Why let Tim and Lisa learn at home than send them to school? Well, first of all, you don’t have to wake them up at 7 every morning and bundle them off to school with umpteen numbers of instructions, and wait with an anxious heart till they return.
Homeschooling gives you more control over the influences that affect your child. The growth and development of your child is removed from the realm of the unknown. You and you alone can decide what your child needs to do or learn. Tailoring the curriculum to suit the needs and interests of the child is one of the most obvious benefits of homeschooling
Individual attention is another salient benefit of homeschooling. For instance, if Lisa needs more time to learn Math, then she can reduce the time for her English lessons. There are no fixed hours of learning per subject. This means that a child has the advantage of assigning more number of hours to the subject that seems tough WITHOUT any additional pressure. The amount of time needed to learn each subject will depend on the abilities and interests of the child.
The schooling of the child becomes an extended family activity. Parents get involved in every step of the learning procedure. Field trips and experiments become family activities. Thus, the child receives more quality time with his parents. The entire family shares games, chores and projects. Family closeness becomes the focus here. The child is also free of any negative peer pressure while making choices and decisions.
Competition is limited when it comes to homeschooling. The child does not need to prove his ability with regards to other children. His confidence remains intact. Since parents have a deep understanding of their child, they can plan the learning program to pique the child’s interest.
It is also possible to intersperse difficult tasks with fun activities. A tough hour with Algebra can be followed by a trip to the nearest museum. Learning becomes fun. Parents can also tailor the curriculum to suit the learning style of the child. Some children learn through reading, while others need to write, and still others need to see objects in action.
Homeschooling allows parents to take control over the moral and religious learning of the child. Parents have the flexibility to incorporate their beliefs and ideologies into the child’s curriculum. There is no confusion in the child’s mind either because there is no variation between what is being taught and what is being practiced.
Lastly, more and more parents are getting disillusioned with the public school system. They believe that their children are being pushed too hard or too little. Other worrying issues pertaining to discipline and ethics also make the school system less welcome. Many repudiate the educational philosophy of grouping children solely on the basis of their age. Some parents themselves have unhappy memories of their own public school experience that motivates them to opt for homeschooling when it comes to their own children.
Homeschooling is the best way to teach a child if you have the time, the ability and the interest to follow through with his education. After all, nobody can understand or appreciate your child more than yourself.
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How is homeschooling a selfish option?Mike C has let us know his opinion that homeschooling, other than for medical reasons, is a selfish option.
I don't understand that comment at all. It doesn't make any logical sense to me since I chose this for my children's benefit–knowing what I do about child psychology and development and the schools here–and not for my own. It has nothing to do with if my kids would do fine in school or not–it's what kind of people are they more likely to become or what are we as parents going to have to work against each day to negate whatever nonsense they've picked up at school.
I gave up a career outside the home and the income that would have brought. This of course means giving up all kinds of material possessions we could have had if I were making that income. That's selfish?
I have a huge responsibility now in making sure that my kids really get everything they need. It takes a lot of work and I do it for them because I truly believe it's what's best for them. That's selfish?
My kids don't want to go to school. They have each other as peers and they have friends they see on a regular basis. Wouldn't it be more selfish of me to say, "You know what kids? I know you like homeschooling, but I want to make more money just so I can buy more things so I'm going to send you to public school!"?
I should perhaps clarify that my goal in asking this question is to better understand how 'the other side' sees it. I really can NOT see a logical reason for saying that homeschooling is a selfish option. I'd really like to know how people can see it as selfish. Essentially, I want to get deeper into their perception of homeschooling and homeschoolers.
It's a shame that there are people out there who were homeschooled who have obvious issues with how their parents went about the homeschooling. That doesn't mean that every homeschooling parent does what your parents did.
And I never said that my kids even did things only with homeschoolers–they don't. Besides, I've met too many high school homeschoolers who love their life and have supportive parents. They have no regrets about being at home and choose to stay there. But as I said–they have SUPPORTIVE parents who work at the homeschooling.
I went through public school. I didn't experience anything that I would feel I would have missed out on had I not gone to school. Honestly.
Thanks, Mike, for responding. I still can't say I totally understand your point of view, but it at least provides a glimpse.
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Research shows that homeschoolers do well on all the standardized testing, socialization, etc. http://www.nheri.org/content/view/176/53/
I think one huge advantage of homeschooling is that you can tailor the curriculum to the interests of the child: when you are in the school system you often are boring a child because out of 30 children at least some are going to be bored by a topic or have already learned a topic. You can avoid that in homeschooling.
I do think though, obviously, as you mentioned, that homeschooling is wonderful for special needs children. You didn't mention but homeschooling is also great for gifted children who are easily bored by public school. My brother and I are both gifted and were bored through all of our schooling, both private and public, until I hit grad school, where I finally met others who were really enjoying the learning process as well. I think schooling is kind of aimed towards teaching that theoretical "average" child of which there really are so few. Most children, really, may have some deficits and/or gifted areas and so really will benefit from homeschooling in my opinion.
Of course, the reality is not every parent may have the personality, desire, financial situation, or willingness to homeschool so homeschool may not be an option for that reason. And then public and private schools are other options to be considered in that case.