| If you decide to try the option of | | | | help them to achieve their professional and |
| homeschooling your child within the safe and | | | | personal goals. By sharing our experiences |
| secure environment of your home. So that you | | | | with our children, we can prepare them to |
| can inculcate in him all those personal | | | | face the challenges in life ahead. |
| values that you believe an educational | | | | |
| organization fails to impart. Then you should | | | | Parents can perform a satisfactory job of |
| also realize the importance of mentoring in | | | | mentoring only if they succeed in building a |
| homeschooling. Rather than just tutoring your | | | | strong bond with their children. There should |
| child, you need to act as his mentor. | | | | be a secure comfort level between the both, |
| | | | so that both of them can communicate their |
| While a tutor and a mentor have the same | | | | problems and solve them together. This way, |
| responsibility of imparting knowledge, each | | | | parents can provide their children valuable |
| is a distinctive role. A tutor merely shares | | | | lessons of life. Children look up to their |
| a one-on-one, teacher-student relationship | | | | parents for everything. In the present fast- |
| with his disciple, but a mentor shares a bond | | | | paced world, while parents struggle to make |
| at a more personal level. A tutor educates | | | | ends meet, children thirst to spend quality |
| and communicates through a question and | | | | time with their parents. Parents can quench |
| answer series. A mentor on the other hand | | | | their childs thirst and satisfy their hunger |
| aspires to contribute by building an intimate | | | | for a relationship with them, simply by being |
| relationship and instilling skills and values | | | | a friend to their children instead of a |
| by becoming a role model. Besides providing | | | | dictating parent. This is also useful for |
| aid on educational subjects, a mentor guides | | | | strengthening family ties. |
| and counsels on other issues in life as well. | | | | |
| Hence, a tutor differs a great deal from a | | | | As mentors, parents should also provide their |
| mentor, in the sense that they use and | | | | children correct guidelines and appropriate |
| implement different methods of teaching. | | | | directions in life. Wise counseling and |
| Unlike teachers, mentors encourage logical | | | | continuous advice from time to time is |
| reasoning with practical thinking and not | | | | essential to keep your child from going |
| just memorization. | | | | astray in life. Mentors infuse personal |
| | | | values and skills by challenging the mental |
| Parents are the first mentors of their | | | | and physical capabilities of their wards. |
| children and thus natural role models. | | | | Parents can boost the morale of their |
| Parents not only nurture their children but | | | | children by appreciating and applauding their |
| also play a key role in molding their | | | | childs accomplishments. They can not only |
| character. Children are greatly influenced by | | | | shape the character of their child, but also |
| their parents and thus it becomes all the | | | | encourage them to form personal views and |
| more necessary to play your part as a mentor | | | | frame opinions of their own. |
| responsibly. Parents as mentors, inevitably | | | | |
| share a very close and intimate relationship | | | | Homeschooling aids should only be used as |
| with their children. It is easy for parents | | | | supplements because they cannot replace |
| to gain the trust and confidence of their | | | | mentoring. Homeschooling provides parents the |
| children easily, and it is important to be | | | | perfect opportunity to guide and counsel |
| careful not to lose it due to carelessness or | | | | their children successfully.Hence parents |
| negligence. As parents and mentors it is | | | | should not rely solely on the Internet, |
| important to help the homeschooling children | | | | videos and tutors as tools of homeschooling. |
| to develop skills and attributes that will | | | | |