Who Homeschools Their Kids?

AllSouthwest News Service ^ | August 20, 02 | Bob Ward

[Black Agnes]

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[Rollee]

I have met homeschooled kids and am very impressed with their intellect, demeanor and socialization skills. Two lovely young ladies attended the FRiva conference in Las Vegas with their father. These kids are very confident, and polite. They are able to carry on an intellegent, yet respectful conversation with adults. How refreshing! How novel! If my husband and I were lucky enough to have children, we would homeschool them. We don't like what is, and what is not, being taught in public school.

[dd5339]

My wife and I are going to homeschool.

We've also decided that a single income with my wife staying home is in the best interest of our child/future children. Yes it's meant some sacrifices, but it's been the best thing to happen.

As for education level, my wife has done some masters level work and I have my BS in engineering.

Actually as pointed out by my wife, were not yet home schooling, our #1 child is almost 9 months old.

Semper Fi

[Joe Brower]

[Bad~Rodeo]

too expensive, (tongue-n-cheek)

[Texans]

bump for homeschooling.....My wife who has her master's in education does the teaching, while I go out an bring in the money...I did not go to college but manage to make between 50k and 75k as a unix administrator...God is good

[bearsgirl90]

My wife and I are going to homeschool.

You have chosen wisely. ;-)

We are in our 4th year of home schooling our children. The blessings are too numerous to list here. May God bless your decision. No doubt He will.

[The Californian]

Homeschooling works. We have two children who have graduated - one exclusively homeschooled - one attended the public high school for her junior and senior year.

They are both attending a local junior college and both have very good goals and aspirations.

Yes, sometimes it is hard make it on one income and there are certainly other challenges - however, it seems to produce polite, well adjusted, highly motivated kids (for the most part). I have seen a lot of kids come and go in the 12 years we have invested in homeschooling, and the bulk of the kids turn out great.

Not all families should homeschool - however, not all teachers should be teaching either. Nothing is perfect in this world. Usually, parents want what is best for their children - a parent will almost always be more highly motivated to provide an exceptional education.

[serinde]

we're not yet home schooling, our #1 child is almost 9 months old.

Oh, yes, you are. It's already begun!

Educators have long recognized and acknowledged the difference in students' abilities between those whose parents work with or read to them from birth and those that don't.

There is so much "education" you give your baby without knowing it - "schooling" just adds to the foundation begun as infants.

[SLB]

A friendly bump to all of you this afternoon. We have started our 14th year of home school this past week. My time flies when you are having fun. I thought it was only about 13 years, but Mrs SLB corrected me on this. May God bless each and every home school family in the coming year.

[SuziQ]

a parent will almost always be more highly motivated to provide an exceptional education.

Because of this, parents will search exhaustively for the best materials for their kids. And what works for one child at a particular age, may not work for the child who follows, so the parents will get the materials which suit each child's learning styles. Public school teachers are limited in what can be offered as texts and can't accomodate the different learning styles in their classrooms.

[SLB]

And what works for one child at a particular age, may not work for the child who follows, so the parents will get the materials which suit each child's learning styles.

We have used three different sets of math material. Saxon for one, Abeka for one and Bob Jones for another. The final outcome is the same, the process of getting there is where the difference lies.

[dd5339]

Thanks for your reply. We started reading to her early. I read the Chronicles of Narnia to her before she was born!

Semper Fi!

[SLB]

Continue reading. We read out loud every night before bed. Our daughter that is in college still enjoys it. This summer we read Ivanhoe and Robinson Crusoe. Both the unabridged versions. Some pretty hefty reading, but they love it. Even our 10 year old daughter could follow the plots and characters. That is some task for Ivanhoe.

[Fred Mertz]

Carry_Okie homeschools his two daughters. I met all three in Las Vegas last weekend.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

"Who homeschools their kids?"

ANSWER: Parents who care about them.

[College Repub]

Among nonhomeschoolers 16.3% have a bachelors but 16.7% have a graduate or professional degree? What am I missing here...

[Fidgit]

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