| When it comes to homeschooling, one of the first | | | | course, parents must take steps to ensure that |
| questions that often comes to mind is why. That | | | | they are prepared for the challenging tasks ahead. |
| is, why would parents choose to educate their | | | | However, if the parents are up to the challenge, |
| children at home instead of following the more | | | | the result can be an education which is as good or |
| conventional routes such as public and private | | | | better than what most children receive. In fact, |
| schools? There may be many reasons why some | | | | there is a good deal of evidence that suggest |
| parents choose homeschooling, and each family | | | | homeschooling is usually superior than public |
| may have its own individual goal in mind. | | | | schooling. |
| Instilling sound values and providing a superior | | | | Though there are always exceptions to every |
| education are two of the reasons often given by | | | | rule, it does seem that homeschooling helps |
| parents who choose to home school their children. | | | | children to excel in the overwhelming majority of |
| Many parents do not want their children to be | | | | cases. In fact, the U.S. Dept of education reports |
| exposed to the negative peer pressures and bad | | | | that home school children are often a few grades |
| moral influences that are common in many of | | | | ahead of their peers by the time they enter |
| today's public schools. Even private schools can | | | | junior high. |
| suffer from these problems, not to mention the | | | | For those interested in homeschooling, whether to |
| significant cost of tuition. | | | | avoid the negative influences of a public school or |
| But can homeschooling really provide a good | | | | to better prepare the child academically, the |
| education? The answer is a resounding yes. Of | | | | results are encouraging. Homeschooling works. |