How to find other homeschoolers? Hmm.. Ask someone you are already good friends with, if THEY know anyone who homeschools. Ask your pastor, pastor's wife, or asst. pastor to point you toward those in your current church who homeschool and if they could introduce you.
I'm very protective of my children and if someone wanted to hire/apprentice my children in the manner I described above, it would probably have to be by word of mouth with an introduction by someone I know who can vouch for that person.
True story:
My parents have friends who are also getting on in years and frequently have long stays in the hospital or back at home recuperating and barely able to function. They'd heard my parents talking about their grandkids and asked if one of them might be willing to come and do some maintenance house cleaning jobs once a week for about an hour. My mom called me and asked me what I thought. I discussed it with my husband and then with my two oldest daughters to see what THEY thought. None of us had any problems with it, so using my mom again we arranged to share phone numbers and work out the details. The first time my daughters went over there to work, my mom accompanied them and introduced them face to face.
One of our policies when I loan out my children (babysitting, house cleaning, or whatever) is that they will always go in groups of two whenever possible. Jesus sent his disciples out by twos so that's what we do. We believe it will help protect them from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous people and also keep them accountable for their behavior knowing that their sister/brother is watching. I trust my children! Trust them a lot! But I don't trust other people and have no idea what stumbling blocks may come along. So when one falls the other can pick them up. Or in our case, the other can answer the cellphone so the one driving will keep their eyes on the road!
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