What do you all think about homeschooling?

[apples45]

I think home schooling is ok for some people if the person giving the education is certified with a degree and has enough education to teach someone else.

But for me if I had children I would prefer public or private school because even though home school allows the child individual attention there's still a lot of other benefits to going to public or private school. such as being able to socialize with other kids and having friends apart from family, and going to school events like prom, and there are more academic benefits too, also developing good social skills is important in life, especially in a business setting that might require lots of interaction with people, and sometimes that may be lacking with children that grow up isolated at home with only there brother sister or parents, unless the parents have other outlets where there children can be with other kids or teens there age.

I speak from experience some teens or kids may have had great experience's being home schooled but not all kids do, I didnt. but I still understand and respect the parents that believe in this method of teaching there kids. but as I said home schooling was not the happiest time in my life, and if I could have done things a bit differnt I would have.

[sigmapi1501]

Homeschooling is great if you wanna raise one of those freaks I saw on the spelling bee. You can't protect your kids from everything forever. Man, kids are becoming more and more wussy. We teach them that they are special for no reason at all and we don't even keep score in T-ball anymore.

The result? An entire generation of people that live with their parents til they are 30.  Do you kids a favor and push them out of the nest. And stop treating your boys like girls.

[mylahsmommy]

I would think of homeschooling as being a last resort in a situation /w for example, a teen mom who cannot afford daycare.

[Kdub51]

Homeschooling would be good if your parents are teachers already and have retired but I always thnk a child should have the traditional schooling.  Go to school hang with friends,do schoolwork and then come home and do homework.  It could scar a kid if he is around his parents all the time ya know or even if they have a teacher come in to the house and teach, I wouldnt want to be at home all day would you?

[texas_teddy81]

My mom pulled me and my sister out of the public school system when i was going into high school. it was the best experience i could have ever had. i had that one on one attention. she enroolled us into a supportgroup for homeschoolers, which they had extrcricular activities, formals, and PE.   

[micheledav]

I am considering homeschooling my two year old. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[tacamp]

I think homeschooling is great for families that have two parents in the household.  I mean me being a single parent would not be able to do it because I have to work, then come home and fix dinner.  So home schooling would not be good for me, but I am not against it.

[wilkayla]

My parents also pulled me out of the public schooling system in order to homeschool my siblings and me. I honestly think it was the best decision they could have made. I graduated a couple years ago and now attend a private college over 12 hours from my home town. The typical stereotypes as mentioned above come from a very common misconception about homeschoolers: they lack social skills. I'm not going to try to tell you that all homeschoolers are as socially experienced as public schooled kids, but you cannot tell me that homeschool kids are known for being as rude and unintelligent as the majority of public schooled kids.

Most homeschooled kids don't socialize as well with other kids but they can communicate with adults. They also receive a better education because it is a system designed for them in particular. Is the system perfect? No. The easiest way to fix many of the faults lies in ensuring that your kids don't stay home all the time. Having friends is important. At the same time, kids that grow up in dysfunctional families often don't know how to form real relationships when they're older or resolve conflict.

If you're thinking about homeschooling, my advice to you is to give it a try. Connect with other homeschooling families in your communities for support. It will be hard at times but in the end you'll have confident, intelligent kids that know how to socialize and are able to excel in whatever capacity they're in.

[smylyfayce]

I think it's a good and bad thing. It's always a positive and negative side to everything that we do. I think that homeschooling is a great way for a child who has difficulty learning in a large class size setting; homeschooling will give them more of a one-on-one way to learn without the fear of falling behind. It's just the child and the instructor; there are no distractions from other students who don't have the same problem(s) as they may have learning. I also think that it's a great way for children who have physical health issues and not physically able to attend outside education facilities. Children in those, unfortunate, situations are able to maintain their education and keep up with other kids who are in their same age/grade level through homeschooling. The down-side of homeschooling is that it may cause some social developmental issues. Kids may develop a problem with being able to socialize and interact well with other of their same age group. So if a child is homeschooled, the parent(s) need to make sure that the child does have some regular social interactions with kids of their same age group.

[mrsbluesmith]

I didn't have the patience to do it when my kids were little.  School provided the "break" that I needed.  If I had the patience then that I do now as a grandma, I would probably concider it.

[chardy37]

I'm all for homeschooling even though my four children went to public school. The only fear I have is socialization. As long as the child has friends I think its a great idea!

[yllek454]

homeschooling is good but it doesn't give your kids a chance to grow up around other kids they need friends. if you homeschool there is a higher risk of kids getting in more trouble.

[apples45]

My mom pulled me and my sister out of the public school system when i was going into high school. it was the best experience i could have ever had. i had that one on one attention. she enroolled us into a supportgroup for homeschoolers, which they had extrcricular activities, formals, and PE.   

Hi there and excuse me I could not help but notice your post, and its nice that you were happy with being home schooled I guess standard school was rough for you, am I right? were people rude to you if yes I understand I guess its not fun and being home schooled would be more appealing.

But I didnt care much at all for home schooling for many reasons.

[amber76]

I personally think that this day in time home school is the way to go if a family can do this. I also think that it is important to have plenty of opportunity for those that are home schooled to have friends. The support group thing was probably very helpful. I feel like the public school system is getting worse in a lot of areas and our children are the future.

[sigmapi1501]

and our children are the future.

EXACTLY! We have to teach them well and let them lead the way.  Show them all the beauty that they posses inside.  Give them a sense, of pride. To make it easier. 

But what we should really do is... let the children's laughter remind of us of how we used to be.