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Homeschooling And The Ins And Outs Of Teaching Your Children At Home - By: Donald Saunders, Posted on: 2007-09-13

Many people describe homeschooling very much as 'do it yourself education' and most parents assume that they are the 'you' in 'yourself'. As a consequence, many parents who have busy lives making a living or pursuing other important activities, and particularly single parents, tend to dismiss any thoughts of homeschooling out of hand. But are they right to take this course of action?

Homeschooling has been around for an extremely long time now and involves more than 1,000,000 children in the US alone and experience means that are many options available to parents nowadays. Indeed, it is not surprising to find that parents in almost any situation you can imagine have found a solution to homeschooling their children.

We are all of course familiar with the traditional two parent family with dad out at work and mum looking after the home and this model makes homeschooling a quite simple option. Since the 1960s however society has changed considerably and now there are a whole spectrum of family situations including, role reversal, single parents, extended families, same-sex couples and much more.

Each situation brings with it both advantages and problems for homeschooling and it is a question of examining both and then looking for ways to overcome the obstacles and enhance the advantages.

As an example, many parents turn to their wider family or friends for help and invite friends or family into their home to help. This is not new of course and, for many years, it was common for families to offer an older family members like an uncle or a friend accommodation in exchange for helping with the care and education of the children.

Neighbors can also frequently provide assistance. Many 'stay-at-home' moms are already providing day care facilities for children and, as homeschooling continues to spread, babysitting services are being extended more and more to encompass homeschooling.

In many instances families are also combining their resources to provide homeschooling on a 'group' basis.

Yet another increasingly popular option is to employ a tutor. Nowadays tutors come from a wide range of different backgrounds, at all ages and include both specialists, such as those teaching languages or music, as well as of course general tutors. In fact, it is not uncommon to find ex-public or private school teachers who have become dissatisfied with the 'system' becoming tutors because of their deep love of teaching.

Most parents think that tutoring is simply out of their reach financially but, after some careful research, they are frequently surprised to learn that the cost of hiring a tutor can indeed be within their reach.

Another important consideration is the children themselves. It is often surprising how well motivated children are by the independence which homeschooling brings and a lot of parents discover that teaching a child at home can be a lot less time consuming than you might imagine.

Should you find that you are tempted by the advantages of homeschooling over the poor quality of the public school system then you should avoid the common pitfall of dismissing the idea out-of-hand. Take time to examine the choices open to you and you could well be surprised to find that it is not as difficult as you think.

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