Very interested in Catholic homechooling for my 2 kids but worried about

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opposition from in-laws - advice pls? Hi all, I have two pre-schoolers that I am interested in Catholic homeschooling - mainly because nearest schools to me would have a lot of swearing toddlers, kids interested in violent TV /video games and I guess I just want to preserve their innocence and teach them the faith that has saved me. If they change their minds at a later stage, fair enough.

However, I know in advance, without even mentioning it to them, that my in-laws would be horrified, totally and utterly horrified at the prospect of them not going to school. My desire for this homeschooling route is huge, however, my desire not to cause a massive rift in the family is even greater.

At the moment I'm leaning towards giving up on my homeschooling idea because of the conflict it would cause. I feel it would be selfish to cause such disharmony over this, and would kind of outweigh the good I would hope to gain from homeschooling them. My in-laws live down the road so this opposition would be constant. Am I right to think of dropping the idea of homeschooling because of this? Anyone else have experience or advice about this? Thanks.
 
These are YOUR children. So long as you and hubby agree on this, you should do what you want and feel is best for them.
 
You have a couple of bad reasons for wanting to do good for your kids.

First, you shouldn't try to preserve your children's innocence too much
or they'll end up giving a McDonald's managers boyfriend a BJ because a
phone call told them to. Not that home schooling is wrong, it's not.

Second, you then want to give up because you're afraid of in-laws causing trouble.
Not a good reason to give up something you believe in for your children. They can go
**** themselves.

However, they are probably right. You should give public or private school a try first
and see how your kids handle it.
 
These are YOUR children. So long as you and hubby agree on this, you should do what you want and feel is best for them.
 
its a personal choice, personally i dislkike the idea of religeous schooling, especially at such a young age, as religeon can be scary to young children, but if you feel you can teach them well, then it is your decision, but it wouldnt be advisable to shield them from school and stuff in primary education and then let them go to school for secondary, as they will pprobaly go a little mad with the new sense of freedom and possibly learn all the swearwords and habits you are scared about now. you need to weigh up whether the issues with inlaws would be worse than your kids knowing a few swear words. good luck
 
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