More families opting to homeschool their kids
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2024
- One family said homeschooling would help foster their children’s interests, but some also cite bullying and school safety.
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I have been a history professor for over 25 years. The best students I have had were homeschooled. They are more eager to learn, better prepared, and much more polite. I have been so impressed that I put all my lectures on YT as a free resource to help homeschooling families.
Thank you for supporting the homeschool community!
I will be looking into the videos for my kids. Thank you.
Thank you
My kids go to public BASE middle school in the burbs. I went to private school. Homeschooling is bad for kids. It’s only good if you are a real teacher. Most parents play it off like they can teach. I have met few homeschooled children who do well later in life. Parents make excuses over liberal schools or values they don’t believe in as reasons to homeschool their children. Sure if you live in a bad section of town and the schools suck go ahead and do home school. As someone who hires employees. The best homeschooled children stayed at home till HS. Then they went to a public or private HS. They learned how to deal with other people. Don’t believe the hype..
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People must not make socializing a stumbling block for homeschooling. Children don't need a school to make friends or play. They can have friends in the community, make friends at a community swimming pool etc etc as long as they have extra activities .
Absolutely 👍 I run a homeschool enrichment program where I see the kids once a week. That’s really all they need for socializing with other kids. Socializing can also be interacting with older neighbors, mail carriers, store clerks etc
Isn't it interesting that people assume that the only way to socialize is to go to school, however when the children are in class the teachers tell them to stop talking, listen and learn. The same thing is the case in the workplace. People certainly aren't supposed to be wasting company time socializing all day long. Real life is actually that you socialize most in your free time and you have to speak to people in the workplace and in real life that aren't just the same age as you.
Why are critics worried about lack of standardized testing when our nation is behind in education and standardized test scores are down? Is it the money paid to these test makers being missed?
It IS quite laughable, right?
Exactly. They don't really care though tbh. They just want any bit of control they can get their hands on.
Right? My school district has a 25% proficiency in reading and math. For special ed kiddos it's 3% are proficient. A 70% graduation rate. I'll keep my 9 year old who is reading at a 10th grade level at home.
Many homeschoolers voluntarily take a few standardized tests just to confirm that they are staying ahead of the curve. You can even access many samples of those tests for free online if you just want the feedback on your child's progress. They should always be an optional tool though.
😂😂 right!?
As a former special education teacher, I agree with homeschooling. Most of the students in the US are behind in Math and English because not much as changed about the structure and curriculum of school within 50 or more years. Even students in suburban areas are falling behind as well. I left because I saw how the system is literally failing the students. I've never seen so many young kids dislike school.
The quality of education while homeschooling has been far superior for my children. They also don't have to worry about being shot at, bullied, or be forced to "affirm" perverted teachers who delusionally believe they can shift their gender based upon their own imagination. So really, homeschooling has been much more emotionally, mentally, and physically supportive of my children's wellbeing. They also get to sleep as long as they need to, and eat when they are hungry. It's a total win-win.
Schools are an absolute mess. I started homeschooling my eldest son 8 years ago and the people who were livid about it, are now telling us how right we were. It's a sad world we live in. In my town, parents are pulling their kids out of the middle school due to ongoing violence. Now add in politics and moral issues and you've got a disaster. So many kids are barely scraping by due to so much focus on non academic issues. Honestly, I would love to send my kids to school but I saw the writing on the wall years ago and am so glad we don't have to deal with any of that craziness.
I have homeschooled in two of the freest states to homeschool in-IL and TX. No reporting necessary at all.
We didn’t do any standardized testing until PSAT and SAT/ACT, generally taken junior/senior year. They were able to play more, engage with others in relationships more hours, serve in the community.
In high school they take several dual enrollment classes online which is cost effective for both high school and college credit.
The freedom of allowing our family to homeschool in a way that worked best for us and our real lives has been the biggest blessing.
We also move sometimes for work. School is never disrupted and no hardship trying to find a fit at a new school.
Sure, they still have to find activities and make new friends there, but it’s been more flexible.
So happy to see families of all backgrounds/religion/no religion joining in. As the homeschool movement grows, so do special daytime activities geared toward that population become available. We found during college searching that many have admissions counselors receiving homeschool grads only.
That’s been a huge, positive change I’m seeing since we started this journey 18 year ago (5 kids ages 12-21). More acceptance of this way of life and opportunities .
Idaho has been a dream, too!! I love these handful of states that let parents parent.
You guys don’t get it. Your freedom might enable religious or political extremists of all flavours and abusive and or neglectful parents to cover their tracks. What is wrong with having to declare that you homeschool and submit records and copies of tests and worksheets that you are doing anyways. There is nothing wrong with homeschooling but there needs to be oversight to find the few bad apples that teach nothing at all, only the scripture of their choice or in the worst case abuse their children or teach them literally Nazi propaganda.
Every child has the right to a good education and the states should make sure that parents respect their children’s rights.
This is my confirmation that I am and have been doing the right thing. So thankful and blessed for the opportunity. Yes it’s hard, but totally worth it!!! ❤
"oh we are just so amazed that the numbers of homeschoolers stayed up despite the pandemic being over with" (paraphrased) 🙄 "oh it's because of bullying" No it's because parents started realizing all the bull that's going on at schools with the stuff they are teaching in some places, etc. It's because of the woke stuff being pushed down everyone's throats. That's the big reason. I have homeschooled my kids since fall of 2020, and I meet new homeschool moms all the time that have said they started to homeschool for the same reasons. No one trusts the government anymore, least of all with our kids. No one trusts any of the institutions because the whole world has lost its mind. I'm so sick of all the lying. Just be honest for once. The world would be a better place if we could have honest conversations.
We are a homeschooling family and many of my friends have been led to do the same. I love the extra time we get with our families and the freedom we have to go where we want when we want while still continuing our education. The children learn based on what they are interested in, making learning more fun for them and we place a high priority on building character, faith, and virtues.
I'm an online teacher mostly for kids who are homeschooled. I've taught in public schools too, and it's really different - the kids act and learn in totally different ways! And FYI...I favor homeschooling.
I have been homeschooling from the beginning. 19 years ago, I removed my oldest child from his private preschool after several instances that broke my trust. We never looked back. We were welcomed in by a co-op of helpful homeschool parents. They taught us a lot of things about what options exist and how to de-school our life. Homeschooling has been an amazing lifestyle of learning and adventure full of fantastic memories. I have only my youngest left at home at this point. My oldest is graduating from a top university with a degree in architecture this year. I am grateful everyday that I listened to my gut and did what I thought was best. It was not always easy. In the beginning my husband was unsure and our parents were quite concerned. Lol! Now we all know how successful homeschooling has been for my kids. My homeschool community held me up while I built my confidence and skill years ago. Since then, I have done the same for other new families. The homeschool community is generous, cooperative, and richly skilled. It is such a breath of fresh air for education!
Parents who homeschool have lost trust and faith in the school system and the teachers and the bureaucrats who run them.
Exactly!
I homeschool 2 of my children and they are social butterflies when it comes to the public, they can spark a conversation with anyone. And I see kids their age in public school that are very rude, do not have good manners, and are not social as you'd think public school kids would be. Kids these days are exposed to so much in school, it's honestly very sad, they also do not have the support they need to master the subjects that are being taught.
I was homeschooled starting in 1999 and it was a fantastic experience. I now have a degree in mechanical engineering, but I'm quitting my career this summer to start homeschooling my own kids. I certainly am turned off by the wokeness and gender obsession we're seeing in public schools, and it was such an academic (and social) advantage for me to be homeschooled that I want to give my kids the same thing!
Education is an atmosphere, an education, and a life. Children learn more in a real life environment than an artificial environment.
Another Charlotte Mason momma ❤️
I just started homeschooling my daughter by her own request she said her school was a zoo and didn’t want to learn with animals lol. Next school year we are planning to do BJU press online which is basically online school done at home and it’s accredited! And done at her own pace and it’s affordable. If your thinking about homeschooling your child do your research! It’s a whole world I never knew about until recently. You may decide not to homeschool after doing the research but at least you will have options regarding your child’s education.
More teachers are quitting to homeschool too!! Me!!
Me too!
I love this! The biggest misconception I come across about home educators is the belief that these children stay home all day and are only taught by their parents.
Most homeschool families are simply opting for an alternative to the busy 5 days a-week, 7 hour a-day school system. This can mean education online, out in nature, with other groups of home educators or going to a school part time. The options, opportunities and advantages are endless!
There is no reason for any child to have a one size fits all education. And if these parents want to veer away from that, good for them.
Parents not monitoring what their children are consuming. Their children have potty mouths and are exposed to adult content that they spread around the school. I'm definitely homeschooling.
Join a local homeschool group, arrange field trips, arrange school photos once a year, etc
WOW HAVE THE OPPOSITION TO HOMESCHOOLING PEOPLE SEEN THE STATE ARE SCHOOLS ARE IN JUST WATCH A FEW TH-cam VIDEOS ABOUT SCHOOLS in Baltimore and all over the USA that are passing flunking kids who learn nothing and how unsafe it has become? Any person in their right mind who can homeschool should if they want to. I have a twenty-one yr old about to graduate from college and 13 yr old twins with dyslexia, add, and a working short term processing disorder who are 2 yrs behind their counter parts in public schools because I work them at their functioning level not at the standard no kid left behind motto because you do a kid a disserves if you move them ahead and they don't have a good foundation for the next level of learning. Keep homeschooling strong for the parents who want the best for their kids.
Everyone we meet they always compliment my children on how intelligent & respectful they are. I have neighbors with public schooled children that cry themselves to sleep. They think they failed their children bc their children are so out of control & behind. Homeschooling has been a wonderful blessing to our family.
Public Montessori please! Not getting services for our son through the district that we need.
I homeschool my daughter. She is in an accredited program. I also have placed her in extra curricular activities after school hours are over. She is in afterschool and gets to play with other kids. She loves and enjoys to be homeschooled.
Can you blame them? Private’s way too expensive, public isn’t safe and shoves ideas you might not believe in or agree with down your kids’ brains, public doesn’t let parents past the front door in the school or even into it at all except at designated events, yet leaves students vulnerable to violence or invites it.. It creeps people out.
I was homeschooled before it became a “trend” forms 1-12 grades. I’m now 29 years old, own my own business and have a wonderful life! If you think homeschooling your child is best, do it!
Good for anyone who can manage to do this.
I knew I was going to homeschool my kids because we are a military family. It's just easier to work around moves and time off.
Some days are hard but overall its great. Seeing my kids learn first hand is so much fun. When we dive deeper into subjects I learn new things. I think its great for the entire family! We are never too old to learn new things.
Regular school has its pros also. You just do what's best for your family.
I felt overwhelmed and stopped teaching my children even though they go to school and I can tell they are not teaching them. They only know what I taught them. I’m not upset because education is not the same anymore. I’m just patiently waiting to get the opportunity to pull them out.
I have been homeschooling my children for over 10 years! I absolutely would not change it for anything...We currently have two high schoolers, one middle schooler, and two in elementary school.
I was homeschooled and I graduated with honors in college. I now teach elementary.
Honestly, seeing how schools are nowadays... I'd want to homeschool my kids too if I had.
I always wanted to be homeschooled. During 2020 when the pandemic happened, everyone was online and it was more enjoyable to stay home and do school work than to socialize and interact in school.
I don’t feel like I have a choice in homeschooling. I wish it was discussed how schools are unsafe places where children with behavior problems rule, principals have no power, teachers have no support from parents, thus whole classes are behind because their teacher has to deal with the “special friends”. I would love to send my children to a good school, but the school near me is failing. I am a former teacher, I know how bad the classrooms are. I will not sacrifice my children to the nonsense in schools. Adults constantly tell me how confident, polite and intelligent my children are. They have never stepped foot inside of a classroom. They are not “sassy”. I severely limit tv. They are reading, writing, love math and exploring every day.
Socialization happens at home, school should be a place where children practice the correct socialization taught by their parents. So children should already have the skills before they interact with others. The problem I see is children at schools who lack socialization and their parents are unwilling to discipline them.
My children are in many activities to practice the socialization they learn at home. Hopefully the future will be different and schools will improve.
I had to get bullied and beat up several times because of public school.. im homeschooling my children so they can have a joyful childhood - FREE of drama/chaos/bullies!
I was homeschooled from 3 grade to 8 grade it was my all time favorite I play lots of sports and seeing my friends and the best part is sleeping in and in PJs to school I went to horizon charter school
Considering it
Yes more people are choosing homeschool because we don’t want the state to raise our children.
Not to mention high classroom ratios, and a curriculum that doesn't teach real life skills like money.
I want my future kids to be home schooled. Schools are indoctrination factories.
Worry about the quality of education in public schools first.
I have a 6 year old daughter with autism.
The second she starts to get bullied at school she will be home schooled
Why are you waiting?
How would you know?
It’s a no brainer
I only want to home school my kids if and only if I want kids. I'll be the wife who makes the home and tends the kids. Schools are teaching kids nonsense and nothing that's important. It's that or a private school. I know of someone who's class is only 15 kids and not the legal limit of 30. That's AMAZING!
We are moving to Canada due to the violence that continues to happen in the U.S.! The quality of education is significantly higher.
If I had children they would definitely be home schooled. With people trying to alter school curriculum because they don't like the true history of what this nation has done black and native people, banning books, not being able to say gay, trying to bring religion and politics into the school, bullying, gun violence, etc why on earth would you want your children in a school setting? They can learn better at home!
Public school prepares you for the public. One needs to be intrinsically motivated, resilient & resourceful to persevere. It’s def. not suited for everyone, but that’s ok.
I would rather my kids be at school but these are all legitimate reasons. My two only concerns about this kids making friends and if kids are being abused.
Those are things I think that are a concern for most of us no matter what kind of “schooling” is happening.
My best friends growing up were neighborhood kids that i didn't go to school with
I understand being concerned about abuse but there is so much more abuse in the school system. Violence is out of control in so many schools, even "nice" ones. Plus, there are way too many teachers who pray on students, especially in middle and high school, and the schools just try to sweep it under the rug. Schools are not protecting kids.
These can be concerns in traditional schooling, too.
Start looking for news stories about public school teachers and staff who abuse kids, and stories on school shootings. It won't take you long to figure out that *you* can be trusted to lovingly take care of your own children without harming them a lot better than anyone else. As for friends - my homeschooled daughter has a MUCH more active social life than I ever did in public school.
The teaching curriculum sucks, they don’t budget our money correctly so this makes sense.
I’d rather send my kid to public school bc socialisation
They get plenty homeschooling. They really do. Plus, they get to hang out with who they want to, not who they're forced to.
@@mrs.hatfield1451 if you don’t take your young out into the world how they gonna learn?
@@haannguyen4402 Sending "your young" to a building 35 hours a-week where sitting at a desk and conformity is key, is taking them out into the world?
@@raea3588 they learn how to interact with others and they learn how to manage time
I'm around public school kids quite a bit and the vast majority of them aren't socialized anymore. They just sit and stare at their devices or tvs. They don't know how to interact with kids or adults and are painfully awkward.
None of the criticism is valid. Bullying, school shootings, teacher molestation, fights with teachers/students, no bus drivers hell what they are teaching def isn’t relevant. Just training them to be obedient adults or prisoners.
It's because of the mandates too.... Most people are asleep to what happened
but most cant pass standard tests in reading in left brained school
Me and other people are sick of the indoctrination
I think it is a good decision because it helps reduce bullying, but it is also a bad decision because it keeps them out of the public community and have less friends, which makes me sad.
Yes, I can see both sides of it. I really do think it's good for kids to be able to get out, without their parents, and make friends.
The average school child spends 35 hours a -week in that school building and most of it with their classmates. Plus more time with homework. But the home educated child will naturally spend less time on actual school work and have more time to go out and socialize with who they want to. They will have time to do community projects when they want to and not just with children their own age. They can do sports, band (at their public school if they wish)… anything that they are interested in and involves socializing but the horizon becomes bigger because they are not oppressed by a schedule centered around school bells.
They get plenty... People are assuming way too much.
@@mrs.hatfield1451 Hopefully they get time with friends without parents present as well. Kids need privacy to interact with their friends. I loved going to school when I was a kid. I loved spending time with my friends and I loved it when it was parent's night and I got to bring my parents to the school and show them around. There's just something really fun about that. I know a couple of people who homeschool their kids, and they are "helicopter parents." I know that not all homeschooling parents are that way, but that's been my observation.
I went to public school and usually only had around 2 good friends at a time. The vast majority of my friends were outside of school. Just because you force a group of kids together, doesn't mean that they will develop true friendships.
And CRT and DEI
This sounds good until you have to teach your kid chemistry, algebra, calculus, politics, etc. how does a parent become qualified to teach these subjects?
Most parents aren't and many schools aren't. The child takes a class, does online courses, uses a tutor or finds one of the plethora of resources available to us in this day and age.
You do not need any qualifications to teach any of the subjects mentioned up to the high school level. But like the other commenter said if you need extra help there are so many resources.
@@KOHart25 how can someone teach something they don’t understand? Aren’t most teachers certified in their subject of expertise?? Do they just hire random people off the street?
We have communities who help with that in homeschooling. There are classes available in most areas where teachers and parents trained in such subjects teach them.
There are also live classes online. My homeschooled children did college online for Algebra and above. So dual enrollment-credit for high school and college. Also it costs less than $100 per credit hour many places as opposed to starting as an undergrad at hundreds/thousands for a credit hour.
There are many, many ways to do this. I’m grateful by God’s grace that I have two homeschool high school graduates who are at college/university and thriving.
You would possibly be amazed to know all of the resources available.
@@justagurl05never have begged for strangers off of the street to teach my kids. Actually haven’t seen anyone do that.
But per your point, teachers are all “random” until you know them-in any version of schooling.
How demeaning that you would think all who choose home education could care less who teaches their kids “off the streets”. Really??
I get a lot of these issues as I was a public school teacher for many years. The main issue I have with homeschooling is that you are not preparing your kids for life as an adult if you shelter them from every bad thing. Yes there is bullying and bad things like that, but it happens as adults too. Children will not be able to rely on their parents to protect them as adults. I send my kids to public school since I know learning to socialize and deal with things on their own is just as beneficial as the actual classroom knowledge.
Public school isn't preparing the kids for life either. The Baltimore school district didn't have 1 graduating student proficient in reading and math. In my school district, only 38 percent of middle schoolers are proficient in either of those subjects. And in New York, only 1 out of 3 third graders are considered at grade level for reading. This is happening all over the U.S. and no one is doing a thing about it. How are these kids going to be prepared for life if they can't read or comprehend math?
Unfortunately for me, it was the teachers who were doing the bullying. But home education does not mean one cannot prepare for life. There are many other ways to get out on your own and socialize, learn about life etc. aside from attending school everyday. Home education does not mean that children are with their parents day in and day out. I didn't answer to a school bell for 12 years. I lived life. learned that one has to make their own decisions and choices and sometimes you will make the wrong one and there are natural consequences for that. I experienced the good, the bad, the ugly in many social situations and had to learn how to deal with that on my own.
Public school certainly does not equate learning how to live life as an adult and home education does not equate a future of socially incompetent adults.
Most kids in public school aren't dealing with things on there own anymore. Parents are getting involved over every minor incident and throw a fit if their child is disciplined for something they did wrong. Plus, these kids have very poor socialization skills due to them staring at their devices.
Children who are allowed to develop healthy family and community relationships can develop a resilience to those sorts of things that doesn't require them to be exposed to them at such early ages. Let's be honest, what many people pick up in mass schooling is not so much healthy resilience as unhealthy coping skills, and distrust for the authority that was supposed to be keeping them safe.
I don’t support home schooling
Lol
Kids get better education in school rather than home
Statistics show otherwise. Most studies show that homeschooled children score higher on tests than public school children.
Show me your research to support this comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #homeschoolrocks
Lol
I'm not sure you're speaking from experience but, I see the difference. Sometimes there is just 1 or 2 kids that mess it up for the whole class learning. Also there are online schools, classes and tutors that children can join. I have certified Deaf teachers that work in our network that offers specialized language & academic courses.... that is so rare to find! So finding a regular ed teacher that teaches online is easy most time you don't need to join an "accredited school. "
That's definitely not True