5 Reasons Homeschooling Works l Why Homeschooling Works l Tips on Teaching Kids

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Why are so many people giving up traditional brick-and-mortar schools for home education? The parent-led home-based education started a decade ago and continues to succeed with parents and kids as well. There are an estimated 3.4 million children who have been homeschooled for at least a year during their K-12 years, the national Home Education Research Institute on Homeschooling reported. Children who were homeschooled scored higher than kids that attended public school, and attended college at a quicker rate than the general population. Radio talk show host Sam Sorbo explained that she is not surprised by the statistics, as the public school system is flawed and secular. Homeschooling gives parents the keys back to their child's education, and offers more autonomy. Here are 5 reasons you need to consider homeschooling.

Reduced Exposure to Bullying

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Sorbo noted in her book that secondary teachers reported being bullied and attacked by kids. The number of reports was staggering at 209,800 in 2012. That was a jump from 34.5 percent from the year prior. This is not to mention bulling of kids by other children that has increased. There are over 3 million kids that are victims of bullying each year. "Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying," DoSomething.org reported. Many teachers ignore bullying, and it goes unreported. You can’t protect your kids 100 percent. But the increase of bullying is unacceptable at school. Teaching at home can reduce the exposure of negative expereinces.

Freedom of Religion

Religious beliefs are important to families, and with the separation of church and state many parents are worried about what is at stake. They do not want their child exposed to sex education, evolution or atheism. Values are important to families, and with homeschooling you can avoid that. If you want to pray, you can. If you want to read your Bible, you can read it without recourse. Today, the situation is remarkably different. “Historically religious values have always been a part of our public education system – but not anymore. Public schools today are going as far as to debased the strongly held religious beliefs,” the Education Corner reported. If religious freedom is important to you, homeschooling is an option.

There is More Community Involvement

Kids who are home-educated become more active in their communities. This could be the hands-on experience they get being out in the communities. They can visit museums, art exhibits historical landmarks, and have more opportunity to connect with others in their neighborhoods. Traditional classrooms put kids in a box, where those opportunities are limited, unless parents are involved and take their kids into the community. There is a wide variety of educational nourishment given when children have hand-on experience in life situations. They learn communication, sharing, listening, and really grow from more opportunities like this. Look into joining a homeschooling community grow up which is active in this area, and to help kids socialize with others. Check out Facebook events and other support groups for guidance.

More Quality Time is Spent

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You will never get the time back with your kids many parents believe. Since you are carting them everywhere, running errands and working, there is little time left to spend with your kids. If you really look at it, kids spend an average of 40 hours in school per week. This is time that you could be reading and working with them to think more critically. It allows you to have a bigger impact when they are young. The other perks are you won’t have to rush around, fight with them to get dressed or to get to the bus on time. You can learn who they are as individuals and help nurture the talents better. They might stop fighting with other siblings as well as they don’t have to vie for your attention.

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