We home educated our ds due to bullying at school. Then when dd was coming up to her last year in primary school she decided she wanted to be home ed. We didn't have a lot of luck finding others in our area, and dd was very lonely. We joined some home ed yahoo groups and found 2 families with girls near dd's age. One family we saw once a week, the other about once a month as they were always busy meeting other home eds. So we found out where this group had a meeting and went along, and dd was totally ignored by all the chidren, despite trying to talk to them.She was in tears. One person spoke to me. It was then dd decided she wanted to go to secondary school.
I know the 'socialisation' issue always comes up, and I argued until I was blue in the face that my chidren were free to see who they want when they want, rather than be forced to be with people all day at school, but for my dd it just didn't work.
I tried contact lists etc but we found it very cliquey, as when we went to one meet and were ignored.
I do feel guilty but we tried everything to find others, and now for dd to say she hates home ed, well,I feel guilty about that as well.
She has been at school for 3 months now, and says she hated home ed 'cos she was so lonely.
Anyone else's children gone back to school from being home ed?