all morning long we have been looking at
options when you homeschool at six
o'clock we met two families but very
different reasons for why they choose to
home-school their kids at seven we
looked at some of the options and ways
to enroll your kids in homeschool so now
the owner of the body image Counseling
Center Lori o Saatchi joins us now to
talk about some of the myths about
homeschooling and Lori I got to tell you
the first thing that everyone around me
said when I said I was gonna do this
story is like oh how are these kids
socialized and what I learned is that
there are many avenues to make sure that
their kids are interacting with other
children definitely one of the benefits
of homeschooling is that you can get
your kids involved in the community and
you can get them involved with people
who are not just their age they can be
involved with people of all ages through
volunteering or through classes outside
college classes so sometimes there's
better opportunities for socialization
and you talked about that too you said a
lot of kids that do homeschool they have
more options when it comes to college
and they are sometimes even more
successful by being in that home
environment right sometimes colleges
like that like that view that they've
had a different the kids have had a
different kind of experience and and
what I thought was really neat about it
is that they are always learning you
know they'll take a trip to DC and turn
that into a history lesson or you know
Spring Break becomes you know math time
or what you know whatever the choice is
well I'm sure they wouldn't like Spring
Break becoming Matthew by the water but
you're right you're right they could
there can always be a learning
experience incorporated into a break so
what do you think it's a good candidate
for homeschooling because the one family
we talked to at six o'clock their son at
one they just knew that his brain was
different you know the way that he was
speaking and the things that he could do
and so they're really able to tailor
their curriculum for him and he's miles
beyond beyond kids his age right right
so I just think that you have to know
your child and it's not just about their
intellect it's also about their
personality and what do they need and I
would think maybe it's a little trial
and error to to you know you can bring
them out if it's not suited to them and
you can put them in if public school
isn't suited to them or private school
and another thing I think to consider is
that you know one try
might be suited for home school and you
may have another one that that may not
be the best option exactly and I've seen
families who try to home-school all
their kids and sometimes it just isn't
the right fit for one of the kids and I
try to tell them that they're not
failures as parents because
homeschooling didn't work for one of
their kids in fact it's a sign of a
great parent I think that can see their
each child's individual needs and family
flexibility is really important you know
especially even with curriculum but
there you're going down one way that may
not be the way to go just having that
flexibility and mindset like you say
you're not a failure but let's try
something different right and there's a
lot more opportunity in homeschooling to
help kids work through problems in a
very individualized way I think the one
thing because I loved it but I know my
patients it was my kids when we're
sitting down at the table it's it's it's
a lot and if you're always together you
know Mom and Dad and the kids you
probably do have to seek out respite
sometimes for everybody in the family I
agree I think that sometimes parents
feel like they have to do it all
themselves when they homeschool and that
can take a toll even if you love being
with your kids and you love teaching
it's important to use more of a
community approach so you don't get
burned out and your kids don't get
burned out and you said you've seen some
kids do they do they tend to say like
the ones that you talk with that they
really like it or you know and they feel
comfortable expressing that to their
parents I honestly it's run the gamut
I've seen home schoolers in my practice
and some of them really do great and
love it and some hit bumps along the
road and I need and you know I help the
families kind of figure out how to get
over those bumps how to adjust to make
it work alright so be open be flexible
but certainly as an option you can find
all of these reports on homeschooling on
the morning show page news for Jax comm
and a lot of resources as well if it's
something you're considering and we'll
get your interview on there as well if
you're thinking about the socialization
side as well