If you want to help your mom, then you need to urge her to get some grief counselling. It wouldn’t hurt for you to get in on it, too.

This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk to her about the idea of homeschooling and getting a job and all that, just that you really need to question your reasons for it. It sounds like you are trying to rescue her. Be careful; it’s a dangerous mentality to think you are responsible for somebody who ought to be responsible for themselves.

To do the homeschooling, you need to learn about the laws where you live, including how to get a high school diploma if this is your final year of high school. If it’s not, then you’ll need to talk to your high school about your options and what sort of credits they would accept–regular homeschooling, only through certain correspondence/online programs, only through home-study… You don’t want to spend a year working hard on your education to have it not count when/if you go back.

Once you’ve done your research, then talk to her about it. Don’t try to convince her–she’s in a vulnerable state and it would almost be a form of manipulation for you to set out to convince her. Just talk to her about it. Tell her about what you’ll have learned, tell her about the benefits you see from doing it. Let her mull it over. But respect that this might not be a good time for her to be trying to figure out if something like this is a good thing or not.

Make the offer, but accept her decision. If school doesn’t go so well for you, make sure your counselor knows the situation, because they can help you keep things in perspective and keep and eye out if you need something special to get through it.

You’ll have to register as a homeschooler in your state.

Use this website. www.hslda.org

After, check and see if your state has an online virtual school.

www.k12.com

www.connectionsacademy.com

There are also correspondence schools that you could use, but they can be expensive. I use Penn Foster and it’s a good program. It’s $900 for all four years, but you can send them your transcripts and it will be a lot cheaper.