I started homeschooling my son when he was three years old.  Two years of being an independent homeschooler and this is the first year that I enrolled him to a homeschool provider.  Some find homeschooling cute, some difficult, some weird, and some even criticize you for not letting your child "experience" the real world, but I have my own reasons of choosing homeschooling for my son...lots of it.


My idea of homeschooling came from my ex-husband.  He mentioned homeschooling during our normal conversations because "mag-aartista si Kib".  Then it dawned to me, "Oo nga noh?! Showbiz kids have no normal study hours."  So I find this reason "cute".


Way back 2009 I met a good friend of mine who is considering homeschooling for her daughters because of high tuition fees.  Then the idea of homeschooling popped on to me and I also mentioned to her my intentions of homeschooling my child.  So, she added me up to a Yahoo group (pinoyhomeschool) so I can learn more about homeschooling.  There, I learned how to start homeschooling my child, the legal aspects of homeschooling, and meeting homeschooling families whom I met some personally and shared information/resources.


When I'm already saying my intentions of homeschooling to my mom, I made it into a joke.  I said, "Magiging bayani si Kib, si Jose Rizal homeschooled yun, gusto ko magkaron sya ng monumento gaya ke Jose Rizal." Sounds funny, isn't it?!


Being a teacher by profession made me confident that I can do homeschooling.  If I can teach other kids, why can't I teach my own son, right?!  It'll also be a pride on my part if my son learned the basics from me (ehem, ehem).  It'll also build a stronger mother-child relationship as well.  On the other hand, since I'm a teacher and I know what a teacher does in school makes me also ponder that I may be a "monster parent" in school, up to the point of being "pakialamera" in school.  


I also worry about the school environment, the bullying by other kids and adults in school. I don't want to elaborate on this as I may offend some people here.  Period.


I'm also lazy going out of the house, if I enrol my son in a regular school, I need to bring him to school everyday. I don't want to entrust my son to a school service.  I need a flexible schedule since I ran errands for my parents and having a fixed schedule to and from school will make things difficult for me especially in budgeting time.


Family situation is also a reason why I chose homeschooling.  Currently, I am undergoing separation from my husband and having an incomplete family may be a source of insecurity of my son especially when the topic in school is about family.  


My reasons may not be reasonable for some, but when I got serious about homeschooling, I was so happy with the results.