Shanti, that sounds like such a great, dedicated approach to "home education". I'm a bit lazy when it comes to going to the library, we do a lot of research online and finding youtube videos about things of interest. My eldest is just 4, not technically school age but I also consider his "education" to be ongoing.

Like you, I'm really very much attracted to the allowance for my children to learn at their own pace. I can very clearly see that as necessary for ds, who is quite unlike any of his age-related peers in that he has zero interest in competing with others and his interest in learning specific skills occurs in waves and ebbs to the point that at times it seems he unlearns something until I see that he is simply trying something new, rewiring what he knows and trying old skills in new ways. It's very interesting to witness.

I do consider our family very fortunate, it won't just be me at home with the kids. Dh's business affords him the opportunity to share the role with me, which is almost paramount to our success because I would worry I might burn out otherwise.

We're actually currently conducting research to find studies on the topic of unschooling, so that we have some facts to back us up and to uncover any potential problems we might face. As we know it can get ugly and gee people have such strong opinions about everybody else's parenting choices, don't they. I mean, they must all be experts and have done lots of independent research to back their opinions, right?