May 19, 2016 at 1:50 am

First, i would like to commend any parent that is home schooling their child.  As I single parent I wasn’ t able to home school my children.  I also always thought that being home schooled the child wouldn’t have interaction with children of their age.

I have several on-line friends who home schooled their children and I commend them for doing that.  The way the school systems are indoctrinating our children  now, I’m glad my children are grown up, because I would definitely home school my children

What are your thoughts of home schooling your children?

May 19, 2016 at 1:53 am

I think that homeschooled children end up with a better education than those that attend traditional school because they get an individualized education.  I do worry though that some kids miss out on other points of view or socialization opportunities with other kids though.

May 19, 2016 at 2:32 am

I was thinking if I should start a topic about homeschooling, and wonder if there will be any responses. Glad that you have started this topic. 😀

We are homeschooling family, and my son just started his grade 1 journey.

I understand the main concern about homeschooling is that the homeschooled children might lack of socializing with others, but I do not worry about this at all. Nowadays, when children go to school (in my country), they might not have time to social with other children, some are actually competing with each other about the results. Moreover, there is no time for them to socialize, they have to sit still and listen to the teacher, and can’t talk to each other. They have to attend after school classes or tuition. They do not seem to have time to play anymore.

Moreover, homeschooled children do not mean to just stay at home but not going out at all. There are actually many organizations that hold outside school activities and classes. The children can also enroll these classes, and they will still have peers to interact with. Moreover, these activities or classes might not be so stressful or result oriented, so the children will get to learn more together and have team work too, as they do not need to compete with each other.

I do not worry about my children’s socialization, though they haven’t enroll to any activities or classes, they already have friends in the neighborhood as we always go to the park in the neighborhood. 🙂

May 19, 2016 at 3:23 am

@kaka135 awesome!!  I’m glad to hear that you home school!  That’s what my on-line friends said as well about the socializing.  I’m sure your children are very well educated and adjusted!!

As  far as the socializing, I tend to see children in school, don’t socialize really..they have their video games, tablets and iphones they’re into.

May 19, 2016 at 3:36 am

I guess I should note that I’m a bit bias about the socialization piece as I was a public school teacher for 5 years and a private school teacher for 2 😛

May 19, 2016 at 3:43 am

@4cryingoutloud Yes, I guess those who chose to homeschool do not worry about socializing so much. There are many ways to do so. Moreover, I think if the child doesn’t like to socialize with others, it’s his personality, and we shouldn’t force him too. There are kids who went to school but didn’t socialize with others at all.

Actually I am not so focus on academic studies, this is one of the reasons I do not send my children to school. I would like them to learn more life skills and be a responsible world citizen, rather than just passing the exams. Public schools in my country seem to be more and more focus on academic studies and results only, but not on the life skills, values, team work, etc which I am more concerned about.

@lolaze I guess you know better about the students in school, as I have never been a teacher before. 🙂

Moreover, I guess it depends on country or state. I have read about the positive comments of the educational system in Finland. If I am staying in Finland, I don’t think I will homeschool my children. 😛