I'm a big advocate for home schooling (people think I am crazy) and for kids to have minimum one of the parents around. In fact during my down time I have opted to go back to get a degree (engineering). Partly to ensure that I have the knowledge to provide a sound education. People always argue that the child doesn't get socialised, which I find amusing because it is just that type of socialisation that we are trying to avoid. The money you pay for education is ridiculous and the education they provide is sub-par. I know, I just finished a year of uni (hard to do at my age) with a clever bunch of kids, mostly internationals (from south east asia) running rings around the Aussies some of which scored in the top 1 %. But I don't want to give away too much, I want to save some for my next post.