| Almost 1.1 million children were homeschooled in 2005, | | | | age to handle them. |
| according to the National Center For Education | | | | The whole family is involved with modern |
| statistics, At one time, homeschooling was something | | | | homeschooling. The practice has a role for everyone. |
| radical, similar to a declaration of independence. | | | | Parents bond with their children, and all experiences |
| Conservative Christians first advocated the idea of | | | | can become educational ones. Both mothers and |
| homeschooling in 1980s and had it legalized in every | | | | fathers know exactly what their children are doing |
| state. | | | | during homeschooling periods, and they have more |
| Today, the typical homeschooler is not motivated by | | | | control over the type of moral and religious values |
| religion. The fact is parents are fed up with public | | | | that impact the children. With homeschooling, even a |
| school systems. They see the schools as places | | | | simple act like watching a movie can become a |
| where too much learning is compulsory and superficial. | | | | learning activity. Things like going to the library |
| Parents also have concerns about the negative and | | | | become educational and recreational alike. |
| sometimes dangerous school environment, which has | | | | A family that is involved with homeschooling is |
| problems that range from abuse to drugs to | | | | generally dependent upon the income of a single |
| unsavory peer pressure. | | | | breadwinner who brings in the money. This fact |
| The homeschooling advocates of today represent a | | | | tends to bring family members closer together |
| mix of people from all walks of life. They come from | | | | because everyone in the family is involved with the |
| all religious and regional borders with the goal of | | | | process of saving money. |
| providing productive and meaningful education to their | | | | One of the advantages of homeschooling is that one |
| children. They want their children to learn in ways | | | | parent is always at home to supervise the children, |
| that strengthen family bonds as well. | | | | and to care for and nurture them with love. Every |
| Modern homeschooling families are committed to the | | | | member of the family is involved with the activity of |
| sanctity of childhood. Children are the primary focus | | | | homeschooling, and there is no time for boredom. |
| for these families. Many feel that homeschooling lets | | | | There may be problems from time to time, and |
| them raise their children in a more natural and | | | | parents may feel moments of self-doubt and |
| nurturing way. Public schools make these parents | | | | misgiving, but homeschooling families have the |
| nervous, and they believe their children could be | | | | satisfaction of knowing that they are always there |
| come anxious or mean by attending them. The | | | | for each other. Homeschooling represents a very rich |
| children who receive homeschooling are protected | | | | experience for the family. |
| from such negative influences until they are of an | | | | |