| Home schooling is a tough decision. There are many | | | | Both approaches offer advantages and you must |
| people who think that schooling one's children at | | | | decide which is better for your child(ren). |
| home does not adequately prepare them for real life | | | | This will give you a better idea as to whether you |
| situations. They will miss out on the fun things that | | | | are capable of handling a teaching job. Teaching is not |
| public school can offer, such as social interaction, | | | | always an easy profession. Making sure children are |
| team sports, drama club, and band activities. These | | | | excited about learning, teaching at the right pace, and |
| activities are important for emotional well-being and | | | | maintaining interest is very difficult. Schools offer |
| emotional growth. If you have not researched home | | | | teaching classes for those who want more home |
| schooling, you may have this very impression. The | | | | schooling information. I know of one m other of |
| fact of the matter is that school offers after hours | | | | three (3) that studied to become a teacher and that |
| sports and extracurricular activities that your home | | | | made her even more qualified to home school. |
| schooled child can take part in. | | | | Another place to get information is online. There are |
| Conversely, many will argue that there is as much | | | | web sites and blogs which offer honest home |
| social stimulation at home as there is in school. Many | | | | schooling information. These sites are run by parents |
| home-schooled children have friends in the | | | | who home school and will give you more information |
| neighborhood who they hang out with. Some parents | | | | about what problems they have encountered and |
| enroll their kids in after school sports programs at | | | | what solutions they found. There is a real wealth of |
| community centers. It is these after school sports | | | | information on the internet that discusses both pros |
| events that can make home schooling more well | | | | and cons of home schooling. |
| rounded. | | | | Even though teaching can be hard work, many |
| If you are considering home schooling your children, | | | | parents find it rewarding and fun. Their children learn |
| you should ask other parents who home school for | | | | more in a controlled environment. They make friends |
| more home schooling information-such as what | | | | by participating in sports and musical activities offered |
| activities they have used to engage their children and | | | | through after school programs, allowing them to get |
| whether or not they have taken a facilitated | | | | the best of both worlds-an excellent education and a |
| self-study approach or a lecture-oriented approach. | | | | fulfilling social life. |