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Think back to a time when you experienced emotional pain or unresolved anger while at school as a youngster. As you look back do you wonder if your parents should have home schooled you? There are many reasons parents home school their children. This article will discuss some of the reasons children are home schooled.
Parents who teach their children at home tend to fall into two main categories:
1. Those who prefer to home school their children.
2. Those who want an alternative to the existing school system.
Those who prefer to home school their children.
o Some parents prefer to home school their kids to provide their children with a.
different style of education.
o Other parents after having been involved with their children's education at preschool find they have the confidence to continue with the educating of their children at home.
o Some parents' alternative values believe their child's learning and development would be better supported through home schooling.
Those who want an alternative to the existing school system.
Parents in this category will educate their children at home for a number of reasons.
o Children may have health issues or special needs.
o Bullying of their children, a serious problem in our schools, will drive some parents to home school their kids.
o There are children with different learning styles who parents feel would gain more from being taught at home.
o Parents with children possessing gifted abilities or special talents will see homeschooling as the better of two options.
o Unfortunately in our existing system of education some students have for one of more reasons not been able to fit in or conform to the way of life offered in a school setting. In many cases some of these students have been suspended or expelled from the school. The parents have seen no other option but to begin home schooling.
There is no one right way to educate your children. As pointed out in this article there are many reasons why parents home school their children. Home schooling is clearly an exciting alternative option in today's educational climate, something that many parents feel strongly and passionate about. My five children have all been home schooled, not by me but by my wife.
I am a qualified primary school teacher who teaches and have done so for many years in a state primary school which I absolutely love. I have never personally home schooled. So my friend I am not advocating that you home school your children or send them to a state school. Carefully consider and weigh up the pros and cons in your situation before you decide to home school or not. The fact that you are like so many other loving and caring parents ensures that you will make the right decision.
Think back to a time when you experienced emotional pain or unresolved anger while at school as a youngster. As you look back do you wonder if your parents should have home schooled you? There are many reasons parents home school their children. This article will discuss some of the reasons children are home schooled.
Parents who teach their children at home tend to fall into two main categories:.
1. Those who prefer to home school their children.
2. Those who want an alternative to the existing school system.
Those who prefer to home school their children.
o Some parents prefer to home school their kids to provide their children with a.
different style of education.
o Other parents after having been involved with their children's education at preschool find they have the confidence to continue with the educating of their children at home.
o Some parents' alternative values believe their child's learning and development would be better supported through home schooling.
Those who want an alternative to the existing school system.
Parents in this category will educate their children at home for a number of reasons.
o Children may have health issues or special needs.
o Bullying of their children, a serious problem in our schools, will drive some parents to home school their kids.
o There are children with different learning styles who parents feel would gain more from being taught at home.
o Parents with children possessing special talents or gifted abilities will see homeschooling as the better of two options.
o Unfortunately in our existing system of education some students have for one of more reasons not been able to fit in or conform to the way of life offered in a school setting. In many cases some of these students have been suspended or expelled from the school. The parents have seen no other option but to begin home schooling.
There is no one right way to educate your children. As pointed out in this article there are many reasons why parents home school their children. Home schooling is clearly an exciting alternative option in today's educational climate, something that many parents feel strongly and passionate about. My five children have all been home schooled, not by me but by my wife.
I am a qualified primary school teacher who teaches and have done so for many years in a state primary school which I absolutely love. My friend I am not advocating that you home school website your children or send them to a state school. Whether you are home schooling your child yourself, or in an online school, the question will inevitably come up about their socialization.
Socialization is a broad term. By this, does one mean that the student will not be exposed to diverse cultures, and nationalities? The implication here is that the home schooled student may not be prepared to cope with democracy in this country.
Dr. Brian Ray of the NHERI (National Home Education Research Institute) in 2003 studied the question of civic involvement of adults who had been home schooled. He found that twice as many home schooled adults were involved in civic organizations as public schooled adults. It was also found that 76% of home schoolers voted in the last 5 years compared to 35% of those not home schooled.
It seems to me that the larger question is the type of socialization that occurs in public school vs. home school. The development of social skills is mostly dependent on with whom one spends most of his time. In public school, this time is spent with same-age peers. Those taught at home are influenced by family members, clergy, and in controlled groups by coaches, dance teachers, and scout leaders.
The problem with peer dominated socialization is that teens and children are strongly influenced to "fit in" and be accepted by the other kids. This can be a dangerous form of pressure. Your child may become defiant to adults, use drugs or alcohol, join a gang, commit acts of violence and many other dysfunctional activities. Even with solid moral values at home, the child my ignore his conscience and put himself in danger.
Public schools attempt to counter these pressures by teaching children sexual health, "stranger danger", and "just say no to drugs". When the role models for behavior are other peers, and pressure is THAT powerful, these lectures will fall on deaf ears.
For high school aged kids, dating becomes an area of stress in traditional schools. Who is dating the athlete or cheerleader? The popularity of a teen's date for the dance is massively important. The social hierarchy among teens can become all encompassing. Then there is the pressure to be sexually active. This can lead to extremely mixed up values for our teens who are experiencing physical changes at the same time.
Parents should realize that a peer dominated social environment is abnormal and temporary, and will not resemble the complexity of life in our society after public school. In fact, the home schooled student with diverse activities, is living in a much more realistic social environment than the public schooled student.
I am a qualified primary school teacher who teaches and have done so for many years in a state primary school which I absolutely love. My friend I am not advocating that you home school your children or send them to a state school. I am a qualified primary school teacher who teaches and have done so for many years in a state primary school which I absolutely love. My friend I am not advocating that you home school your children or send them to a state school. It seems to me that the larger question is the type of socialization that occurs in public school vs. home school.