Here's how I handle comments:

• "Don't they need to socialize with kids their own age?": My kids socialize with kids of all ages as well as adults. They are comfortable just about anywhere. They can carry on a conversation with an adult and they can play with other kids. But my biggest comeback to this is "Do you go to work and work only with people your own age every day, or do you work with all kinds of people of all ages?" School is the only place where we are separated out to spend our days with people our own age. And finally, my daughter went to public school for three  months and came home with every four-letter word in the book (all of them) and used them on me.....that's not the kind of socialization I want for my children.
   
• "Well, they have to go out into the world some day! Yes they do and I intend to protect my children from the cold cruel world as long as I can. My parents did it for me and I'm sure yours did it for you. For some reason nowadays we think that kids have to be exposed to everything at a young age! Why? That's not how we grew up, our childhoods were protected.
   
• "How can you teach them all they need to know?" Well I made it all the way through grade school, junior high and high school. I even went to college and graduated summa cum laude. I went on to do a year of work on a Ph.D. in marketing. I have a strong education! I have a friend who didn't even graduate high school who homeschools her children. In today's "information overload society" we can find anything and everything we need. Got a question about how flowers get pollinated? Look it up! Let your kids see you looking it up. It's OK if you don't have all the answers, no one does.
   
• "Don't you need a break?" Yes!!! And I would love one. I don't get many but when I do I take advantage of them. But my children and family come first. My dear husband gives me time when I need it. I go to a conference twice a year with my best friend. I have learned how to have time to myself without being alone! After they all go to sleep at night (yes, even my husband) I have time all to myself, and I use it!

You Have To Make the Commitment

Once you make the commitment to homeschool you will be empowered to face the obstacles and over come them.

You will eventually reach the point where you don't care what other people think.

Remember, the winner of the National Spelling Bee is often a homeschooler!

Colleges are now seeking out homeschoolers!

Homeschoolers often score higher than traditionally schooled children on the SATs!

You are giving your child a gift from your heart, your soul, and your brain!