I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you homeschool, you don't need to spend 6+ hours per day doing it. Public school should not be your model. What a typical homeschool day might look like: - Kids wake up 8:30 - 9:00 - Kids start school around 10:00 - Kids are usually done by lunchtime. Sometimes they go a little bit after. Rest of the day is free. - At night, the family reads together for 45-60 minutes. Sometimes we go to the zoo. Sometimes we take walks. Sometimes they have an online class. Sometimes they do nothing extra. One day a week we go to our co-op and spend time with other families. They usually do a science experiment. As kids reach middle school, they take on more responsibility for themselves, and school lasts a bit longer per day. But at that point, your personal involvement doesn't increase drastically. You already helped them grow and spread their wings. They can fly a bit on their own.