The Home School Mom has a plethora of information for parents that are both new to home schooling and that have already taken the plunge into teaching their own children. On the site is also a list of home school resources by state. Click on the map for the location you are in by state and a list will come up of all of the organizations that are locally available where home school resources and groups that discuss homes schooling exist. This is often beneficial to parents because different states possess varying home school regulations and procedures that need to be understood in order to conduct successful home schooling.
Homeschool.com provides a listing of conferences related to homeschooling that take place across the country. These conferences vary in their purpose, therefore, investigation into the organization conducting the conference and the intended functions that will take place is needed in order to know if attending is beneficial to the needs of the home school educator.
Examples of the types of conferences currently available range from the Good Vibrations Unschooling Conference in California to the Free Parent Practicum in Virginia. The Good Vibrations Unschooling Conference focuses on support for homeschooling parents, while the Free Parent Practicum concentrates on techniques in teaching children at home. Most of the conferences, however, are intended to create a platform for parents to discuss their homeschooling issues and grow as parent-teachers over time.
EducationAtlas.com provides a number of links to sites where parents and their children can go to chat about homeschooling. Yet, the chat sites are not limited to only parents that participate, due to the fact that some of the sites offer the opportunity for parents to interact with school teachers, while others provide a chat format for those connected to specific religious and non-denominational groups. This is a positive method of locating a chat site about homeschooling because people of like backgrounds and interests come together to share their thoughts from a perspective that they are comfortable with.