| While there are many benefits to home schooling | | | | one big advantage of regular schools is the fact |
| there is also a downside, so you have to give it | | | | that they give you a break from the kids, and a |
| some serious consideration before you go down | | | | bit of free time to get on with other things. Even |
| the home education route. | | | | when you have assigned homework, you have to |
| One thing to consider is the time that you have | | | | be on duty to give help if required. All obvious |
| to devote to the schooling of your children. You | | | | stuff, I know, but worth thinking about. |
| may have to sacrifice part of your social life, as | | | | Something else to think about is that with your |
| well as the disruption to your shopping routine, | | | | child staying at home all the time, when are they |
| coffee mornings, and other daily business. | | | | going to get out and interact with their peers and |
| You must realize that the onus is on you to | | | | adults? You will have to make a special effort, as |
| ensure your child gets an education which is good | | | | no doubt you are aware, this is a very important |
| as or better than he/she would have got at a | | | | part of growing up. |
| regular school. If your child's education is seen to | | | | To achieve a well rounded education, you should |
| be lacking in any way, it will reflect badly on you | | | | enroll your child in various outside activities, |
| as a teacher and as a parent. | | | | although you could say that this defeats the |
| If you are truly dedicated to tutoring your child by | | | | object of home schooling, at least to some |
| yourself you will probably have to put any career | | | | degree. |
| plans of your own on the back burner. This could | | | | It has been noted that the child who is home |
| mean financial hardship and all the added stress | | | | schooled does not seem to do as well in SAT |
| and worry that this brings. | | | | tests as their regular school peers. |
| You will lose some of your freedom of course, as | | | | |