Hey there!
Welcome to "Thinking of Homeschooling" where home and education are forged together and end up looking a lot like "Lifeschooling"! If you are a parent pondering the very real thought of educating your child from home like I did years ago, l would like to encourage you on that journey!
Homeschooling from my personal experience of 17 years is not just educating my children from the comfort and security of my home. Homeschooling has become a way of life. It’s what my husband and I do until the time is up and the children are on their way straight out of the nest!
Homeschooling is not an endeavor to take lightly and I know full well that the struggle is real to home school or not. Deciding whether to continue on in the traditional and/or private "brick and mortar" institutions or to bring em' all home to lay the kind of foundation you want to see in your children is huge! You will probably be embarking on something that no one else in your family has dared to do. Don't be afraid, you can do it. You will be laying the foundation and platform that will strengthen the fabric of your family and allow you the opportunity and privilege of educating your child in the things that matter the most.
I understand why more and more parents are opting for an alternative to traditional “brick and mortar” education, and for solid verified, qualified reasons. Many parents of all ethnic backgrounds and professions are concerned with what is going on in education today. School shootings are becoming increasingly more prevalent in our society, of which the likes we've never witnessed before in the short history of our country.
Parents who place a high regard on their values and religion are keenly aware of the many attacks on freedom of religion, the acknowledgement of God and prayer in school, and a parent’s right to know what curriculum, program, and/or group formed is being established and taught to their children. Children must go through metal detectors and drills on what to do should there be any kind of terroristic threat, as if they themselves were criminals! No longer can you just "do-drop-in" and sneak up on your child or for that matter the teacher, to see what's what. Over-crowded classrooms, children learning out of trailers, over-worked teachers and understaffed administrations, teachers cheating on standardized testing because the children can't make the grade or for fear of losing accreditation. Budget constraints or cutbacks, transportation issues. You can no longer breakup fights between students, you have to stand back and wait for the police. Teachers having inappropriate relations with children, and even the most unheard of "sexual harassment and same sex harassment issues" some even have been bullied into having these types of relationships. It's a different kind of learning environment these days, and it's not so child-friendly and not so much about academia. We are facing much more than not having enough books to go around.
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Once more it is becoming apparent to those of us who want change that change begins within our own households, and if we want that change “sacrifice” has to be made somewhere. I chose to sacrifice my career as a Paralegal and my ability to work outside the home to start a family while my husband made the income. It wasn't easy, and I still say “it wasn't easy”, but it is “worth it”. To be able to raise and train my children with the full acknowledgement of the Most High God in my home makes it truly “worth it”. Seeing my husband leave out at 8:30 am to the local school's track to train the kids in track for an upcoming meet in another state makes it.... "worth it". To witness 3 of my children graduate from our humble home school and know that it was God who made it all possible makes it.... "WORTH IT". To hear my children acknowledge God, and pray together and share life's struggles makes it what??? WORTH IT!
If this is the path you and your family want to follow, I created this blog with you in mind, to encourage you along the way. Plenty of people have gone on before you, have no fear support is here! It will be "WORTH IT"!
Send me a “hello” if you've stopped by. I would love to make your acquaintance and hopefully make a new friend!
Be blessed my friend!
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