We thought homeschool was best for our kids. They proved us wrong.

The author's kids attended a Montessori school.

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• We planned to homeschool our son to give him a hands-on childhood.
• Running our own business made balancing work and full-time caregiving unsustainable.
• He thrived socially in a nature preschool, which changed our perspective.

Before our son was born, my husband and I were confident about one thing: we did not want him to go the traditional school route.

We both had strong feelings...