reporter: like nonprofit groups that provide an overall curriculum, for-profit groups that provide weekly lesson plans. laura brody wrote love in the time of home schools after home schooling her daughter for one year. we had a very good experience and a lot of successes, and a lot of fights and power struggles, and i didn t find home schooling books that talked about that. reporter: orred fact that home schooling is a 24/7 job. everything is education, and it s 365 days a year. of course, we take breaks and have fun and we do watch cartoons. we don t have a time to turn on learning and turn it off. reporter: for a growing number of families, home schools is the best way to raise, as these parents would say, well-rounded kids who will become not just smart adults but good people.
children. there s tons of resources out there to help you. reporter: like nonprofit groups that provide an overall curriculum. for-profit groups that provide weekly lesson plans for groups of parents. still that doesn t mean it s a cinch. laura brody wrote love in a time of home schooling after home schooling her daughter for one year. we had a very good experience. a lot of successes. also a lot of fights and pourp power struggling and i didn t find books. talked about advantages of home schooling but not so much about the bad days. reporter: and the fact home schooling is a 24/7 job. educational, 365 day as year. of course we take breaks, have fun, do watch cartoons. we don t just have a time when we turn learning on and learning off. do you know where we get volcanic ash? reporter: for a growing number of parents, the best
you ll hear his story from the men that respect him most. i m kyra phillips. you are live in the cnn newsroom. first, just learning now that a helicopter that crashed in afghan was carrying nine american troops. we don t have specifics as to what exactly happened but we re told that enemy fire has been ruled out as a possible cause. today s casualties make this year the deadliest so far for the war in afghanistan. more than 500 coalition troops have been killed. we re going to continue to monitor this story an bring you updates as soon as we get them. we are bracing for a close senate debate on whether to dump don t ask, don t tell. the outcome could hinge on moderates. so popular star lady gaga is waging war on behalf of openly-gay troops and if you never thought of the outspoken singer as a political warrior, wait until you see this. i m here because they inspire me. i m here because i believe in them. i m here because don t ask, don t tell is wrong. it s unjust. an
air force tech who died on a top secret mission to laos. i live it every day. it haunts me. and, good morning, everyone. i m brooke baldwin in for tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. want to begin this hour with a question for you. what if the gulf oil spill saturated florida s beaches? i m talking getting deep, deep down in there, but the law wouldn t allow anyone to clean it up? in fact, federal rules may be limiting the cleanup process by limbing crews from digging deeper than six inches. a reporter who went digging for oil on one of those florida beaches was told, get out of here. it s illegal. here is the story from dan thomas from wear in pensacola. reporter: we came out here to the national park to show you what exactly is in the sand lower than six inches, and we wanted to use the shovel and give you a look but apparently that s illegal. bp has machines ready to go to dig down 18 inches. a quick look at the ma
the military policy banning openly gay service members. she brought her star power to a rally in maine urging lawmakers to repeal it. what did she say? that freedom is prime rib of america? perhaps she said that since she posed in an outfit made up only of prime rib. defending everyone s freedom to wear a meat dress should they so choose. and join the live conversation going on right now, go to cnn.com/amfix. well, up first this hour, given the tea party s new superstar a chance to clear the air. a lot of questions the way christine o donnell spent some of her campaign money. a complaint was filed with the federal election commission over a handful of checks that were written in 2009 after her 2008 run for senate was over. christine o donnell was speaking at a campaign forum in delaware last night. and our gary tuchman went to the candidate to give her a chance to respond. take a look. we have been ethical. we have not i ve personally i have not misused the ca