What do you think about homeschooling?

Hi kaysue4, homeschooling is probably okay for younger children, But I really believe that they need to be with others of their own age. It is certainly good for families to spend time together too, in fact it is very important. I think some people try to protect their children from what's happening in society, but it really can't be done. We all need to work together to create a better society. Blessings.

I think homeschooling is a wonderful thing. I don't believe any state court should have the right to say it shouldn't be done. If we want to school our children, we should be allowed to. Homeschooling has come a long way in recent years. Many places have groups that get together to socialize the children, of any age. Combine that with the individual attention that we can give to our children (as opposed to a teacher with a class of 30 and 40 minutes to teach), and I feel that homeschooling has the potential to create well balanced, intelligent children. I haven't decided if I'm going to home school my child. (He's only 7 months, so I have some time to decide.) However, the more I hear about school shootings and general violence, lack of quality teachers, over crowded classrooms, and all that, I'm certainly leaning that way...

I was "homeschooled" till I was 7 or 8. My mother was a qualified infant/junior teacher and also taught the children of a few friends. When I progressed to a 'real' school (which was a private school, noted for its academic quality), I was not only a year ahead of my age but I had some trouble adjusting to the rather different discipline and my work suffered a good deal. I don't say that homeschooling is a bad thing, however. It is, I believe, right for some children but not for all. There are many factors which would decide whether a particular child should be educated at home or not. 'Sensitivity' should not be one of the main ones! I am a firm believer in the fact that children need to learn early how not to be hurt by others and how to adjust their self-valuation in the light of what others think of them. If this does not happen, they are less likely to be able to cope with life in the wild, bad world. I don't know the details of the story you mention. I can only hope that the ruling applied to a specific case where, perhaps, it was felt that the parents were not giving their children a good or balanced education. I agree with you that, in principle, homeschooling should be allowed but, at the same time, believe that the education provided should be monitored at least as well as public education is monitored. There should be no excuse for parents to provide their children with substandard education simply because they disagree with some of the aspects of education provided by state schools. Teaching is a very skilled and highly trained profession and many parents who aspire to homeschool their children, despite their protestations to the contrary, may not be giving them the balanced education that they deserve.

I wonder what the court case was about? I think homeschooling can be good for some people. I know several people that have chosen to do that with their kids. A lot of people argue that home schooled children won't get enough socialization, but I've seen that isn't true. Most homeschooled kids have plenty of friends. Homeschool families have groups sometimes where they organize field trips and other networks. This kids also participate in non-school activities such as sports etc. Personally, I don't homeschool my own children. My temperment and theres just doesn't make for a good homeschooling match. I'm not patient enough and they have their personality traits that would just prove to me more than I could handle trying to teach them school work. But I do respect those who choose to homeschool their children.

There are a lot of good responses here. Honestly, homeschooling can be good or bad. I think homeschooling is more beneficial to high schoolers. I was homeschooled part of elementry school and part of high school. I hated it when I was in elementry school, but in high school it was one of the best things that had ever happened to me. I could work as quickly or as slowly as I wanted, I didn't have to wake up super early, and the very best part was that I didn't have to deal with the high school drama and fuss. The program my district had in place allowed us to take two classes at the local high school as well, and so I got things like shop, and art. I did two years of high school in one, which was a good thing because I got pregnant my senior year and couldn't get much done due to health problems. Homeschool is a GREAT option.

i wouldn't use it for middle schoolers or high schoolers because i have a friend that was taken out of because she hung around with the wrong crowd in middle school and she hasn't learned anything like the kids that are actually in school, especially when she got to go on her own time when it should've been a set time. but now that she doesnt have the kind of education that she could have she cant get a good job.

i think it s awesome.. :)

while some people had some good points as to why there should be homeschooling, I think that children need to learn to interact with other children on a daily basis. I dont think you can learn how to deal with daily people problems sitting at home. on the other hand I do think that maby by the time they reach high school and seeing how things are going in those areas maby high school homeschooling is a good idea.

I am a primary school teacher and a parent. I would not wish to home school my own children but think home schooling can work well in many situations. I visited the School of the Air in Western Australia. It offers education to children that live too far from their nearest school. They do lessons over radio or Internet connection. Before I moved I knew an English lady with two daughters and one of them joined a school at 4 years of age. Her parents thought it didn't suit her so her mum began home schooling both her children. She taught them to speak French and often took them to France on day trips. She taught them to cook food and play musical instruments. She got to read and write to a high standard. She let them play number games and they grew up to really like Maths. She didn't have enough sport's equipment or knowledge about Science. I think that for health reasons home schooling could be good in your case. Good luck.

In my country it was still allow as to do homeschooling they are open to that because there are situation that cannot be avoided like for example the sick person who want to continue there studies, some are in show business lack of time so they do home schooling also. Many thing to consider the government must allow this for the sake of many that does have time or were not able to go to a real school for their own good reason. Home schooling is agreeable for me if I have a chance I might be doing it also to my child for my very own valid reason also. So what they reason of abolishing it in California? did you know why

I think its okay if the parent is educated enough to handle teaching. I also think its good for kids to get out and interact with other kids and adults. In the end its whats best for you and your little ones.

I have nothing against homeschooling. A lot of showbiz personalities here in Manila do homeschooling since they have a busy schedule with all the tapings, shows, TV guestings, etc. but still they want to have an education and this is their best option.

There is a time an place for home schooling. Since many public schools in America provide less than quality education, parents should be allowed to provide better for their children. If there is the chance for children to attend activities with other children then there is no reason it should not occur. As long as the necessary information is provided, it should be permitted.

I live in Australia and a lot of the home schooling takes place with children in the bush that cant get to a school facillity,and some are for religious reasons. I see no problem with home schooling if you have the quallification to do that as long as it's not just a dependency to your that you are forfilling. I belive that children need to interact with others for their social skills and learning the ways of the world, there is no lesson like life expeeriance. My uncle home schooled all 5 of his daughters and by the time he dicided to send them to a school and his oldest to go and get a job they didn't know how to interact or approach people. All he wanted was to protect his children from bullies and all the corruption in the world he messed up and they had to take it all on at once and it was very overwhelming for them. by all means home schooling is great and I would love to do that with my children but I would take them to places like play groups and enroll them into sport to have the social aspect that they need. good luck with whatever you decide.