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