| Homeschooling - the darker side | | | | You cannot take a break when you feel like it. |
| Homeschooling - the darker side | | | | Feelings of guiltwill assail you if you neglect studies |
| It's not all hunky-dory and smooth sailing on the | | | | just because you arefeeling blue. You also fear |
| homeschoolingfront. Like all things in life,Visit here | | | | that the child will take advantage ofthe situation. |
| now | | | | Even when you have given homework, you have |
| there is a downside that has to beseriously | | | | to bearound to give a helping hand. This means |
| considered when you explore the homeschooling | | | | that anytime your childis around you, you are on |
| option. | | | | duty! For some, this may mean workingevery |
| Though one man's bane may be another man's | | | | waking hour. The child studying at home also |
| boon, there are certaincommon reasons for | | | | needs to getout more. This comes from staying |
| concern. | | | | at home all the time. |
| The responsibility of teaching your child rests | | | | Interaction with adults and other children needs to |
| solely on you. Youcannot blame anyone else if | | | | be givenspecial attention. |
| your child is seen wanting in theskills that his peers | | | | Children tutored at home cannot develop in the |
| excel in. If your child cannot do the thingsthat are | | | | various directionsthat are open to children |
| expected from other children of his age group, | | | | attending public schools. To achievethat kind of |
| itreflects badly on you as an educator as well as | | | | exposure, you either have to be a |
| a parent. | | | | super-parentskilled in everything, or enroll your |
| A critical part of homeschooling is the time that | | | | child to various activities. |
| you have tospend with your children. You may | | | | This may not only prove too costly, but also |
| have to give up your friends,shopping and other | | | | becounter-productive. |
| entertainment and dedicate all these to yourchild. | | | | It is sometimes observed that homeschooled |
| This can become frustrating at times. You have | | | | children do not do aswell in SAT tests as their |
| to learn totake the aggravation with equanimity | | | | school-going counterparts. Without adiploma or a |
| and wait for the rewards withpatience and | | | | GED, some students find it difficult to get into |
| enthusiasm. | | | | themilitary. |
| A parent who is dedicated to tutor his or her child | | | | Lastly, if you envision enrolling your child to a |
| singlehandedly does not realistically have much | | | | public school,there may be a certain period of |
| time left over for acareer. This means that the | | | | emotional as well as socialadjustment. A child who |
| family is robbed of an additionalsource of income. | | | | is used to being at home for the whole dayand |
| In turn, this may lead to stress over finances. | | | | enjoying so much of uncontained freedom may |
| You will have to train yourself to live on a strictly | | | | have to undergosome distressing emotional |
| controlledbudget. While this is a matter of habit, it | | | | upheavals before he or she gets used tothe |
| does need some gettingused to. | | | | rigors of a regular school life. |