Ask HN: Anyone homeschooling their kids?

wwbnns about 12 hours ago 7 comments

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Looks like it's been a long time since this question was asked. Anyone on HN homeschooling their kids?

Curious to know more about people's experiences:

- Any online communities that have been helpful

- Good app / platform recs that have been useful along the way

- How was the transition to college (if attended) and adulthood if your kid is already grown up

- Anything that was a game changer that helped make homeschooling a positive experience

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tobinfekkes•about 11 hours ago

I was homeschooled and will be homeschooling our kids (first one coming early January 2027!).

Game-changers for me growing up, that I think my parents did really well: - change the curriculum to match the kid (i.e. learning styles, difficulty, pace) - use the public schools for electives, sports, drama, etc (my siblings took music classes for 1 period each day, we all did school sports still, etc) - have strict (or at least structured) time constraints on homeschooling (i.e. don't let it drag into the whole day; we had to be up, dressed, breakfasted, and ready to start at 9am, and we needed to be done by noon and didn't get lunch until our school work was done).

wbnns•about 11 hours ago

Congrats on the new one that's on the way and thanks!

dhruv3006•about 2 hours ago

i will be

wbnns•about 1 hour ago

We haven't ever regretted the decision to do it with our 3 kids.

stackghost•about 7 hours ago

I was a camp counselor in my late teens and early 20s, and we could always tell which kids were homeschooled. Always.

yoyohn•about 5 hours ago

Could you expand on this please?

In a positive or negative way?

mpasternack-hn•about 12 hours ago

How old are your kids?

wbnns•about 12 hours ago

16, 13, and 7.