It's definitely the only way to go. Kids do much better hanging mostly with adults than peers who pressure them. That social stuff is overblown. But I did have seven kids so they had plenty of company their age. There's so many resources now, back in the day we had very little. We did more 'unschooling', not going by any rigid schedule, and it was fantastic. I think of the movie Ferris Bueller's day off, great example of the ideology of unschooling. Kids will catch up later as they grow and get more interested. When learning is fun and not a chore, like grade school. My kids were very mature at a young age, and great kids. You have to remember that they're all different, and adjust accordingly. We had a large church, with friends in Canada and the UK and Australia (and more) and all my kids married other mature kids who were in the same church (Trump's mom's old church in Scotland). Though not all of those kids were homeschooled, but their Scottish schools were more conservative than ours. I kept my kids from worldly influences and filth and temptation, and they aren't stunted or crippled in any way. They thrived. They can deal with evil better when they're older. Long as there's plenty of love and patience, and strict discipline, then whether they learn early or late, things will be fine.