Unfortunately, there are homeschooling parents who aren’t teaching their kids
Some grown homeschooled children have spoken out about educational neglect. One Virginia teenager said that at age 16, he didn’t know South Africa was a country and couldn’t solve basic algebra problems.
Our firstborn almost always get a better education than our younger kids
Why? The truth is that some of us have trouble keeping up with everything. Here’s more about how birth order theory can affect your life.
Public school systems get less money if they have a high number of homeschoolers
So a growing number of districts are recruiting us to enroll in certain classes, borrow materials, and use school services. The reason behind it all: They want to get back a portion of that lost per-pupil funding.
Educating your own child can be a burden
Every day I worry that I’m not good enough. These are 40 things school teachers are secretly thinking.
Why do public school parents always ask about socialization?
Sitting quietly at a desk all day does not seem very social to me.
The best part about homeschooling?
I get to spend time with my kids and be there for the a-ha moments when they learn something for the first time.
Sources: Homeschool moms Nancy Carter of Mashantucket, Conn.; Dena Dyer of Granbury, Tex.; Julie Anne Smith of Richland, Wash., who blogs at spiritualsoundingboard.com; Kris Bales of Ringgold, Georgia, who blogs at weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com; Heather Bowen of Lumberton, N.C., who blogs at frugalhomeschoolfamily.com; and Laura Huber, author of The ABCs of Homeschooling; former homeschool mom Vyckie Garrison; and Richard Medlin, PhD, psychologist at Stetson university in DeLand, Fla; Milton Gaither, PhD, professor of education at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., and author of Homeschool: An American History