I was homeschooled from 4th grade on through high school ("graduated" in 04). This is my personal take on it--I don't think people should do it unless they or their partner can dedicate most of their time to it, especially if they have more than one child. It takes a tremendous amount of emotional resilience and dedication to do it right, and if you teach them into high school, you'll need outside help. I think someone up the comment chain said the same thing. This is pure anecdote, but what I can contribute is that I had a hard time being disciplined. My folks were not terribly disciplined themselves, so they struggled to pass on those skills. I had a hard time learning on my own unless it was especially interesting to me. I developed an interest in math as an adult, but as a kid I absolutely needed outside guidance as a teenager, I lacked the ability to learn it on my own and my parents couldn't help very much, so I fell behind[1]. I took some online classes, which definitely helped in some ways, but at that point I was already struggling. It set the stage for a lot of personal struggles later on.
If you can do all that, and you can plug your kiddo into frequent social activities for her emotional wellbeing (homeschooling can be terribly lonely, especially for a teenager!), then I think it's a good option.
[1]I get that other school options don't guarantee these things won't happen. I get that socially awkward people go to public school. I'm just saying that if you go this route, you'll have no one to blame but yourself if things go wrong. That might be a worthy risk if your other options suck.
EDIT: The guy with 15 years of homeschooling experience had it EXACTLY right--do not attempt to recreate the public school experience. My mom even went so far as to create a classroom with desks the first year, God bless her.
If you can do all that, and you can plug your kiddo into frequent social activities for her emotional wellbeing (homeschooling can be terribly lonely, especially for a teenager!), then I think it's a good option.
[1]I get that other school options don't guarantee these things won't happen. I get that socially awkward people go to public school. I'm just saying that if you go this route, you'll have no one to blame but yourself if things go wrong. That might be a worthy risk if your other options suck.
EDIT: The guy with 15 years of homeschooling experience had it EXACTLY right--do not attempt to recreate the public school experience. My mom even went so far as to create a classroom with desks the first year, God bless her.