Homeschooling Teens OTR

[Wanderer RN]

Hi, anyone here have firsthand experience traveling with their teen and doing homeschooling?

Specifically as a single parent?

I'll start traveling when my son is about 16yo. He has been homeschooled since 2nd grade. I've already read Epstein LaRue's experiences through her books "Highway Hypodermics." But she has the help of a spouse. I'd like to get some insight from single parents who've been there, done that, are doing that, or know someone who is. Thanks!

[NedRN]

Why not put him in school locally on assignment? That is really help for teens social needs, especially away from his friends. You can still be involved in his schooling but having some structure during school hours should assist you a good deal. If you end up not extending for a full school year, your experience in home schooling will help provide some coherence in the probable disjointed curriculum in different schools. I came out OK with disjointed programs in two countries and two states in high school without such support. Every student is different of course.

[Wanderer RN]

Why not put him in school locally on assignment? That is really help for teens social needs, especially away from his friends.

I'll ask him when we cross that bridge. There's no learning like self-motivated learning, so forcing him to go to public school only for the sake of socialization seems like an academic death sentence for someone used to a home curriculum.

He does get social skill experience with people from many different age, gender, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, so I'd say he's far more mature than many of his peers in that respect. When it comes to him associating with his own peers, he views their thought processes from a different perspective than they probably view him from theirs. In other words, homeschooling and its experiences have broadened his world-view more so than many children forced to primarily interact with their peers.

I was aware of extended assignments, so that is definitely something I will look into. Thanks for the tip!

[Argo]

I have been homeschooling since 10 and he is 15 now. I'm going to be putting him in a hand picked school and we are moving to the area. I have a wife but did all the schooling myself with him. He wants to have the junior and senior experience in high school.

I am on the road with him now for summer. I would and I do limit myself to 3 shifts in a row, no call. My last 2 contracts were the same. This maximizes our time together. My wife is not on assignment with me. I will continue to travel when we relocate our home base but will keep my same contract needs and stay within 3 hours of home. I stay in a camper on the road.