It's really hard when it's so unknown and there is so much pressure for traditional school. It depends on where you live, too. We live in a state with excellent public cyberschool options that made it really easy. My kids are really thriving not really because of their education but because they had room to breathe and figure out who they really were. It's never too late to "homeschool", though. As an adult who committed to that lifestyle with the kids, I swear it affected me the most positively. I myself became the learner I never was as a kid and it has given me a lot of joy and contentment. We lived in the city - almost right downtown - but we did all the farm stuff which just cracks me up now that we ever managed it all in our inner city rowhouse. We had chickens, a giant garden reclaimed from an abandoned lot across the street, the kids have helped slaughter ducks, all that stuff. It was great!