To Home School or not to Home School

Home schooling is good IF the parent treats it like a real teaching job and the kids have a schedule. Some people just take it like a long summer vacation and don't do their job teaching them. I think parents being involved in their children's education is a good thing. With the problems schools have these days, I think it is a good idea to home school them.

I started home schooling my daughter this year. She had been tested and they told me that her iQ was so low that she would never be able to live on her owe. From the time she got into fourth grade they stop makeing her do homework which I didn't understand. All thought grade school she did it and was learn very well. She woudld have been in eight grade this year. AS for the social part they go to church and she is very muched like by everyone there.

Well I think homeschooling has it's advantages and it's disadvantages, as does a regular school setting. Personally, I liked homeschooling for myself (it was online but a lot like a home schooling setting) when I hit high school. I took grades 9 and 10 at a regular school and finished off the rest of the courses through online learning. My marks went way up during this time because I'm more of an independent learner and liked the fact that I could set my own hours; not to mention that I wasn't distracted doing my work online like I was in a regular school. From my experience, here are the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling: Advantages: -Convenience -Not such strict attendence policies -Teaches independence -Easier to focus Disadvantages: -lack of resources (text books, etc found in the classroom setting) -possible problems with social development (not being exposed to different kinds of people)

I myself have been homeschooling my 13 year old daughter for 3 years now. When I first became interested in it. I thought that I would not be able to do it because of all the myths that go along with it such as the socialization issue, or that there is to much invovled, or that the school district asks to much of you. The first year was a little hectic but after I became familiar with everything that we needed to do, I feel it was the best decision we could have made.

I have actually thought about homeschooling my oldest son, because he has cerebral Palsey and I don't want other kids to treat him different. Right now he goes to public schools and we have had some problems. I am thinking about taking him out after I can get enough money together..

i think home schooling is fine as long as the teacher is good enough to handle and teach the child. but i think schools outside is better because it will help the child interact in the society. they would be more aware of a lot of things and more intelligent.

I think it depends on the circumstances. Whether or not the parent can handle it, what the alternative choices are, and how will the parent involve their child in social activities. All kids need to learn to interact with their peers.

My experience with homeschoolers locally is that most of them do a good job, but once or twice I have met people who are just lazy and do not want to get their kids to school. The really good ones usually do community things to promote social development, like 4H, community theater, and field trips with other homeschoolers. I feel sorry for the kids who are just being homeschooled because the parents do not want to be responsible. They end up without much of an education or a future. Like I said, though, a lot of them get a very thorough and wonderful education.

i have a friend that has always home schooled her children and her kids have been introduced to play groups that homeschooling parents have in each state. so her children have never been socially deprived. that is a total misconseption to those that know nothing about home schooling at all. but i can tell you that they are among the smartest children that i know and they even challenge me to learn more and i grew up in public schooling. i myself plan on home schooling my children too. you can choose the courses as long as you have at least 4 of the class covered by the curiculum for your state. the more you put into it the better your children adjust and the smarter your children are. it is by far the truth when i tell you that if and when your children are introduced into a public school system though that your children can and will at times know more than the other children in their grade level due to the one on one teachings verses the 1 to 30 ratio. i hope that this helps.

I went to public school. I was deeply bothered by many issues there. I wanted to learn and very little of each hour was spent learning. Much of it was spent trying to get anywhere from 20 to 30 children to sit still and pay attention. Just organizing that many kids to do anything eats up most of the day. I resented all the 'desk time'. I resented that every time I was deeply into a project, it was suddenly time to put it all away and change subjects. By the time I reached high school, my English teacher could see the classroom environment was getting in the way of my learning. She talked to the head of the English dept. and he became my independent study teacher. I graduated from High School a year early. Anyway, when I had kids I decided to home school them. I wanted to encourage their creativity and problem solving abilities. I wanted them to be visionaries. Now they are grown. The eldest graduated magna c*m laude from a university two years ago. The youngest is a photographer and recently married. They are both employed and have their own businesses on the side. Recently I asked my oldest daughter if she resented being homeschooled and she said each year she appreciates it more and more. *Sorry about the misspelling. Evidently magna c*m laude violates their 'censoreship' rules.

you have to weigh all you options and every case is different for every family.

to be quite honest i don't like the idea of homeschooling. I think that those children lack the social abilities to succeed. Most homeschool people that I have been around have always been a tad "different." I just think that kids need a normal school environment in order to be the best that they can.

Attending to normal school is necessary to build up social skills. If the child can't dedicate 100% time to school because he's busy acting, singing or doing something beneficial that makes money, then it is okay for home school. but if the child doesn't have any activities, he should not be given home school. this will make a barrier to him from the real society. I am afraid he won't be able to cope later in adulthood.

Dear Charmedguyp1, I believe all children should be home schooled! I realize that is a harsh statement, but I truly mean it! We as a society today need to spend more time with our kids before they destroy our and there world. The schools are getting to be very dangerous. Not because these kids are learning more but because we are letting the system raises them. I think home schooling would eliminate gangs, racial hate crimes, attention getting crimes, etc. The schools do not have the resources to teach our kids manners and etiquette... I know most people need to have both parents working. I am a grandmother and if my daughter asked me I would gladly home school my granddaughter. I think the one on one from a parent out weights any social skills they MIGHT learn in a classroom setting. A lot of people are led to believe they aren't smart enough to home school there kids, which is just poppycock! The schools do not want you to home school, where would there revenue go ? I believe we do our children of today a great disservice in sending them to public schools.

I homeschooled my son for three years. He went back to public school this year (because we moved out of the school district from hell finally), and he's doing great. Academic classes, attending school functions, friends calling all the time...plus cute little girls coming to the door asking for him...homeschool can be a good thing if a parent is serious about teaching their children what they need to know to get into college someday and not just keep them home to brainwash some weird stuff into their little heads, which happens, unfortunately. That's what gives homeschooling a bad name.

Home schooling is ok but i do think that kids need that extra interaction with children their age. It build personality nd character. I say you dont really learn untill till you have that handson experience.

i personally think home schooling is cruel to the child..i would hate myself if my mother had chosen that for me, all the friends i would of missed out on reading, all the social lessons i would of missed learning from being at school and in that environment..school is such an important part of socialisation for a child and especially adolescent in this day and age...

I don't support it. It will increase lot of burden on students. This is not a good idea home schooling.

yeah i think it is good for children,

I've been homeschooled all my life. and I am not even remotely anti-social. It has its good qualities as well as the bad. Yeah I don't get to have that social interaction with kids my age. But I do get a better education. I don't have to worry about being picked on or bullied. I don't get to go to school mixers unless I am invited by someone who goes to public school. I don't mind, however, my mom and I have agreed it would be nice to do one year in public schools so for my senior year I am going to enroll.