Top 12 Reasons to Home-School Your Children

1.) Have control over the material your child learns.owners in person, instead of through a worksheet.
Worldview included!8.) To know your child can answer the questions
2.) Decide with your child the depth and durationof strangers and relatives with more than a few
of topical studies. To skim the main ideas or tonoises or a noncommittal shrug, that they know
delve into the deepest detail of whatever topic!the reasons behind decisions and how to
3.) Never again be a slave to the school year orenunciate them.
the school day: go to the grocery store and the9.) For the freedom to educate the way you see
amusement park when you want to, not thefit- be it stringently organized and monitored or
same week as everyone else!loosely flowing from skill to skill.
4.) Be the major influence in the shaping of your10.) For the community of similarly-believing
child, instead of his peer group!families and the support that comes from those
5.) For the ability to take advantage of all thewho understand the difficulties and joys of such a
opportunities for interesting, character-shapinglifestyle-shaping choice.
talks with your child as they arise.11.) For the joy of spending each day with the
6.) Delight in the fact that your children will be ablechildren you love and observing them as they
to interact and converse with all age groups, notjourney to adulthood.
just their own.12.) For the assurance that no other teacher could
7.) For the fact that your kids will be able toever care more or try harder than the one your
investigate "community helpers" and businesschildren had... you.