text: is home schooling a good thing for a boy in grade three who has trouble reading? he would really like to be home schooled - i would only do it for a few years. i am getting testing done on him to see why he isn't reading yet and i am reading up on how i can help him. we will be living where there is lots to do and he does have step brother and sister to hang  - he could also join a club to hang out with kids his own age. i home schooled my daughter beginning with 4th grade. she was just a square peg they were trying to put in a round hole. she learned so much more at home, as did i. i wouldn't trade the experience for anything. she had her own newspaper column at 16, and was published in 12 magazines. she joined a group of home-schooled kids for social contacts, and 4-h. the group even had their own prom...best of luck with that.  i've just got to say that i was appalled at your decision to 'put the dog down'. you need to think about the message you are sending to your kids....that pets are disposable..that relationships are disposable, and anything (body) that gets in your way, just get rid of it. you did allow her to have the dog in the first place. that is when you had a choice. please find a no-kill shelter in your area. give the dog a bath, and take it to the shelter with your daughter. she won't hate you as much, and she can see that her lack of responsibility caused her to give the dog to people who were more responsible.......... sorry i didn't understand, but here is your quote, "so maybe we should have put it down without her knowing les trouble. it seem as if that dog is running our lives."