Julie,
I wanted to homeschool my daughter, too, and DH was against it. It's good that she was in the public schools though, because she was such a wall flower until about 6th grade. She was content to sit and read in her room all day, never joining any extracurricular activities. I am afraid that I wouldn't have done a good job of "making" her get out to be with friends.
I decided that if DH is the spiritual head of our house and he says public school is the way we should go, I need to honor his decision. So far he's been right, and public school has been okay. I made a decision that I would pray DAILY for DD's teachers, and that the Lord would protect DD from the "bad stuff" in the world. So far, Praise the Lord, she has turned out to be a wonderful, godly young lady.
In fact, she has really blossomed in high school: she is on the cross country and soccer teams, taking Advanced Placement classes, getting straight A's, and is a Teen Advisor (a group of students that makes a year-long commitment to stay away from pre-marital intimacy, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco). The Teen Advisors also go to different classes at school once a month and give presentations to other students about topics like self-esteem, pre-marital intimacy, drugs, etc. She is also a member of her school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is very active in our church youth group. (Can you tell I'm quite proud of my DD?? LOL)
Like I said in a previous post, I've known homeschooled kids who were very well adjusted socially, and public-schooled kids who were not, and vice versa. I think you find all types of personalities in both scenarios.
So all this is just to say that if your DH doesn't want to homeschool the young'uns, it's not the end of the world. They might still turn out okay! LOL (Just cover them in major prayer...although we should be praying for our kids even if they're not in public school.)
