I don't homeschool, but I'm really open to it. DH is not, thinks that if he suffered through school the kids should have to, too. He would have been a great candidate for unschooling - life-long learner who contantly picks up new hobbies (music, hunting, beer making, etc.) I loved school, though. Even loved middle school, and especially loved high school.
We currently have a 6 year old in public school, and if I am being honest, I am really struggling with school right now. There's homework in 1st grade, and if they don't turn it in on Friday they lose their recess to complete it. I managed to do very well in school and test very high, all without homework in 1st grade. I LOVED school, and I just don't see that same love for school in my daughter, but she loves to learn. We read non-fiction as her bedtime story every night, as she loves animals and wants to know ALL the facts about them. If I homeschooled, I could easily unschool and teach her geography, reading, science, vocabulary and spelling and base it on animals. I could probably fit math in there, as well, I'd just have to get creative. We had to finish her homework yesterday, so we did 'homeschool' and she wanted me to pick a subject in between every page of homework to do, and she really had fun. We did tanagrams, silent reading, watched science videos about animals (symbiotic relationship and the life cyle of mosquitoes), art and recess plus the 8 pages of writing practice she needed to finish up, from the 26 (okay, 13 front and back) page packet she brought home on Friday.
Then there's the ability to take her places, which now has to be done during breaks. My husband gets to go to Chicago this fall for work, and I would LOVE to take her and take her to all the museums. Unfortunately, she picks up colds all the time, and has already missed two days of school, so taking a week off is out of the cards. I'll get a truancy letter at 10 days missed, and it's just not a batlle I want to fight with the district. She needs her days off to be saved for sickness, which is the intent of course, but I'd love to take her to Chicago on this trip that is being paid for by my husband's work. We'll do Chicago another time with her. Sigh.
There are absolutely good things about her being in school, so don't take this as me being anti-school. I like that I don't have to butt heads with her, we get a bit of a break from each other and she definitely learned a bunch last year in kindergarten. She started to read, which was my goal for her, and she was very well-behaved and a good student, which was a relief. We'll see what happens in the coming years, and for now, we are taking it one year at a time. I do look forward to a time where I can start working part-time again, and if I homeschooled that would be difficult.
You absolutely will get push-back if you homeschool. I can kind of understand that if it were the 1980's, when it was relatively rare. But nowadays? I don't get it. Just check your local laws on schooling though, and make sure you comply.