In the US at least you can try homeschooling, and if it doesn’t work for you or your child they can just return to school. In the state I lived in when unschool

In the US at least you can try homeschooling, and if it doesn’t work for you or your child they can just return to school. In the state I lived in when unschooling three kids, Oregon, public schools allow homeschoolers to participate in sports and other activities. It’s not an all-or-nothing or permanent choice. Kids change schools all the time, which can prove just as disruptive as taking a year to try something different.