Ditto! I don’t really have a desire to homeschool the elementary years – but I struggle with the amount of time public school demands – I see little validity in a 6-7 year old spend 5-7 hours in a structured classroom setting. I’m really troubled by what I hear being demanded of K-6 graders in terms of homework as well. To be honest if the opporutunity arose that we could public school 50% of the time and have the rest of the time as a more free (dare I say even unschooling time environment) that could be more focused around the individual child (to work on things like love of learning and topics that truly interest them) I would snatch it up in a heart beat. I’m still a year or two away from researching this though – I want H. to develop a little more and see what kind of learner he turns into.