180 Advantages of Homeschooling

1. Your children are home with you.


2. You don't miss huge chunks of your children's lives


3. Children learn in a familiar environment


4. You get to see those "Aha!" moments


5. You are the reason for those "Aha" moments


6. Family bonding has a higher chance of occurring


7. You know EXACTLY what your child is being taught


8. Forces parents to be fully involved in their children's lives


9. Makes parents aware of how precious their children are


10. Makes parents aware of who their children are


11. Places responsibility solely on parents to educate their children


12. Keeps families together


13. Allows children to become comfortable around their parents


14. Allows children to know their parents better


15. Keeps your children out of public/private/charter schools


16. Parents spend more quality time with their children


17. Forces parents to give an 100% effort in educating and parenting


18. Awakens parents to teachable moments in every day life


19. Success is not based on how much money you have to spend on your education program


20. Gives parents and children the chance to become VERY acquainted with local libraries


21. Children learn at their own pace


22. Easier to adapt curriculum to a child's learning style


23. Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Oh...and Freedom! (by LaToriya)


24. Children can actually learn instead of just memorize (by LaToriya)


25. Children have time to play and do things that interest them (by LaToriya)


26. Less peer pressure (by LaToriya)


27. Close sibling relationships (by LaToriya)


28. Parents get to be the most influential people in their children's lives (by LaToriya)


29. Easier to teach your children your own values (by LaToriya)


30. Children can learn from just living life, every subject doesn't need to be taught. Exp. cooking, shopping, writing letters, playing scrabble, etc. (by LaToriya)


31. You can schedule everything around your life instead scheduling everything around school; like waiting to take a vacation until summer (by LaToriya)


32. Your children will feel good about themselves because they aren't being compared to other students,all that matters is that they are doing their best (by LaToriya)


33. Children learn to take responsibility for their education


34. Creates an atmosphere where children develop a love for learning


35. Spending time with children at home instead of always in the car coming and going (by Margaret)


36. The occasional quiet of the whole house as great minds are thinking


37. Eavesdropping on excited chatter as your children discover something new


38. Celebrating with your children when an experiment goes right


39. Playing with your children during recess


40. Fostering sibling bonds through play


41. Nurturing sibling bonds as older children teach younger children what they've already learned


42. Provides opportunities for older children to be respected by younger siblings

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