A Good Reason to Home School?
Sunniemom has a great post up about “homeschooling for the right reasons.” It’s a great look at an article about home education in Montana that waxes on about those kids falling through the cracks when their parents pull them out over little things.
Let me just say I doubt many parents are jumping head first into home schooling their kids over a minor rift with their school. What they see as minor might just be the straw that broke the camel’s back, or happened when home education was already being planned and the timing is there, or might be a bigger issue to the parents than the school feels it is. For instance from the article:
some do it because of their kid’s poor grades in public school or other reactionary reasons.
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see poor grades as a “reactionary reason”. At least not in the tone implied in the article, that parents are matching in upset and ripping their kids out over a C in gym class. Poor grades, or a failure to educate, can be a very good reason to attempt to teach your kids at home. If they are not getting a solid education at school and you feel that you can reach them in better ways then do it. Trying to find the best education for your kids does not seem reactionary to me, that’s just good parenting.
Sunniemom’s post is definitely worth reading so go check it out. It’s good food for thought. What are “good reasons” to home school? What is a valid reason for your family might be a mundane one for others, and vice verses.
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June 17th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
There are likely as many reasons to homeschool as there are people homeschooling. We’ve never done anything but homeschool and in fact decided to take that route before we even had our kids! lol
I have a fun giveaway on my blog for 5 educational videos for kids 6 months through preschool. Wanted to share with anyone interested! Hope that’s ok to do here!
http://thehomeschoolingblog.com