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Article #9: 4 Reasons For Homeschooling

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A recent survey indicated that nearly 30% Another important reason why you should
of American parents are seriously homeschool your child is because
considering homeschooling their children traditional school do not deal with this
rather than sending them to school. Home aspect of education. Teaching your child
schooling is a different way of education to be comfortable with dealing with
for many parents. It allows children to people.
be educated at home free from the daily By introducing your child to church
school assignments and pressure. It also programs and other volunteering programs
allows more bonding time between the to help others, it educates the child's
child and the parent fostering closer moral values which are just as important
relationships. as academic results.
There are 4 main reasons why you should Homeschooling also shields the child from
homeschool your child. They are bad habits due to peer influence.
1) Academic Results Examples are smoking, alcoholism,
One of the reasons parents are hesitant gambling, sex, drugs and violence etc
to adopt homeschooling is because they 3) Family Bonding
are afraid their child's academic results Since homeschooling allows more time
will suffer. However studies have shown between your child and parents, the
that children who are homeschooling have family relationship is strengthened and
the same and if not better academic there is more family bonding. The child
results than those going to traditional self-confidence and self-esteem improves.
schools. Studies have also shown that homeschooled
You could also say some of the world's children values family ties and kinship
most famous people were homeschooled. more.
Examples include Benjamin Franklin, 4) Religious Reasons
Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill Schools have always kept away from
and Thomas Edison. Their achievements do religious issues due to its sensitive
not compare less than those who went to nature in our country. The schools
school. typically has a neutral stand regarding
Home Schooling allow the parent to cater religion and spirituality. Therefore,
the study schedule according to the needs most schools do not have any kind of
of the child. In school, since a teacher religious education
has to teach 40 to 50 students at a time, Homeschooling does not have that
it is quite impossible to cater a limitation. Parents can pass on their
specific teaching schedule for each religious values to their children. This
child. has a great impact on the spiritual
2) Social Reasons development of the child.






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