Why did you start homeschooling?
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I know for as many homeschoolers that there are there are that many distinct stories why. So, why did you start homeschooling and is that why you continue to homeschool or have your reasons changed?
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Permalink Reply by jenny on -
I homeschool because the state schools have taken out morality. We are Christian and our faith in the schools is ridiculed. It is every parent's responsibility to look after and nurture their children, not the states. Our children have very good relationships with each other, in school they are seperated from their siblings and are generally encouraged to despise them. The socialisation question is a stange one, as in school I find children are only able to identify with their peer group!
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Permalink Reply by Callie Domingues on -
I remember that there was never any way that I was going to homeschool my kids. I was homeschooled when I was a pre-teen. I hated it! I had been in school my entire life and my mom took me out of my middle school years (all because my big sister was homeschooling her kids!) Needless to say, I survived but swore that I would never do that to my kids!
Fast forward a few (14 years! WOW!!!) My son is about to begin K at the ps (right across the street, no less!) and the closer the time came to enroll him I really started thinking harder about homeschool. My older sis had been homschooling now for almost 20 years and I had a good idea about all. I know now as an adult that MY homeschool years formed who I am today. Independent, confidant, focused and much more! I had a boy that asked a zillion questions everyday and ran himself ragged everyday with playing. I realized that if I was to put him in ps, that he probably would have been labeled ADHD and I would have put up such a fuss that they would have begged me to take him out of ps. This is not counting all of the BAD stuff that I heard all of the time in regards to what they wanted to teach kids in ps. Teachers are supposed to be good influences (not that all are bad!) but you never know! No praying over lunch? Junk food accessible anytime? No loving discipline? Fostering peer pressure? Oh the list could go on forever for me!
So that said, my husband and I agreed that he (my husband) would be willing to TRY homeschool and see how well it worked. After much prayer and many thoughts of "Can I really pull this off?" I never enrolled him in the ps.
After three years now, my son is more advanced then the kids across the street, more flexible, happier, and had rave reviews at his last doctor's visit!
My husband is a reformed "no homeschooler" and believes that this is the right thing for his kids. He preens at the way his kids handle situations, can talk to adults with no problems, and is proud of the things they know.
Our goal is still the same. To give our children an education in everyday living. With Christ as their main teacher and me and daddy helping out, we pray that our kids will be firmly grounded in the good things in the world. We have high hopes for all of our kids and know that God has a plan for them. We are guides in this CRAZY WORLD and we hope to give them the best advantage we can!
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Permalink Reply by Dori Lynch on -
We didn't start out homeschooling. I had my oldest in pre-school across the street from our house. She was sick alot of the time and starting having stomach issues due to stress so I pulled her out and started homeschooling. She excelled. She wanted to try Kindergarten so I enrolled her but the stomach issues started up again as well as a tick that I have yet to be able to help her get past.
We take it year by year though everytime my daughter has asked to "go to school" she has ended up coming back home. I enjoy homeschooling and having that time with my children since they grow up so fast. My second oldest loves homeschool and has never asked to even try public school. My youngest 2 daughters are only 2 and 4 and at this point I plan on homeschooling them as well.
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Permalink Reply by Cindy Stine on
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I began homeschooling this year. The last 3 years of elementary school for my daughter were daily struggles and issues at school. The teachers and schools are to focused on tests. They care more about the tests then the students. They teach to the test no matter what they say because everything they do is all about the test.
On top of that my daughter was diagnosed with "adhd" and I didn't want to use medication or have the school stick a label on her.
We are going at a faster pace in some subjects and slower pace in others which seems to be working better for her. She is gaining confidence and really expanding in her thought process.
Only regret not trying homeschooling sooner
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Permalink Reply by Lee on -
I am so happy I found this group today! We are just starting to homeschool my son (5) full time. I have a second son who is 2 and "tags" along. I was homeschooled for a while as a child and to this day I think it made me who I am, a self thinker, a questioner, someone who doesn't sit contently in the "box". Before we had our boys I wanted to homeschool and after looking at information and lots of talking my husband decided to try it with our kids. Then my oldest son turned 3, and I began to notice that some things he wasn't catching up on or was at the low end. He was quiet and kinda quirky. At 3 1/2 someone looked at me and said "he has Autism". Sure enough he does, he has been labled "high functioning Autism" for now although I think he will eventually be re-labled aspergers.
Anyway at the age of 4 we hadn't gotten his diagnosis offical yet but were worried about his social skills so we put him in private pre-school. The first day the teacher held me back and said she wasn't sure he belonged there. So after 1 more day in the 4 yr old class we moved him to the 3 yr old class. he lasted 3 more classes until the teacher kept my husband back and complained that he answered all of the other kids questions for them and when she scolded him he wouldn't look her in the eye. She then took my sons face (he was looking out the window) and tried to physically turn him to face her. I am not sure how my husband controlled his temper that day, but he never went back.
We then put him in a special school district program for a few months for High Functioning Autism. He loved it there, he had a wonderful teacher who honestly loved every one of her students. But at the end of the year we were told he was to high functioning for the class. They put him in a speech group, that lasted 5 classes until the teacher told me she couldn't handle him. Since then he has been home with me being schooled.
I know my son will flourish better with 1 on 1 attention. The love I can give him, the way I know his needs, the way I have always adapted my life to his (and his brother). Plus I can teach my children to be independent, smart, critical thinkers. I don't like how public schools push children to be homogenized and average.
When you have a quirky funny little boy like mine, who wants average?
I am scared for the future still, I didn't think I was going to be able to teach him to read, and since christmas he has done just that. I still worry about his writing as he has such a hard time with it. But I see improvements there too. He gets more time at home with me than he ever got at school to work on these issues!
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Permalink Reply by MariaD on -
My answer: "I had a baby and it is my duty as a parent to provide for her learning and development."
I do not need reasons to homeschool: it is the default choice of education, in my opinion. On the other hand, I usually need good reasons to join other educational venues and endeavors. Let THEM do the "sales pitch"!
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