why do some parents choose to homeschool? do you think it's a good idea??

Question

why do some parents home school?? what are your thoughts?

Answer 1

I know several families that chose to home school for various reasons. Most often, they wanted to protect their children from the evils of the public school system. In watching these kids grow up, I have mixed emotions. They do seem more intelligent and more mature than their public school counterparts, but they seem to have difficulties in forming relationships later on. Whether the two are related or not, I can't say for sure. But one of the home schooled pupils is now 24 years old and has never gone on a date. It seems the well-meaning parents may have inadvertently squelched the natural development of an otherwise healthy adult life for their child. How sad!

Answer 2

Parents choose to homeschool for a myriad of different reasons ranging from protection; to providing personal attention and a higher level of education; to promoting family togetherness; to the convenience of flexible class schedules for travel and other life endeavors.

There are both pros and cons to the decision and it must be made thoughtfully and with much consideration to the individual needs and desires of EACH child. Some students do not do well in a public school environment, but flourish and grow under the tutelage and guidance of their parents in a one-on-one learning environment. Others, however, have the desire to live, learn and play along with their same-aged peers. For a parent to take that experience away from them at an early age is simply wrong.

I have read many replies that boast about the advanced maturity levels of homeschooled children. That is an undeniable fact. Homeschooled kids are far and away more mature than the normal public schooled pre-teens. Admittedly, these children seem to be highly intelligent and are also markedly more articulate than the others. But, is it necessary for them to adapt to an adult way of life at such a young age? I ask this question because of the several homeschooled children I have met, none of them "play" with other kids their age when put into a social situation with a group of peers at church picnics. Those that attend school together on a daily basis form a play group and the family of homeschooled outsiders hang around with the adults and watch. The most disturbing part of the scenario is that the homeschooling parents do not encourage them to participate with the other children. It is not only distracting to the adult study group, but one child in particular displays forlorned facial expressions while obediently staying near to his mother's side.

Even if this child graduates magna cumlaude from THE most distinguished university on the planet in the future, he had to give up a basic childhood experience...simple child's play. So, sue me, boo me, do as you will, (I noticed all of the negative responses received thumbs down) but clearly there are indeed instances where homeschool can be detrimental to the normal social development of children. And in that case, it is not a good idea.

Answer 3

Like a good education in any school, it does best with a high degree of investment from parents.

My husband is a teacher at a private school, but we home school because:

We like to spend more time together as a family and have a flexible schedule.

I love learning along side my kids and discovering the world all over again through their eyes, and I Iove teaching. If I wasn't homeschooling, I would likely be teaching in another format.

I don't want to waste my kids time riding on buses, waiting for other kids to finish their work, listening to explanations of things they already understand, etc. I want them to be able to enjoy learning and not get bogged down.

Education of any kind is done from a certain perspective. It is "brain washing." I want to brainwash my children MY way, and not somebody else's. ;-)

Seriously, I don't see how anyone learns to deal with people in a healthy way when its just a bunch of 8 year olds, mostly unsupervised, fighting it out. It's like the blind leading the blind--only worse. I think being a guide for my children as they experience relational bumps is good. And they are not isolated from real world circumstances like kids who draw their friends from a pool that is no more than 9 months different in age from them. When besides school would you ever be so segregated? My kids don't know that "cool kids" don't like Barney when they are 8--they get to decide for themselves. They don't care if they are the only people on the planet that wear Lord of the Rings cloaks everywhere they go. Even if I try to convince them not to...

I am so thankful that we can homeschool. The kids test out 18 months + ahead for the most part, and we are having a great time.

Answer 4

I've been homeschooled my entire life and I love it. After reading some of the other's responses, I think I've learned all the things "joey" learned, while being at home, getting a very close relationship with my parents, learning how to figure things out on my own, learn how to be an introvert and an extrovert depending on the situations, and getting great communication skills! I owe it all to my parents...they're the best! I'm planning on homeschooling my kids....when I have them.....;)

Answer 5

My son was crying every day and having stomach aches. This was during all of first grade. I had to tutor him in Kindergarten and 1st grade. It was getting to be more and more of his subjects every year. First reading, then math and handwriting, then language arts....We felt my son wasn't having a chance to have any time to relax between school and tutoring in his off time. My son was begging to homeschool (at 6 years old!), and I already was homeschooling him on a lot of subjects anyway. I asked if he could attend part time on the other remaining subjects, trying to see if we could have him still attend school part-time in the afternoon, and the answer was no, so we decided to homeschool full-time as the only viable solution left. We were hardly worried about germs or whatever, LOL.

I joined several Yahoo group homeschool lists at the time (wonderful support system!), and there were dozens of other moms that had similar stories, many had children that had horrible times in the school system where they had received little to no help for their special needs children and they had been stressed out or worse. Homeschooling for all of them seemed to be a relief. It was for us also.

My son was more relaxed, more social, and I was more relaxed as well. He has asked to remain in homeschooling until college which we will probably do. I am also homeschooling my 7 year old dd now as well. I think it is a good solution for our family, and probably many special needs children, esp. if they are struggling and stressed in school.

Answer 6

Sometimes its not even the parents. I had a choice after 2 years of highschool when we moved, and I chose homeschooling. It can be for a variety of reasons. Some have religious reasons. Others don't want to worry about the influences in school. My sister was picked on horribly, so my mom homeschooled her. I chose because I could finish homeschooling faster than public school. Don't listen to those that tell you that homeschooled children are socially retarded. They don't know what they're talking about. I became more social after being homeschooled. It really depends on your personality. If you are motivated and have a hard schedule to adapt to, I would recommend homeschooling.

Answer 7

homeschooling is a great idea. im homeschooled i have a social life, and all my friends say that it is a great thing that im homeschooled because the public school drama is not worth it.


trust me homeschoolers are not secluded wierd people. think of it this way, the kids hang around there parents more than people their age, their parents are more mature than their peers, hence the child/teen matures much faster than when they "hang out" with their peers.

i think that the homeschooling and public school is the descision of the parents. but i think that family togetherness should be promoted more than it is now.

Answer 8

Do you think it's a good idea to have a child be forced to go somewhere for 6 hours a day 5 days a week 10 months a year for 13 years? Do you think it's a good idea that youth must spend 15000 hours doing something that they very likely would rather be doing anything else?

They say school is for learning? Well, being bored is hardly any way to learn anything! No wonder hardly anyone remembers what they were forced to memorize at school. School isn't about learning, it's about training people to be obedient to those with authority over them.

How would you feel if you were told today that you must go to school for the next eleven years, that you must attend all the classes I have deemed necessary for you, that you must submit to humiliating procedures and that you will probably be in fear for your physical safety much of the time. But worse, that you will have to put your own life on hold for eleven years in order to jump through the hoops that will be set up for you?

You listen to a lesson, you do some exercises, you are given a test. In order to pass the test, you must memorize information - this is often done by following elaborate "learning methods", none of which are really much more than ways to trick your brain into remembering things it otherwise would disregard. Some people actually remember some of this information later in their lives - especially if they happen to go into a career that's somehow related to it. Most people, on the other hand, don't remember much more than 20% of everything they ever learned at school - including the skills needed for reading, writing and working with numbers.

Answer 9

Yes, I'm a parent and homeschooled both of my girls.

I put them in college early and know they are already working and have a degree.

I loved being with them everyday and also we did a lot of traveling.

It was hard for me to do because I really like working but now looking back it was the best thing that we every did.

I taught them for 8 years.

They are more creative, more mature, and well rounded.
All ages of people love them dearly (I'm trying to say very socially adjusted)

They don't live in my house now so now I am able to work again and I travel around the world!!!

Homeschooling great idea!

Answer 10

per chance i must be a good human being to respond to this in view that i'm homeschooled: the numerous motives for it are because public colleges (or maybe the own college I attended for awhile) can't provide me practically as good of an preparation as I (or any youngster) must be getting. i recognize little ones in public/deepest colleges--fifth graders who can't tell time, third graders who can't examine..the record is going on. in view that i'm homeschooled, i am going to study at my personal %.. the different significant reason must be because popular college is a waste of time. Why does it take popular colleges 8 hrs. to study each and every of the topics even as it takes me 2 or 3 hrs.? the only reason little ones are in college that lengthy is because their father and mom are at artwork. And it is extremely unhappy that they bypass to college longer and homeschooled little ones are in all likelihood smarter than ninety 9% of them. people say homeschooled little ones are not socialized. Bull crap. some are not..of direction. yet maximum individuals are very well socialized. in view that i'm only schooled for 2 or 3 hrs. an afternoon I have more desirable time for acquaintances. people imagine the only position little ones can get acquaintances is in college even as genuinely there are youngsters communities, events, instructions, golf equipment, homeschooling communities, etc. same to maximum of public schooled little ones, the individuals who imagine homeschooled little ones are not socialized are only uneducated. The "evils" of the customary public college equipment is a few thing that ought to take me awhile to record. i am going to provide some examples, regardless of the actuality that. the little ones down the line from me are in 4th grade. some months in the past they were outdoors playing basketball by ability of the line and were attempting to go back to a call which intense college ladies had the perfect boobs. Wow--i am going to't imagine why any parent would not wanna signal their youngster up for public college! those little ones particular are studying substantial values! they could inform you her bra length yet in all likelihood would not be able to count number that prime. each and every of the bullying that is going on in colleges, each and every of the drugs, sex, violence--yep, our public colleges are some thing to be pleased with.