  The worries are endless... I'm always thinking about the future and if I'm making the right decisions for my son. He's only three months old and I already have to start thinking about where he is going to go for kindergarten.
I talked to a friend who is a teacher in the public schools and she says that private schools have a stronger curriculum in reading than the public schools have. She believes that being a strong reader early is the key to a successful education. The ideal situation for a child, in her opinion, is homeschooling. According to her it would only take three hours a day to teach a child what they would learn in a day at school. I agree with her that the best option is homeschooling, however I don't know if I believe it is the best for their social skills. Another friend of mine believes it isn't bad for their social skills unless you actively try to keep them away from society. There are plenty of groups where they can develop their social skills i.e. playdates, church, other homeschoolers; the list could go on.
However, if he is always with me and other children that I choose for him to be around, then how will he establish his individuality? How will he make decisions that I can be proud of and decisions that disappoint me? Isn't that how you learn not to repeat mistakes? When he is finally 'released' into the real world where I can no longer protect him, will I have provided him the key factors for him to swim? If I am his teacher, he knows only success. As the only student, he is conditioned to believing he is the best.
Will the disappointment of finding out that their are others smarter than him, crush him? After years of being the only, will he handle the concept that he is only one of the many? I know that very few people read this, but if you have read this and have any insight, maybe even personal experiences, I would love to hear about them. 
