Would you ever concider home schooling your kid?

Question

Would you ever concider home schooling your kid?

Answer 1

If they want to. Yes!

I would really consider and ask them to go to Public/Private high school though, but if they wanted to be homeschooled, it'd be fine with me.  

But I won't bring it up with them though, unless they want/ask to.

Answer 2

Yes, I homeschool my three children.  I have one in Kindergarten, one in second grade, and one in ninth grade.

Answer 3

I do homeschool my son and I think it's the best decision I could possibly have made for our family.  Our bond is so strong ...  I love the fact that we play and work together, and that I know him so well.  I love that look on his face when he really gets something - he gets so excited!  That means so much to me ...  

I didn't want to hand him over to some teacher that doesn't really know, let alone love, him and say, "Here!  You now have the honour/privilege of guiding, nurturing and teaching my son.  You can have him for the best hours of every weekday.  You can have the exciting pleasure of watching him grow ...  I'll voluntarily take a back seat position in my own son's life."

Answer 4

Only if I get one with a disability and hates going to school. Otherwise I can tell him or her that school is fun and you meet a whole lot of new friends and learn a whole bunch of stuff you never knew before.

Answer 5

Yes I have considered this my son is c**p at math...it is costing me £65.00 a week to get him tutoured. But is worth it for his future..he is 17!

Answer 6

Yes.

I absolutely *will* be home-educating my kids when I have them; or maybe we'll employ a governess to help them; either way, they won't be going to school.

No question or doubt about that, whatsoever.

I reckon that anyone who allows their kids to go to school is, at best, being naive.

Answer 7

No ... sorry ...

Answer 8

Well, I do homeschool my kid, so...

Yes :)

Answer 9

Home school? never.  A childs social skills are fundamentally developed during school as well as there creative and individual abilities.  Free thinking is encouraged and skills other than academic ones are learned at school.

I think children who are home schooled generally tend to be unsociable, lack confidence and often have exactly the same believes as there parents as they have been so strongly instilled on them.

IMO home schooling is a shame on the child

Answer 10

Yes, I certainly would. Home schooling is a wonderful experience for a child, and is very beneficial. That being said, home schooling is not for everyone. The decision to home school is a very personal thing that depends on the parent and student. Some people argue that home schoolers don't learn social skills -- on the contrary, every home schooler I know has excellent social skills. Also contrary to popular beliefs is that there are MANY types of home schooling: from classical education to unschooling. As I said before, homeschooling all depends on the student's needs.

Answer 11

I have just started being homeschooled.

So far, it's pretty cool.

With the program I am doing, everything is on the computer,

and it just sends my grade to the main school.

I get to work at my own pace, and I can start "school" at

4:00PM if I want!

Answer 12

Well if I have kids I will homeschool them! I was homeschooled my whole life and now in the fall I am going to stanford and I will be ONLY 16 when I begin school there~

Answer 13

Not only did I consider it I am home schooling them! We love it! The freedom alone is reason enough to continue. My kids are in 3rd and Kindergarten and I have a 2yo that I will home school.

Answer 14

I already DO homeschool my son, I wish I was homeschooled, I had ALOT of personal reasons that I "SHOULD HAVE" been homeschooled.

See some people think they KNOW whats best for everyone. But let me tell you something, just because you feel that way, dosnt mean you have to make soemone feel & see things your way.

Public school/private school IS NOT always the best thing for everyone!

It all depends on the person.

My son was in public schooling for 3 yrs, & it didnt do him a d**n bit of good, he was gettign D's & F's, due to being severly dyslexic, becuse teh school system here said Dyslexia DOSNT exsit!

Once we started homeschooling him his grades soared. He's now an A &B student.

For those of oyu who say they would NEVER homeschool, let me ask you something, what maynot be good for you, HOW THE h**l do you not know its NOT the best thing you can do for your child? You dont, listen to your child, what they say & does matter, maybe the best thing yo ucan do for your child is to HOMESHOOL them.

They can get the socialization too, take them on field trips, join the 4_h, arts & crafts readign time at the local library. COmmunity service stuff. They WILL get the socialization they need.

Answer 15

Not only would I, I do. And everyday I'm happier about that choice.

Answer 16

I don't believe that home schooling is good.  One of my friends is home schooled and he is afraid of people.  Homeschooling is not good for a person socially.  Also, homeschooling gives kids a false sense of attention and grades.  Yes, it meets their needs a little better than a public school, but not enough for me to consider it for any of my kids when I have them.  In the long run, home schooling is bad.  It doesn't prepare them for college like a public school does.  If they get a bad grade on a test or paper, they can retake it in the home school program and not have the bad one put in their portfolio.  This gives them a false sense of grades and makes them think that in collage, they will be able to do that, too.  They won't ever learn how to study or take tests.  My friend that I mentioned earlier, for example, took Spanish this year.  He failed it so they just didn't put it in his portfolio and he ended up with a 4.0 GPA this year because of that and the fact that him and his mom chose a program in which he wouldn't have to take any tests this year.  Therefore, I would NEVER consider homeschooling my kids.

Answer 17

I don't even have to consider it. I know for sure I'm going to homeschool my kids. I was homeschooled in 5th grade to 12th grade and I loved it, it was awesome.

Answer 18

Yes.  I'm assuming since you asked this question here maybe you want to know reasons....

Well we all have our own reasons for choosing to home school.  Some choose to give their child(ren) specialized attention that public school can't provide because of budgeting, others because they've tried public school and watched their children fall through the cracks, and still others want the opportunity to allow their child(ren) to blossom at their own pace not being restricted to the slowest kid in the class, or like us we tried public school and did not like how our child was being treated by other students, teachers and administration.

Answer 19

I already have conSidered it, and I do homeschool.  As do most of the people who post here regularly, since this is the homeschooling forum.

I have one child who is homeschooled, and one child who is in public school.   We do what's best for each child.