Am seriously considering this with my ds, but lots of people keep pointing out the 'socialisation' factor of school, and especially in regard to the fact that he is an only child. However, we have a very active social life around church with other kids, own age, younger and older. His language skills are way beyond his years; he is a brilliant socialiser generally; can strike up a convo (just 3) with an elderly lady at our shop across the road about the weather, and will bill and coo over, and include, a much younger child in what he is doing. We have a constant stream of adult visitors for dh who is disabled and can't get out much, but who has a very rich shed life; has built suits of armour, shields, swords, slingshots etc, but authentically in the way they would have been made when used. He does leather craft, welds, woodwork and much, much more, including building motorbikes, which are the love of ds life (can't think where he got that from!!) Ds loves to be in there with him helping and has his own fully functional tools. He also loves to help me with cleaning, cooking, baking, sewing, and pretty much anything else i'm doing. I feel that an autonomous approach to education would suit him down to the ground, but, so much of what I have read about is seems to include lots of siblings. Will I end up with a weirdo if I home ed an only like everyone says?