Do you think that homeschool children are better behaved and more disciplined then public school taught kids?

Question

Only observation's between the two please.
No bashing either side.
Thanks :).

Answer 1

I've been home schooled and i also attend a public highschool. I think that being homeschooled my mother taughted me to be respectful. I mean if you talk back to your teacher who happens to be your mother; well lets just say its worse than and 10 min detention. Teachers in public and most private school can not dissipline children to the point when they actual regret misbehaving in class. When you mouth off in a class your fellow students give your "props" (attention or respect) and normally a student is not detered from acting up in class again by a detention. When a child is homeschooled the parents are normally much more involved with the student on goings in the classroom setting. I think that most of the homeschooled students i know are homeschooled with siblings so they spend more time having to getting along with each other. Playing club sports I would always like to play on the team with a couple of home schooled girls because they played as a team and were not rude to the coach. While I saw more disrespect coming from girls who when to the public school (example "my parents pay you to teach me.... blah blah").

I want to be an inner-city teacher in East St. Louis, I sure hope my students can learn to respect me fast or i'll have the cleanest room in the school (working detentions).

Answer 2

Sometimes, but it's not a given. There are so many contributing factors to behavior of either group. But sometimes when students are used to having lots of adult attention (like the 1-1 or small group setting that is often the case with homeschooling) they do not behave as well if placed in a regular classroom. Sometimes they will act out to try and get some of that adult attention back again.

On the other hand, I grew up with a family of homeschooled kids who all eventually went to public high school. They were very well behaved. I think a lot of that was the influence of their strict Baptist parents. All in all, I think parenting has a huge influence on behavior no matter what kind of schooling a child has. Kids learn what they live.

Answer 3

Maybe I could homeschool kids--to a point.

However, here are some possible issues that I see:

1. Are the parents fully educated themselves? If "Little Johnny" is being taught by a mom who dropped out of school in the 9th grade...his learning can be inhibited.

2. Social skills. If parents keep their children "locked up" in the house all the time--they won't have a clue on how to deal with others. Make sure kids have play time outside with other neighborhood children or participate in team hobbies/sports (football, soccer, dance, etc.).

3. Are homeschooled students receiving a "well-rounded education"? All core subjects (English, Math, Science, Social Studies) are extremely important and should be taught first. Add other fun courses like learning about other countries, computer technology, art (also known as "electives" in public school) to further their learning experiences.

4. How recent and relevant are the textbooks being used? Public schools have "textbook committees"--do homeschool teachers have these too?

P.S. I have taught homeschooled kids before and their behavior seemed the same as those in public school. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Answer 4

There is no simple answer to this, as it depends on the kids and the parents, but the two groups will have different virtues and challenges.

Homeschool kids will, in general, not have been age segregated the way public school kids are, and will be less subject to peer pressure from others of the same age. Most will be more comfortable with kids of all ages and with adults than public school kids.

Public school kids MAY be more comfortable in large groups, and in competitive situations, but may also just tune out when placed in such environments if they are not successful there.

Answer 5

I think this varies a great deal on the homeschooling being done.

A great part of education is learning how to socialize. I've known kids that where completely homeschooled that went to college and where lost because they didn't know how to function outside of their home. It wasn't disicpline that kept them in line but lack of opportunity to "go wild"

I think homeschooling can over come this if the students are involved in various programs that introduce them to others but it is more of a challenge.

I think that a lot of kids attending public schools lack displine due to class size. It is impossible to hold each kid accountable in a room of 30 plus students.

That being said, I really think you must look at a bigger scope then just homeschooled versus publicly educated.

Answer 6

I would suggest that homeschooled children are less prone to follow the pack when it comes to influences in behaviour. We all know the excuse "Well, everyone else was doing it!" and many times that's exactly where children fail in the behaviour department .. peer pressure. So, with that in mind, homeschooled children may seem to more easily follow the wishes of their parents .. or guardians .. as the case may be.

Answer 7

No, homeschool children are like children at a religious school, most of them feel like they have a pressure or that the person who educates the kid doesn´t let him/her to express as it should and when they go to a public school, they feel free and they start to do all kinds of things, and some of them are bad, they could get into trouble, i have friends who have been to private school and now they´ve gone wild.

Answer 8

It really depends on the person and greatly on the parents in the case of home schooling. One good thing about school(non home) is the children get socialized at a young age. They learn how to act in public situations and in my opinion that's very important.

Answer 9

i have observed that homeschooled kids are more socially behind than their public schooled counterparts, i think public school kids are just as likely to screw up as homeschooled, in fact most kids that sheltered are the first to get out of the house and do something stupid

Answer 10

Nope. I have seen kids from both backgrounds behave the same. It all depends on the parenting.