| Home schools are a good option for parents | | | | school is also a time consuming activity that |
| who want to be involved hands on in the | | | | can exhaust your child. Home schooling can |
| education process of their children. However, | | | | help children make optimum use of the time at |
| when home-schooled children reach the high | | | | their disposal. |
| school age, a critical question that parents | | | | |
| face is whether to continue instructing them | | | | Teenage children are the fastest growing |
| at home or enroll them in a public school. | | | | group of the home-schooled population in the |
| | | | US that is currently estimated to be |
| Teenage is the stage in the life of any child | | | | approximately two million. It has been proved |
| when you need to be very cautious as a | | | | that students, who have been home schooled, |
| parent. During adolescence, children are | | | | possess greater ability to absorb information |
| easily influenced by negative thoughts and | | | | and produce better results than students who |
| activities, and there are limits to how much | | | | have been educated in a public school. No |
| you can keep an eye on them. If you want them | | | | surprise then that most colleges or |
| to be under your guidance when they are | | | | universities in the US welcome home schooled |
| passing through this often emotionally | | | | students, provided they meet their basic |
| tumultuous period, then home schooling is | | | | eligibility criterion. |
| certainly recommended. Though home schooling | | | | |
| a child who has reached the high school stage | | | | In order to start teaching your child at home |
| can be a tough job, it can certainly be | | | | through high school, you should make a plan |
| achieved with determination. | | | | that is based on their style of learning. You |
| | | | should place emphasis on the areas where they |
| Home schooling through high school is | | | | display specific interest. The curriculum |
| beneficial, as your child can complete the | | | | should be conducive to their natural |
| studies at home in just 24 months or even | | | | inclination along with covering the basics of |
| less. This not only saves time compared to | | | | all subjects so that they get to learn |
| high schools where the tenure extends to 4 | | | | everything but master a few. If you are |
| years, but also enables your child to focus | | | | facing problems in covering difficult |
| energy and resources on specific subjects of | | | | subjects, you could try using online school, |
| his or her interest. Since your child will | | | | educational software and videos. If you want |
| not have to face peer pressure, acts of | | | | your child to acquire a diploma or |
| bullying or even traces of negative | | | | certification to apply for jobs in the |
| influences like sex or drugs while being | | | | future, you could help them prepare for the |
| schooled at home, it could set an efficient | | | | General Development Test (GDT) that is used |
| learning environment. | | | | to measure the skills and general knowledge |
| | | | of a home-schooled child. |
| If you send your child to a public school, a | | | | |
| lot of time is spent on administrative | | | | With the help of a planned curriculum |
| duties, which includes roll calling for | | | | supplemented with real life experiences, home |
| attendance, distributing out work and | | | | schooling of high school children can help |
| supplies, maintaining discipline, and the | | | | them become mature and responsible human |
| collection of homework and reports of each | | | | beings, and good decision makers. |
| and every student. Commuting to and from | | | | |