| For many families, home schooling children is a | | | | in the family building process. Spending six to eight |
| viable alternative to public education for several | | | | hours away from the home can be very |
| important reasons: Strengthening the family, | | | | detrimental to a teen's ability to cement family |
| providing adequate education, and to promote | | | | relationships. Over time, subtle changes can erode |
| moral and religious values. | | | | family relationships, especially during the more |
| With a perceived declining in the educational quality | | | | tumultuous adolescent and teen years. By |
| of the public school system in America, many | | | | providing a homeschool education, parents can |
| parents are coming to the belief that | | | | prevent this erosion and help strengthen the |
| homeschooling can offer their children a better | | | | family bond. |
| education and result in better opportunities later | | | | Additionally, many people believe that public |
| on in life. | | | | education is not up to the standards that a home |
| Educational Effects of Homeschooling | | | | school education can provide. No one is more |
| Research on homeschooling thus far strongly | | | | invested in a child's education than his parents and |
| supports the thoughts of homeschooling parents. | | | | a home school curriculum can help a child's ability |
| An extensive nationwide study showed that | | | | to learn. For instance, a school teacher may grade |
| home schooled students outperformed their public | | | | your child's paper and tell him which answers are |
| and private school counterparts in every | | | | correct, and which are incorrect and leave it at |
| category. In fact, many homeschool students are | | | | that. But parents who are homeschooling their |
| enrolled in a grade level that is higher than their | | | | children, can spend time to explain to them why |
| counterparts of the same age. | | | | the answers are right and wrong, in order to help |
| Home schooled children have a higher rate of high | | | | them learn more thoroughly. |
| school graduation, a higher rate of college | | | | Also, many parents believe that a child's |
| attendance, and a higher rate of college | | | | educational curriculum should include not only |
| graduation. | | | | academic learning, but also the teaching of morals, |
| Homeschooling is About More Than the Education | | | | ethics, and values. According to recent polls, about |
| But for some families, a better education isn't the | | | | 77 percent of Americans identify themselves as |
| only reason to homeschool. Protection from the | | | | Christians. Christian values are an important part |
| harsh world that encourages deviation from a | | | | of our functioning society and providing children |
| successful path is another, as is the opportunity | | | | with home schooling is a great way to ensure |
| to strengthen the family. | | | | that they are social and moral values in addition to |
| The teen years are an extremely important time | | | | academic learning. |