Decompression Time After School Attendance Described

To decompress means "to relieve of pressure," and no other term could better describe what homeschooling parents have found to be a saving grace for the child coming to intellectual and social freedom from schooling. Pressure created by school attendance comes from many directions and may be subtle or blatant. Often children aren't even aware that the pressure exists, because they hardly remember anything different, may not even understand what has happened to them, and may have trouble coping without the pressure.It's frighteningly similar to the way addiction to nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, and other drugs sneaks up on people. Read more