Why are people against homeschooling?

Answer 1

because there are alot of people who don't really homeschool their kids. I am all for homeschooling (i will home school my kids) but my cousin pulled her kids out of school and isn't teaching them anything but to "go away and watch a movie" and the kids down the street are "homeschooled" but are 8 and 9 and can't read or tell time.

Also, homeschooling is spoken badly of because there is a lack of social stimuli. I think that if you homeschool, you should also put your kids into "classes" like ballet, "teams" like Little League, or in other groups, such as Girl or Boy scouts.

Answer 2

Well I believe people are against homeschooling for several reasons. Usually they have not really researched all the benefits that go along with homeschooling. I homeschool my two oldest children at home and even though I am not a certified teacher, I understand how to read a teacher's manual and do assignments with my children. They are in the third and fourth grade.
Public schools discourage homeschooling because they lose out on government money each year when students withdraw from their schools.
My main reason for homeschooling is to teach my children the bible and about Jesus, which is naturally not taught at a public school and is very important to our family. I think my homeschooled children are very respectful to adults, friendly to other children and very socialized. My children do not shy away from me or their father and are not embarrassed by us, as some kids are who have more loyalty to teachers and friends than to their own parents or siblings. I teach my children to the best of my ability and make it fun. We go on field trips with other homeschoolers and I can concentrate on weaknesses in my children when it comes to learning. My son is very intelligent and can do assignments without much help. My daughter is a visual learner and needs more help in math and reading. I love her and can concentrate on her needs more than a teacher can who has twenty some kids in her class. In her kindergarten class, when she was in school, she hardly learned a thing but was passed anyway. My son was always picked on at school and nothing was done about it. But as I stated earlier, homeschooling has many benefits and takes lots of hard work and effort by both parents! I recommend it to anyone!

Answer 3

Most of the previous answers are very true! People can be afraid of what they don't understand. Even my husband reacted this way about homeschooling when I first suggested it (and I'm a certified teacher!). He was concerned our kids would grow up to be 'weird' as they are cut off from society.

Only homeschools that are really secluded and don't interact with other people (like at all) have social skill problems. Otherwise, healthy homeschoolers learn to interact with ALL AGES and types of people - they are far more socialized than others!

As a previous primary teacher - are you trying to teach your child to act like other children, or do you want your child to be a child, but learn to act like a functioning adult? If your choice is the latter, than sticking your child in a classroom of 24 other same-age-peers makes no sense. Something to think about!

And just wait - soon they will make some comedy about homeschooling on ABC and then homeschooling will be widely accepted :). Really, that's not funny, but it is true (oh a sad society we live in!). People believe and accept what they see on TV more than anything else. YIKES!

God Bless!

Answer 4

Various reasons.
1. They do not believe that someone else can do as well as a regular teacher.
2. They think that the children will not have the proper social skills to function in society.
3. There are cases that the homeschooled child did not get the education they needed.
4. In some cases it is used to oppress women.

I don't agree with all of them but these are just a few. Many public school professionals feel threatened by homeschooling.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'm not against homeschooling if it's done properly. You have to make sure that your child is involved in afterschool activities (even if they don't go to the local public school the school is still legally bound to offer them after school activities) and you have to make sure that you know what the public school curriculum is in order to ensure your childs success. I have a student that just entered my fourth grade class two months ago. She's been home schooled her whole life and her mother is a certified teacher (who does not teach at a school) but there is no way this girl is going on to fifth grade because she doesn't know a fourth of the things she needs to know to get out of fourth grade.

Answer 7

Because most people don't truly understand what all it entails. They go by what they hear in the news or from others. Or they go by the very few homeschoolers they know (or the ones who know people, who know people who may know a hs'er), and just assume that they are all like that.

Answer 8

Because Public school is what society has always taught is the right direction to go. Homeschooling is out of the norm and whenever something is out of the norm people shy away from it and criticize it without fully knowing about it.

Answer 9

Md4chris statement is the one thing that urks me,although I am For homeschooling. In this age I WILL NOT teach kids to respect all adults!!!!!!!! This is an era too full of pedifiles drugs and the list goes on. I do not shelter any kid from the facts!!!!!!

Answer 10

Primary reason is ignorance: they don't actually know what goes on in homeschooling, they don't understand human development and psychology, they don't understand aspects of sociology. Because they don't have the necessary knowledge and understanding, they attribute all kinds of things to homeschooling that aren't actually applicable.

Secondary reason is lack of faith in people. Sometimes this is a lack of faith in themselves, which means they then attribute their inability to other people; sometimes THEY wouldn't actually do what they accuse homeschooling parents of doing, but they have a lack faith in other people.

Other reasons can include underlying fear and it's a way to defend your own education, choice of job or your choices with your children. I've encountered some people who are truly extremely defensive when they find out others are homeschooling--they jump quickly to find all kinds of reasons to send kids to school and really do seem threatened by someone picking something different from what they would pick.