Full timing... with kids... Do I dare?
I have never wrote a blog, forum or posted something online before. So please bare with me. I'll try not to make this a "life story" here we go... I am a 31 year old disabled veteran, with out goi...
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It can be done, but it is definitely not for most people. Just because someone was successful full timing and home schooling does not mean it will work out for most people. Heck, there are some people who can honestly say the best retirement savings plan they ever entered into was buying lottery tickets. It's a great plan if you win the Powerball Jackpot, but the odds aren't in your favor.
Most home schoolers draw on a network of other home schoolers and basically form their own school system. The odds of you and your wife being educated enough to teach your children all the subjects they will need to know is very unlikely. What if your child takes a major interest or has aptitude in an area you are weak in? Can you teach them several foreign languages if they decide they want to pursue language studies? Are you capable of teaching higher math if they have that aptitude and interest? What about music or art? Good home school networks have people with those skills that teach one another's children. You will be moving from place to place and state to state and will not be able to tap into those networks of skilled parents. Where are your children going to develop child friends and social skills? It won't be from spending months upon months staying at parks occupied by retirees.
Currently, your kids are very young and small. They won't stay that way. They will eventually need private space and a trailer or motorhome is not going to provide that necessity. What isn't crowded with a 2 year old and a 1 year old is going to be cramped beyond belief when they are 6 and 7.
Others are right on with the financial concerns. Full timing is not a money saving endeavor. It sure would be a shame if you took all the equity you have in your home and flush it away by buying a rapidly depreciating RV. Are you going to be OK in five to ten years having all that equity gone? I suggest you take the advice of others and dip your toe in before diving in. You might find the water is too hot or too cold, too deep or too shallow for your liking and once you are in, getting out is going to be very tough and expensive.
Most home schoolers draw on a network of other home schoolers and basically form their own school system. The odds of you and your wife being educated enough to teach your children all the subjects they will need to know is very unlikely. What if your child takes a major interest or has aptitude in an area you are weak in? Can you teach them several foreign languages if they decide they want to pursue language studies? Are you capable of teaching higher math if they have that aptitude and interest? What about music or art? Good home school networks have people with those skills that teach one another's children. You will be moving from place to place and state to state and will not be able to tap into those networks of skilled parents. Where are your children going to develop child friends and social skills? It won't be from spending months upon months staying at parks occupied by retirees.
Currently, your kids are very young and small. They won't stay that way. They will eventually need private space and a trailer or motorhome is not going to provide that necessity. What isn't crowded with a 2 year old and a 1 year old is going to be cramped beyond belief when they are 6 and 7.
Others are right on with the financial concerns. Full timing is not a money saving endeavor. It sure would be a shame if you took all the equity you have in your home and flush it away by buying a rapidly depreciating RV. Are you going to be OK in five to ten years having all that equity gone? I suggest you take the advice of others and dip your toe in before diving in. You might find the water is too hot or too cold, too deep or too shallow for your liking and once you are in, getting out is going to be very tough and expensive.
