I'm a homeschool mom and I know people probably think that. They also think we make our own clothes and don't teach about evolution. LOL.

I you are talking about wanting to keep my children out of a failing educational system and give them the best education that I am capable of, while choosing who I allow them to be friends with, where they go,  and use my motherly intuition to guide them and mold them to be independent and hopefully make the right decisions in the future and live to their fullest potential, then yes, I probably am a control freak ;) As far as I know, my kids wouldn't have it any other way!

I don't think so, I think our school system has become an animal that exists to feed itself mostly- I'm talking the system, administration, unions, -not the teachers who care..anyway, I think the school systems are not doing a good job, so we are having to do it ourselves.  Homeschooling wouldn't be swelling in numbers if the schools were doing a great job. 

I am more than glad to have my kids take outside classes, as long as they are quality classes. 

I did it because the one that wanted the control was my daughter she wanted to control what she learned how she learned it when she learned it and in what environment she learned it in.

I have wondered that myself. "Am I just doing this because I'm a control freak?"

Well, really, I guess so! I mean, you don't allow your 5 year old to watch rated R movies, so what is that? Control.

You don't want your children tossing around profanities, so you discipline them when they put one out there. It's control, too.

So homeschooling is control, but not a "hold them under your thumb control" but a control that actually has more freedom than public school. And I LOVE THAT!

WOW! I love hearing this side. I have been tossing around the idea for a while- I mean even with my kids in school all the activities, doctors, parties are a full time job. Next year my daughter is starting school and there are times I know my son could do better. For now I love the school they are in and will be attending but in my area the high school is nearly a prison with all of the teens that have no parental guidance, and the guidance from the school is often " just drop out"!! I am disgusted by the lack of interest our country is showing our children and are really tainting the future generations. We have truly lowered the standards of public school, unless you are very wealthy- enough to pay for private school- you end up settling for just ok.

I am a second generation homeschooler.  I loved it then and I love it now!  I always have felt that one of the top benefits of homeschooling is FREEDOM.  That is what I experienced in so many ways during my education at home. 

Though I had plenty of socializing time I found that I was much less peer-dependent and peer-pressured than my public school friends.  I felt absolutely comfortable going against the grain if that is what I wanted to do. That is something I already had to get used to growing up during a time when there were much fewer homeschoolers out there.  I became comfortable with being different at a young age and that gave me so much more freedom as a teen and young adult to base my decisions off of my thoughts, judgments and desires -not group consensus. 

Because I was homeschooled my parents were in my days for longer periods of time than my friends and therefore had more of an influence over me and I am sooooo glad they did.  Many of my friends were good ones but not near as experienced or wise as my parents and not one of them repeatedly challenged my to think for myself the way my father did.  I am thankful to him for this to this very day and to my mother for giving of so much of her time to give me such a wonderful educational experience.  It was freedom that they gave me not a life maneuvered by someone else's desires and wishes.

I am NOT a homeschooling Mom... but I certainly applaud those that are.  It is a tough job.  Rewarding, but tough.