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Plenty of free support groups available
Homeschoolers all over the county have built up networks of families that homeschool. New homeschoolers can get assistance through these support groups for help with state rules and getting started.
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Is Communication that important?
when the child is homeschooled they may not have any friends! many people think that you go to school for education but also shows them how to interact with others and communicate! communication is the most important in your future life and career! many jobs require communication, why because of jobs these days are mostly communication, like in other words, a teacher! a teacher needs to teach other students and that requires communication! there is no reason to lock your child in a room for the rest of their childhood life! so the child should go to an outside school where they can communicate with others their age!
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Huge market of curricula available to homeschoolers
There is so much curricula, materials, and study aids for homeschoolers that it is almost a problem. There's too much to look through and it can be overwhelming for a new homeschooling parent. Some of the more well-known vendors are Rainbow Resources, http://www.rainbowresource.com/, Abekka, and Usborne.
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Dont have any friends
The child will not have friends from school and that is just NOT healthy for children. They need friends, and when they are sent off to colege they will not know how to interact around other children.
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Child able to focus on school & not stressed about social issues
Can't stress this one enough. If kids have someone that is threatening to kill them or they have so much pressure to fit in, it's hard to concentrate on school work.
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Pestering and/or ridicule from family and friends
Get ready for the grandparents to "quiz" your child on his or her math, geography or science. They mean well but it's pretty irritating.
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Ability to adjust schoolwork to child's learning rate
If the child is slower in math and is a whiz at grammar or writing, the parent can keep the math slow and speed up the grammar. This cannot be done in school because the teachers have objectives the entire class must meet - the class usually moves at the speed of the slowest student.
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Accredited curricula or distance learning programs expensive
We pay approximately $1200 per semester. Other curricula is at least 75% less and many colleges will take home schooled students without an accredited diploma as long as they have an official transcript and school resume created by the parents.
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Don't have ongoing behavior problems
Since you and your child/children are together for the majority of the week, problems or issues that kids are facing are attended to right away. The child-parent connection is strong and there is a mutual respect.
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May need to sacrifice a career short-term
I stayed home to homeschool our daughter while my peers went on to promotions and better pay.
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May need to get tutors for some subjects
The more complex the subjects get, the less we know! We have to get tutors but thankfully they are readily available for reasonable fees at the local universities and colleges.
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Hard work to find social outlets.
Even with the support groups it can be difficult to find social outlets not for the younger kids but instead for the teens. The older the kids get, the more they seek out social friendships and providing activities for them can sometimes be difficult with most families having very busy lives.
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Posted by Miss_d