| Here are some excellent reasons not to | | | | will not be satisfactory for either you or your |
| homeschool your child: | | | | child. |
| 1. Your local public school (or charter or private | | | | If reason #4 describes your situation, |
| school) is well-maintained and clean, and is supplied | | | | congratulations! Why would you change something |
| with the best materials and equipment. | | | | that is working so well? |
| 2. The teachers at your local public school are | | | | If you are claiming reasons #1-3, are you serious? |
| skilled, kind, understanding, and devoted to your | | | | Really? Have you been to your local public school |
| child's education. | | | | on something other than parent-teacher night? Of |
| 3. No bully has set foot on the campus of your | | | | course, it's possible for a school to have a |
| local school at any time for the past ten years. | | | | wonderful facility and great teachers, but |
| 4. Your child loves school, enjoys learning and | | | | playgrounds that are full of ill-mannered bullies. Or |
| doing homework, has many friends who are | | | | great teachers and no bullies in an antiquated |
| well-mannered and polite, and would rather read | | | | facility with insufficient, out-dated materials. Or a |
| an interesting book than play video games. | | | | great facility with no bullies, but teachers who |
| 5. You don't want to. | | | | made inappropriate career choices. Okay, I know |
| Of the reasons listed above not to homeschool, I | | | | I'm talking about the ends of the spectrum here, |
| think reason #5 is the most important. If you | | | | and public, private or charter schools for the most |
| honestly don't want to homeschool your child, if | | | | part fall somewhere in the middle. But is the |
| you suspect that you will resent the time and | | | | middle really good enough? |
| effort that is involved in homeschooling, or if you | | | | I've given you five good reasons not to |
| believe that the socialization aspect of public | | | | homeschool your child. Here is one good reason to |
| schooling is at least as important as the academic | | | | embrace homeschooling: you want the best for |
| aspect, then you should not allow yourself to be | | | | your child. Don't you? |
| talked into homeschooling. Most likely, the result | | | | |