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Sorry, I might have phrased that sentence wrong - by "give child expert knowledge" I meant that the person teaching has to be an expert,not that the child has to become one. If you are teaching your child about something that you haven't received proper education in, then what, do you expect to be learning as you go? That even sounds ridiculous, and I am pretty sure it is.

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For elementary-age teaching, you really only have to be one lesson ahead. Which as an adult is easy/trivial. Its not expert knowledge you're providing; its training in how to learn, methodical approaches to study, and a lively interest in a variety of topics. And the topic of course, which is pretty much reading, writing and arithmetic. Which at that level if you haven't received proper education in, yes you should consider not home schooling.

Most classes don't require an expert-level of knowledge and some teachers are completely incompetent, especially prior to high school. I had a science teacher in junior high that did not believe in evolution.

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