Homeschooling is great. I am a homeschooler myself. Independent study without the bother of 3or so classmates is nice. Many people, mostly parents’ friends and acqaintances, had a problem with me homeschooling. They said I do not know how to socialize, my parents dont know the proper way to raise a child, my parents cheating me of a healthy lifestyle, etc. I found it very funny many of these people thought I am a social misfit. (I am considered to be the role model of the perfect person by all these people and their friends). It is just that when you do something new, you tend to arouse curiosity, and sometimes their concern for you can go overboard. it was very funny that every time my social skills were mentioned, it was at a party. (And I thought it would be obvious)

My point is some people may/may not like it, but it is your decision.

Good Luck with Homeschooling

What do you think about homeschooling? Pros and cons?
Homeschooling has gaining more importance these days. Parents are opting homeschooling for their children because there are many advantages with homeschooling.
Let’s discuss some of the pros of homeschooling:
Flexibility
Have multiple options
Time to pursue their interests
Earn the education regardless of boundaries
Efficiency’
Educational flexibility
Decreased costs
And many more
And coming to the cons of homeschooling, I don’t think any. People usually say about socialization but that’s a wrong perception homeschooling children are more socialized as other students.
Considering all these points I have enrolled my son in an Online Homeschool Forest Trail Academy http://www.foresttrailacademy.com and enjoying the success through homeschooling.

Luckily and strangely, I’ve truthfully got plenty of constructive suggestions approximately homeschooling my youngsters. You’ll be competent to parent the change among “feedback” and “criticisms” and reply for this reason. Many persons “remark” since they do not know so much approximately homeschooling or have a couple of misapprehensions. You can come to a decision in case you wish to make use of this as an possibility to instruct them. Some persons hand out criticisms beginning with “I feel…” If you do not suppose like coming into a debate with them or you recognize they may not pay attention to some thing you assert besides, you’ll be able to simply reply with “This is what my husband and I agree is excellent for our kids” and difference the discipline. I could advocate looking to recognition at the positives of homeschooling as a substitute than the negatives of university, although they do have an inverse courting. Some persons will take your choice to homeschool as an indictment in their possess parenting offerings. You cannot support that; you’ll be able to simply attempt to respectfully stroll away or difference the discipline.

We home school and love it.

Some good effects of Home schooling is the fact that the parent knows the child’s learning style best and can spend one on one time with them teaching them academically and preparing them to go into the real world.

They are socialized by a wide variety of people of all different ages instead of being thrown in with a bunch of kids there own age who don’t have experience with some of the situations they may face and usually only care about impressing each other.

Another positive is the closeness to parents and siblings. Kids are only with you for 18 years, why would you want to push them out earlier and without the training they need to make important decisions?

I really cant think of any negatives for the children. It is a big commitment for the parents, but I believe it is well worth it.

My kids are doing great in this environment and have many friends they interact with everyday in sports, dance, church activities and in the community. I also get a lot of compliments on the fact they can make eye contact as they are speaking to adults and have good manners.

Well, I think being a homeschooler is not bad. If we have so many activities maybe we feel so difficult to manage our time. Homeschooling can answer that problem because we can have flexible time study so that we can have balancing in study and other activities. But homeschooling has a problem too such as we can’t have a lot of friends like we go to public schooling.

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Pros:
You’re able to work on your time. If you have a sports practice every afternoon at three, you can do your schoolwork in the morning and be done in time for practice. Or you can do it after practice if you want. It’s all up to you.

You’re free from bad influences. I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that in school you’re around a lot of bad influences. I won’t delve into details, but it’s better to distance yourself from those influences.

You can excel faster or take your time on something. In public school, you’re forced to work along with the class you’re in. If that means that you don’t understand something, they won’t stop to work on something– they’re going to continue on. And if you excel at that subject, you can’t continue on with your studies because you need to wait on the rest of the class.

Cons:
You might not see your friends everyday. I know, it sounds horrible. However, I’ve noticed that seeing your friends after a week apart seems to be more special than when you see them everyday. This doesn’t mean you can’t talk on the phone with them everyday. Believe me, I do that a lot.

You can’t participate in school activities. Sometimes school districts will allow you to participate in school sports teams, but if you’re not in one of those districts, that means you can’t be on the varsity sports teams. That’s why I quit soccer and cheer (which I still love and do in my leisurely time). There are some homeschool sports teams out there though, so look for them!

You might not be able to find some of your activities. It’s not that likely, especially considering how much the homeschooling world has grown in the past few years, but you may not be able to find your Doctor Who fan clubs or other things you may be interested in. Make sure to look on Yahoo Groups for these types of things, or try to do an online club if possible. It’s not the end of the world!

Its the best thing there is especially with today’s horrid schools and the thing your child has to face, causing them to be distracted from learning! I like being home schooled, I mean its a challenge when it comes down to my social life and some people can’t take it, but I’m in a group and I get great opportunities I would never get in public schools

Well at least if you are homeschooled you don’t have to worry about be blown up in a school or have a bomb threat called in at your school. Also if you are homed school you are most likely to be in a safe place and not get molested or raped. So that is why I home school my kids.

I think homeschooling is usually a great thing. Why? Because most of the time, it’s caring, dedicated parents who decide to take it on. Are there some who shouldn’t be homeschooling? Definitely. But they aren’t the ones I’m speaking of as I write the following.

Taken from one of my past answers:

All benefits listed below are _potential_ benefits. A homeschool’s success depends upon the parents/kids involved. Just like being raised in a 2-parent home doesn’t guarantee any type of character, homeschooling in itself doesn’t guarantee anything. Also, the list below is not by any means exhaustive.

*Academic*

-can get as much help as needed

-can progress at his/her pace, moving ahead or staying behind as needed; this also means that a child can move ahead in one subject area but “stay behind” in another to really master it

-the style of academics can be tailored to the child

-parents can insist on a higher level of academics than local schools may provide

-with less wasted time, a child can learn just as much in less time than in school; plus there’s no homework

-child can often study topics of interest

-many high schooled homeschoolers are expected to be responsible for their education, learning valuable time management skills (no teacher saying, “Hand this in tomorrow or you get a 0”!)

*Social*

-child is exposed to a variety of ages rather than mainly being surrounded by same-age peers. Why is this a benefit? It’s not natural nor normal to be only around people your age. A child who is used to interacting with a variety of ages will be more socially skilled than a child who pretty much only knows how to interact with others the same age.

-the social atmosphere at home and in the community at large is often better than what is present at school, helping a child to grow up with less peer dependency, less focus on clothes and other superficial, material things, less likely to engage in ‘bad’ social behaviours

-homeschooled kids can gain more guidance on social behaviour since the adults present can be much more aware of what is going on

*Other*

-spending more time together as a family helps create better bonds, not only between parent and child, but between siblings

-homeschooled children, having more time on their hands, tend to develop good self-starting skills

-flexible scheduling allows for all kinds of great stuff

-more time for kids to be kids, which means their lives are less stressful

-more time for extra-curricular activities

-parents get to be the primary caregivers for more than just a few years

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The only real con is the naysayers who really don’t know what they’re talking about.

If the student is self motivated, there is supervision and the right course of study it can make you college ready 1-3 years ahead of brick schools.