When I first made the decision to homeschool, my oldest son was eighteen months old. As he grew toward school age, I became more convinced that I had made the right decision. When asked at the time why I was going to homeschool, my pat answer was "... because of what the public schools are teaching and because of what they are not teaching." I felt that there was too much emphasis on humanistic viewpoints and not enough of the good ol' 3 R's. In sixteen years of homeschooling, my list of reasons has grown considerably, due in part to the changing climate of our society and in part to what I have learned from our own experience. Most of us who homeschool would list the same basic reasons for our choice. In examining these reasons, though, I begin to wonder if I really understand just why I am doing this.