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not to be pushy
but why consider home schooling? My personal views about home schooling are negative so I am bias towards it. However, in most situations where I know people home schooled I never got to ask 'why are you home schooled' and would like to know why Parents aside from sheltering children religiously would home school their children.
Teachers are professionals, and have gone to school and know how to teach. There are always variations on the level of skill, sure. Quality of schools, totally. However taking your kids out of schools and teaching themselves will deprive them of essential social skills that they develop on the playground, in the classroom, not being home all day with Mom or Dad, making friends on their own time and in their own way, learning how to deal with ackward emotional, social settings. Learning about deadlines, projects, taveling on busses or walking by themselves and countless other things that I can think that would not be learned, or maybe would be by home schooled kids.
I see advantages in some ways to this sure. In situations say when the child is exceptionally gifted say at art, music, sport, math, science and extra focus is wanted by the parents in these areas to try and nurse the talent, that's great. Children who are ill and cannot attend school (physical, emotional or mental illness).
I'm just interested to know why. Because I want to know and understand
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