[hnthrowaway0315]

I was partially homeschooled. I'll explain.

I followed a traditional school system plus homeschooling after school and in summer/winter. My parents are university professors so they mostly taught Math and English to me.

All in all it made my life considerably miserable. I didn't have holidays. My holidays had way more workload than my school. Imagine this: 4 hours of piano practice every day (applicable) plus extracurricular studies for English and Mathematics, usually more difficult than what the school taught and uninterested to me.

Anyway I think my example is quite unique and I believe you will follow your children's interests. But in any way please do not force your will to your kid. He is going to hate you for life.

Also, homeschooling requires certain traits that I don't think everyone has. I'd be frank and say that most parents are not suitable for homeschooling their kids unless they are trained in pedagogical education. It's one thing to learn and know stuffs and it's another to teach it effectively to someone else. It's a third to teach it to your own kid (that is, even being a middle school teacher does not mean you are suitable to teach your own kids. I have seen many bad examples).