Can I work at a job (or be on Ontario Works) and still homeschool my own children?
Yes. If you work (or are on Ontario Works) but still wish to be the one homeschooling your children, you will simply need to find a “babysitting” solution for the hours you work (or are involved in OW job-related activities). Then, during your free hours at home, you can provide any instructional or non-instructional learning opportunities you wish. Your children will, of course, still be learning during their other hours as well, but if you want to provide a specific education and you want to be the one to provide it, it doesn’t matter what hours of the day the “official” homeschooling happens — as long as you’re not keeping your children up at hours when they should be in bed for their health and wellbeing. Homeschooling families have often been portrayed as “Dad going to work, Mom staying at home with the kids.” The reality, for many families, is much different: single parents homeschool, working parents homeschool, dads at home homeschool, parents with ongoing illnesses homeschool
