"In this honest and commonsensical book ... Bittner ... offers sound advice on legal issues, lesson plans, curricula, testing, teaching, values, preparing for graduation, and college ... This is an encouraging and helpful resource for parents considering homeschooling their children." --Booklist

Homeschooling and the super-parent syndrome -- Overcoming your lack of self-confidence -- Convincing your spouse, grandparents, kids, and other concerned parents -- Laws and support -- Organizing your new life -- Record keeping -- Homeschooling one, many, and the baby -- Less traditional ways to homeschool -- Temporary homeschooling -- Getting supplies when you're cheap ... ummm ... frugal -- How am I going to teach? How are they going to learn? -- When your child is behind or ahead of his peers -- Using ready-made lesson plans -- Building your first lesson plan -- Turning lesson plans into unit studies -- Teaching math when you can't even do percentages -- Reading, sight-reading, phonics, and other scary words -- History : time machines for homeschoolers -- Science : you mean I have to touch that? -- Writing things down : stories, reports, and compositions -- Values, religion, electives, and other treasures -- Opening your school -- So, did they learn anything? -- Homeschooling until high school graduation -- Stupid questions and how to answer them -- The bad stuff no one tells you -- The good stuff most people won't tell you -- How homeschooling will strengthen your famiy.