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If you want to work homeschooling into your unusual situation, be aware that some of the solutions look rather unconventional. Some parents who work full time take their children with them to the office. Then everybody completes his or her tasks at the same time. The children do their schoolwork with your oversight, you do your office work, and everybody’s happy. This functions especially well when the parent works out of the home.

Other parents schedule homeschooling in the evening instead of during the day. The children are usually up late, sleep in each morning, and have their free time while the parent is at work. Then the parent returns home and spends the two or so hours necessary to guide the students each evening, leaving them with any additional reading or projects to do the next day. This option really cuts into family evening free time, but parents make it happen when they need to.

If your family tends to function as night owls, you may find yourself teaching at night even if everyone stays home during the day. One of the perks of homeschooling is that you can usually teach whenever your children are most alert, so if they pay attention the best between the hours of 10 p.m. and midnight, pour yourself some extra-caffeinated coffee and go for it. (In rare instances, your state law may stipulate that you need to teach between the hours of such and such, but most states do not. See Appendix B for homeschool associations to locate your state law, or visit Chapter 3.)