Homeschool

Recently I started homeschooling (or rather unschooling) my youngest son. This decision was made because he is ADHD with bi polar Disorder and can display oppositional defiance at times. These things don't make for a good school day.

He has been in and out of institutions and instead of working with my son to really help him learn how to cope, they upped his medication dosages and even added a fairly questionable sedative. So, this leads me to being home with him.

So far things have been going well. He is motivated to do work with very little to no problems at all and his defiance towards me has lessened greatly. Also, we have been able to get him back to where he was with his medications and he is really using the skills we teach him in regard to coping with frustration and anger.

What is would like to know is are there any other GLBTQ families out there who homeschool their children. Why did you do it? What are some strategies you use and how do your children like it? I look forward to your responses.

Al