“Without knowing it, I had stumbled upon one of the basic postulates of homeschooling: Anything you do with a home-schooled child outside… — Quinn Cummings Education Copy Share Image
“I wanted her to stretch her mind and her self-confidence, but I also wanted her to play with friends, read books, listen… — Quinn Cummings Books Copy Share Image
“At then end of this experiment we call Alice's childhood, I imagine if she's as eager to move ahead with her passions… — Quinn Cummings Children Copy Share Image
“More important...you've assembled a curriculum that works for him. It's his education. I suspect he's more likely to have a real education,… — Quinn Cummings Education Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder if my last words on this earth will be something like, 'Oh, I knew this wouldn't work.” — Quinn Cummings Humor Copy Share Image
All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs… — Quinn Cummings Bases Copy Share Image
Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they… — Quinn Cummings Adults Copy Share Image
“....my brain works like an etch-a-sketch; even the slightest movement causes it to go completely blank.” — Quinn Cummings Clueless Copy Share Image
Most of the homeschooled children I know have about the same amount of after-school peer time as the rest of the population… — Quinn Cummings After school Copy Share Image
“I was shocked, however, to discover that homeschooling is not allowed in the Netherlands. I could only imagine that after legalizing pot,… — Quinn Cummings Gambling Copy Share Image
“I still have this nagging feeling that I'm supposed to know stuff without actually learning it, and that anything requiring a mental… — Quinn Cummings Memory Copy Share Image
“Shouldn't an important part of discovering yourself be discovering what you family was like? Whichever side you favor in the nature versus… — Quinn Cummings Discovering yourself Copy Share Image
The process of socialization is nowhere near complete at age five or six, when modern children start spending up to half their… — Quinn Cummings Accompany Copy Share Image