Pros and Cons of Home Schooling

Pros and Cons of Homeschooling

Homeschooling has its benefits and setbacks to those who decide to undertake it. Here are some of the Advantages of homeschooling for a child.

1. You can control what your children learn and when they learn it.

2. You can how your children that learning is not boring, but exciting.

3. You can build intimate and meaningful relationships with your children.

4. You can tailor your teaching to fit your children's dominant learning styles.

5. Give your children in-depth, personal attention in any subject with which they struggle or excel.

6. Create a weekly schedule that fits your needs and allows you to do things without the constraint of a traditional classroom schedule.

7. Transfer your values and beliefs to your children and address their questions when they have them.

8. Protect your children from the negative influences they may encounter outside the home.

9. Teach more effectively by interacting with your children 1-on-1.

10. Nurture your children's natural (musical, artistic, mathematic) talents so they thrive and grow.

11. Address "big issues" with your children when you feel they're ready.

12. Share with your children the common, everyday joys of life.

13. Help your children mature through the difficult times in their lives.

14. Share the joy of teaching your children with your spouse.

15. Take vacations during the school year and make them educational.

Homeschooling also has its own Disadvantages and below are some of them.

1. Spend 24 hours a day with your children for several days at a time.

2. Justify homeschooling to family and friends who oppose your decision to learn at home.

3. Be very patient with your children when it seems they aren't learning anything at all.

4. Deal with the frustrations of sometimes being "behind."

5. Spend more money on your children's education than you're accustomed to.

6. Get out of your comfort zone to learn how to homeschool effectively.

7. Encourage your children even when you don't feel like it.

8. Seek advice from other homeschooling parents when you encounter problems you're not equipped to handle.

9. Research a few curriculum programs before you find one that works for you and your family.

10. Put forth more effort to find children with whom your children can build quality relationships.

Though by no means exhaustive, I trust this list of the benefits of homeschooling, and also the disadvantages of homeschooling, gives you valuable homeschooling information you can use to reach a decision. There are many pros and cons to homeschooling.

 

Reference : www.sonlight.com