Ten Myths About Homeschooling and Anti-Homeschooling Excuses

Future home school parents must face fears, doubts, and myths that prevent them from making decisions to homeschool their children. This article is an attempt to crush myths, dispel fears and disqualify anti-homeschooling excuses that many parents hinder the wonderful experience of family homeschooling ... well! ]

1. I don't get along with kids / my kids have a bad attitude / my kids don't listen to me.

This is one of the main reasons for homeschooling for me. Instead of running away from the discipline issues that need to be addressed, loving parents need to accept the opportunity to teach and train their children to be respectful and obedient. It is necessary to learn to reach the children's hearts, not only to apply various methods of behavior modification and punishment, but also to actually build a mind-heart relationship with the children.

Ignoring a problem or expecting a teacher to deal with it does not show love and dedication to the children. They need to test the boundaries and pay sufficient attention to their parents establishing and implementing the boundaries. Homeschooling promotes many opportunities for building parent-child relationships.

2. Not fully educated / Unable to teach subjects such as mathematics or science

According to the survey, the level of education of homeschooling parents is not a factor in determining the success of homeschooling. Even parents who dropped out of high school are successfully homeschooling their children at high school. Parents who did not have a good school history can often close the gap. Through various concepts with children, in their own education.

The home school curriculum is designed for untrained parents, professionals, and students seeking self-study. In most cases, clear instructions are given and parent guides and solutions are provided. Some curricula also offer educational DVDs that teach teachers new concepts for both parents and students.

As a last resort, home schoolers can also do what children in school will do when they fight the subject-they can go for private tuition.

3. There is no room.

In addition to all the curriculum options and choices available, the free resources available on the Internet make no basis for this excuse. Most homeschooling families survive on a single income and provide quality education to their children.

In the worst case, you can restrict your child from using the same amount of money to send your child to school without school clothes, lunch money, donations to funds, or other school-related costs.

You can get a lot of value for your money because most of your money is spent on books and materials that can be reused with younger brothers.

4. My kids love to be with friends

If your child prefers to be with friends over family, perhaps they are already developing unhealthy companion dependencies. This may not seem like a problem at preschool or elementary level, but wait until you are a teenager!

Alternatively, homeschooling allows children to build good relationships with both parents and siblings. When their identity is strongly rooted in their family and they have a good family value, children can better develop healthy friendships outside the home.

Homeschooling allows parents to select the social interaction that their child experiences. Parents can protect them from the pressure and negative effects of negative peer groups until their children are old enough to be exposed to them, make good decisions, and make good relationships.

Homeschoolers are not just at home. They are also social-not just during school time!
In general, homeschoolers also show that they have a wider range of social skills than children in school, where social interactions are primarily limited to their age group.

5. No patience

When I first started homeschooling, I read somewhere that you get patience only when you need it!

The same applies to other character qualities that homeschooling parents need, such as patience, humility, self-sacrifice, compassion, and diligence.

Through homeschooling, our characters are shaped, shaped, matured and we are ready to do what we call what we should do.

6. I am afraid of failing.

I often tell my children, "Courage is doing what we have to do, even when we are doing what we have to do."

It's surprising to me how many parents are worried that my child's education will be ruined, but some teachers don't seem to be afraid of further ruin!

Looking at how many children are suffering for various reasons in the school system, it's even more surprising that parents are willing to leave precious blessings to strangers for more than 6 hours a day!

As a parent, you can give them a tailor-made education tailored to your individual needs, with teachers loving children more than ever, with the greatest interest in your heart.

There is no reason not to do the same or better than a paid professional unless you are successful in homeschooling and address the issues of parenting and discipline that you might grow.

Now I'm not saying that parents can be school teachers--no, I have a special training to teach 35 classes and school kids who are not your own I think you need ... parents can do a good job at their homeschooling.

7. Can you deal with it? I'm already stressed.

Many outsiders see homeschooling only as an additional responsibility, the burden of their child's academic training. However, to give different perspectives, homeschooling is a lifestyle that brings a lot of flexibility to the daily life of the family. This may simply be to help stressed parents better cope with family demands.

Life is usually simplified because not everyone is together and rushing in different directions. Children can be at home and train to help around.

From time to time, parents may need to stop certain external activities or commitments such as additional church programs, sports or hobbies first. However, this is not always the case, and many home schoolers are equal, even if they are not more involved in their community than non-home schooling families.

You may need to reschedule these activities to accommodate your home school lifestyle.

In many cases, it is good to learn to adapt and prioritize family. Knowing that too many children are treated like second-class citizens for so-called community goodness, parents can get good deed and commitment approval from their peer group!

8. There is a wonderful teacher / school.

Certainly there are some very nice teachers and schools with good results and good reputation. But do teachers and school values ​​match your family values? Does a nice teacher always teach your child?

In many cases, schools are legally required to teach curriculums that may conflict with your beliefs. There is no neutral education. If you don't know what your child is being taught, perhaps you need to find the underlying belief system.

No matter how wonderful your teacher or school is, you only have an intimate love relationship with your child, and ultimately you can educate your child, whether you delegate that responsibility to school or not. There is responsibility.

9. I need more stimulation / I can't stay at home / I love work

As career workers, many of us are initially happy with their identity, colleagues, boss, or simply end-of-month salary check approval at work.

Choosing to stay home as a wife and mother is to demand a change in your way of thinking and accept that there are no visible rewards at the end of many days and months. You will find that raising a highly educated, confident and safe child is one of the greatest achievements you can make. For many of us, obedience to the calling given by God.

Stimulation may be different from work stimulation, but homeschooling is very exciting for parents because it provides an opportunity to learn and explore topics of interest with parents. It provides hours of educational trips, tours, outings, cooperatives, crafts, hobbies, sports and even home-based business opportunities.

[Many of homeschooling parents like me have a website-based business that gives them a good income and can start working at their own pace! See link below.]

10. Parents, in-laws, friends, neighbors, churches, etc. Do not approve.

For some reason, we all want to get the approval of others, especially those we respect and have intimate relationships with. But if you and your spouse agree that homeschooling is best for your child, you need to have the courage to confront your beliefs.

For many non-homeschoolers, homeschooling is a foreign concept and people don't understand why you do what you do and don't let your kids go to school.

Sometimes, by choosing home schooling, you may feel that you have quietly judged your schooling choice and rated it second best.

Ultimately, you are responsible for your child, not your family or companion ... and your choice feels best for your family, but may not be the same for other families It is a good answer to tell others that there is nothing. You don't even have to explain your reason!

Many homeschoolers had to face criticism and skepticism from outsiders, but after all, "evidence" was in Pudding. As they say. In many cases, a few years later, we have witnessed the good fruit of homeschooling families and initially gained respect and support that was lacking.