from every other family. All families are different. But I just have doubts... I need to just let them go!